About Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management (m.a.) in CBS - Cologne Business School

Entrepreneurship in the Master`s: Postgraduate studies for prospective entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial spirit and start-up spirit are in demand in all companies today. Whether as FinTech or social business start-ups – start-ups create their own market with mostly digital business models or put established companies under pressure. In order to stay one step ahead of the market, creative minds are needed who, as internal entrepreneurs (“intrapreneurs”) or as external consultants, turn the company’s wheels in the direction of success.

Would you like to complete an in-depth course of study that optimally prepares you for the working world of founders and entrepreneurs? The German language Master`s “Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management” at CBS offers you an academically sound and practical foundation on which you can build your career as an intrapreneur or entrepreneur.

Full-fledged Business Administration Master`s with focus on Entrepreneurship

Building on the knowledge gained from a first academic degree in economics, you will deepen your knowledge of “Economics and Economic Policy” and “(Global) Supply Chain Management” within the master’s programme. In the programme-specific teaching content, such as the module “Business Models in the Digital Context” or “Growth and Financing of Start-ups”, you will deal comprehensively with the challenges faced by companies in their start-up and growth phases and cover the following topics, among others:

• Entrepreneurial thinking, creativity and innovation
• Development of business ideas
• Identification and evaluation of opportunities from ideas
• Business Model Canvas and its nine components
• Lean start-up and minimal product
• Challenges of accelerated corporate growth
• Company life cycle and growth strategy
• From entrepreneurial tinkering to system development
• Growth alternatives and their evaluation
• Financial instruments and their use (from crowdfunding to IPO)

Master`s Entrepreneurship: Digitisation know-how for founders

In the master’s programme “Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management” the digital transformation and its effects on companies play a major role. Digitisation creates new market opportunities for innovative founders, medium-sized companies and corporations. How can these opportunities be identified? Which technologies are available? What ideas can you use to inspire customers? From the first semester onwards, you will deal with the effects and opportunities of the digital transformation and highlight digitisation trends such as:

• Big/ Smart Data
• Cloud computing
• Industry 4.0/ Internet of things and services
• Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning
• Cognitive computing
• Augmented/ Virtual Reality
• 3D printing

Your career path after graduation in the Master`s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management

In the course of your studies you will get to know yourself better: Are you the type to start your own business – maybe even with fellow students? Or are you attracted to a larger company to work in an innovation department or internal incubator? Or do you want to get to know many different industries after completing your Entrepreneur Master`s and start your career in a management consultancy? There is still time for this decision. We support you on this path during your master’s studies at CBS.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Bachelor's degree from a university or technical college

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   6.5
• TOEFL   :   92

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