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    Overview

    Work on business design and testing through ideation, prototyping, assessment and iteration. Learn about the process of finding a valuable, profitable, and scalable business model for your ideas.

    Learn what you need to do to progress from an initial idea to a viable business. Learn what tools you can use, what process you should follow and how you can systematically incorporate primary market research to develop your idea.

    About this paper

    Paper title Business Model Development and Innovation
    Subject Entrepreneurship
    EFTS 0.1500
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 2 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,053.30
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Restriction
    ENTR 102, MANT 303
    Schedule C
    Commerce
    Eligibility

    A passion for innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.

    Contact

    entr112@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff
    Associate Professor Conor O’Kane
    Paper Structure
    1. Business design
    2. Testing processes
    3. Primary market research
    4. Evidence-based pitching of business ideas
    Teaching Arrangements

    Two 1-hour lectures per week.

    Textbooks

    Textbooks are not required for this paper.

    Course outline

    ENTR102 Course Outline from 2024 (the 2025 Course Outline will be available in mid July 2025).

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised

    Teamwork, personal development, critical thinking, specialist business knowledge, written communication, independent learning, ethics, integrated business knowledge, oral communication
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.

    Learning Outcomes

    Students who successfully complete the paper will:

    • Develop an understanding of key tools and frameworks related to entrepreneurship, and how to use them properly
    • Implement a business model innovation process to efficiently design, assess and iterate business model possibilities for a new venture idea
    • Communicate, verbally and through written work, the strength of evidence underpinning a proposed new venture/product idea
    • Contribute effectively to a team working under conditions of high uncertainty

    Timetable

    Semester 2

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Aoroa

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    A1 Monday 14:00-14:50 29-35, 37-42
    Thursday 16:00-16:50 29-35, 37-42

    Tutorial

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend one stream from
    A1 Wednesday 09:00-09:50 31, 35, 39, 41
    A2 Friday 11:00-11:50 31, 35, 39, 41
    A3 Wednesday 11:00-11:50 31, 35, 39, 41
    A4 Friday 13:00-13:50 31, 35, 39, 41
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