EBD 482 - Global Entrepreneurship

Spring, 2009 - Course Materials

Course Syllabus (revised 2/1/09)

Final Exam Questions (Take-home exam)

Midterm Exam Questions

Final Project and Report Assignment Plus Grading Rubric

Link to Nationmaster.com, good source of international data

Link to Hernando de Soto Lecture

GEM 2007 Executive Summary Report

Reading Assignment from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on Globalization and Europe (8 pages, June 2006).
Good discussion of globalization, but please read to learn a little more about the history of the modern European economy


Reading Assignment from Hudson Institute - 2007 Index of Global Philanthropy
Read Part I (skip part II) if interested, Hudson Intitute has recently put together a Global Engagement Index similar to my lecture
very good reading explaining how foreign aid is measured and what good it does.


Example of NonDisclosure Agreement

Business Week Assignments: Two sessions required (need to write a paragraph re “what did you learn” for each attended session):

Article: Entrepreneurship, Economic Development in Mozambique.

Article: Poor People's Knowledge, discuss on 4/1/09

Lecture 1: Introduction to Developmental Entrepreneurship

Lecture 2: Hernando de Soto talk (see link above)

Lecture 3: Introduction to International Structure and Regional Markets

Reading on economic implications for entrepreneurs from HIV/AIDS crises in Africa (make-up for Lewis talk).

Lecture 4: International Strategies and Exporting

Lecture 5: Corruption and Bribery Issues and Laws

Lecture 6: Critical Issues in China Trade

Lecture 7: International Licensing

Lecture 8: Country Risk Assessment

Lecture 9: Hofstede and Cultural Differences

Lecture 10: Global Financing Issues for Entrepreneurs

Lecture 11: Domestic and International Intellectual Property Issues