The Social Entrepreneurship for Economic Development project (SEED) is a cross-cultural programme utilizing social entrepreneurship as means towards economic progress. It provides structured opportunities for students all over the world to converge interact and conduct on-site research as basis for development of real-time business plans. The programme seeks to provide off-campus cross-cultural experiences that will enable participants to advance in the application of research-based strategies, theories and principles. Further, it also seeks to promote transformative education through intercultural exposures.
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Programme
This programme is open to Swiss and international students from all faculties as well as university employees. The number of participants from FHNW is limited to 20.
After completing this programme, students will be able to:
understand what entrepreneurs do and examine how free-enterprise economies work and how entrepreneurs fit into them
recognize and evaluate business opportunities based on the analysis of local conditions with their own individual skills
identify how profit works as a signal to the entrepreneur
determine how to work cross-culturally and enhance the entrepreneurial mindset
reflect on personal experience in cross-cultural leadership development and learning in a real life context
apply innovative thinking, technological knowledge and skills in a real environment beyond the classroom
The module is organised from 15 to 23 July 2021. The provisional schedule* looks as follows:
Day 1 - SEED Opening
Day 2 - Workshop and Business Ideas Generation
Day 3 - Virtual Region Visit
Day 4 - Business Opportunities Recognition
Day 5 - Business Model Creation
Day 6 - Business Model Hypotheses
Day 7 - Business Model Validation
Day 8 - Business Model Finalisation
Day 9 - Final Presentation and Virtual Closing Ceremony
*The schedule might be subject to changes.
Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is Vietnam’s economic and financial center. Accounting for one-third of Vietnam’s GDP, this dynamic city of over 10 million inhabitants is on widely seen as one of the fastest growing markets for technology and manufacturing in the region and the top emerging property market in Asia-Pacific.
Application is open from 1 February 2021 to 28 February 2021.
Project Meeting
May 2021
Classroom instruction: 40 h
Guided self-study: 60 h
Autonomous self-study: 50 h
The SEED programme is accredited with 5 ECTS.
For FHNW School of Business students, the credits earned will belong to the Focus Module. Students from other schools are advised to check with the responsible head of programme if and how this module will be accredited at the specific degree programme.
There will be no written exams. Students will be graded by group presentations, group work, and an individual briefing paper. The teaching and learning methods used are workshops, plenary discussions, site visit, presentations and team coaching.
At the end of the projects, participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance. On successful completion of the SEED programme, participants will receive an official Transcript of Records featuring the ECTS credits and grade achieved for the Autumn Semester.
