Course Details

Module Description
The course is taught in winter term 2025 by the Chair for Banking and Behavioral Finance. The course is mandatory for all first-year students in the Bachelors B.Sc. BWL degree program and thereby the first regular course of their studies. 

The course also includes

• an introduction to the contents of the studies
• information regarding the structure of the studies

and gives the students the opportunity to get to know each other as well as their lecturers.

Content
Various economic problems in two markets (electricity, residential real estate) that arise during the start-up and growth phases of an enterprise are presented during the course:

• From the entrepreneurial idea to its implementation
• Legal challenges for the start-up and management of an enterprise
• Expenditure and income planning
• Funding for start-ups and projects
• Corporate accounting
• Recruitment and management of employees
• Organisational structures and processes
• Demand-driven and competetive market analyses and growth prospects
• Internationalization

Guest lectures as well as discussions with corporate executives on various lecture topics complement the course.

Objectives
The students are enabled to systematically acquire the central assumptions and concepts of the modern academic economic research in the context of entrepreneurial questions as well as critically reflect them by means of selected case studies.

Case Studies
During the course the students have to solve different case studies. The case studies deal with current economic problems from various topics. The case study work serves as an introduction to independent scientific work. In this course they are divided into two groups: type A and B.

Case studies type A:

• Students will work on them during the tutorials.

Case studies type B:

• Students have to solve this case study independently at home.
• The results will not be submitted and there will be no sample solutions available.
• The content of the case study is relevant for the final exam and the tasks regarding this case study account for 1/3 of the final exam.

A Q&A session will be provided during the lecture period for all case studies. More information on the case studies will be given during the course. Frequently asked questions regarding the case studies are addressed in the FAQ section.

Registration
The "Studieninfonetz" (STiNE) is the central tool to register for courses, tutorials and exams at the University of Hamburg. You need to adhere to the registration deadlines. Should you have questions regarding registration, please contact the academic office.

Course Materials
All course materials are uploaded to STiNE. The files might be protected with a password. In this case, the password is announced in the first session of the course or via STiNE mail.

STiNE Messages
Make sure to regularly check your STiNE inbox. Important information regarding this course will be provided via STiNE messages.

Exam
Exam questions will be in English. When answering the questions, you may choose between German and English. A language change within a task is not allowed.

Questions?
You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions in the FAQ section. If your problem is not addressed in the FAQ section, please write an email to edt.bwl"AT"uni-hamburg.de. Make sure you describe your problem as precisely as possible to enable a quick reply.