Program Overview

Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MBA

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation major provides MBA students with skills, analytical tools, perspectives, and experiences that prepare them for careers as autonomous entrepreneurs, family-business entrepreneurs, or entrepreneurs in corporate settings. Whether a student wants to start a business while in school, join an emerging business, or set the groundwork to launch a new firm later in his or her career, the program aims to provide preparation for all of these exciting options. Entrepreneurial skills and thinking are actively sought by more competitive and profitable growing businesses. The special strength of this program is that it combines theory with practice, providing students the opportunity to test the theories, models, and strategies learned in the classroom by creating real business plans, working on other field projects, and gaining access and insight from leaders in the entrepreneurial business community. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation major and related co-curricular activities are supported in part by the Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program at the Wharton School’s Venture Lab.

Curriculum

A minimum of 19 course units is required for graduation.

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Major Requirements:
  • The Entrepreneurship & Innovation major requires four course units beyond the required Management core requirements.
  • Management Core Requirements:
    • MGMT 6100: Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership
    • MGMT 6110: Managing Established Enterprises
    • or MGMT 6120: Management of Emerging Enterprises
    • MGMT 8010: Entrepreneurship 1 (0.5 course units)
  • Select 3.5 course units from the following:
    • FNCE 7500: Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation
    • FNCE 7510: The Finance of Buyouts and Acquisitions
    • HCMG 8670: Health Care Entrepreneurship
    • LGST 8130: Legal and Transactional Aspects of Entrepreneurship
    • MGMT 6910/LGST 8060/OIDD 6910: Negotiations
    • MGMT/LGST/OIDD 6920: Advanced Topics Negotiation
    • MGMT 7210: Corporate Development: Mergers and Acquisitions
    • MGMT 7290: Intellectual Property Strategy for the Innovation-Driven Enterprise
    • MGMT 7310: Technology Strategy
    • MGMT 8020: Change, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
    • MGMT 8040: Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Management
    • MGMT 8090: Private Equity in Emerging Markets
    • MGMT 8110: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
    • MGMT 8120: Social Entrepreneurship
    • MGMT 8140: Search Fund Entrepreneurship
    • MGMT 8160: Building Human Assets in Entrepreneurial Ventures
    • MGMT 8310: Entrepreneurship Launchpad
    • MGMT 8330: Strategies and Practices of Family-controlled Companies
    • MGMT 8880: Venture Acceleration Lab
    • MKTG 7270: Analytics and AI in Digital Marketing and Social Media
    • MKTG 7340: Idea Generation and the Systematic Approach for Creativity
    • OIDD/IPD 5150: Product Design
    • OIDD 6140: Innovation
    • OIDD 6360: Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution
    • OIDD 6540: Product Management
    • OIDD 6620: Enabling Technologies
    • OIDD 6910: Negotiations
    • OIDD 6920: Advanced Topics Negotiation
    • REAL 8910: Real Estate Entrepreneurship
• Electives:
  • Select 5.5 course units of electives
• MBA Core Requirements: 9.5 course units
• Total Course Units: 19

MBA Core Requirements

• Accounting:
  • Select one of the following:
    • ACCT 6110: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
    • ACCT 6130: Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting
• Finance 1:
  • Corporate Finance:
    • Select one of the following:
      • FNCE 6110: Corporate Finance
      • FNCE 6210: Corporate Finance (Half CU)
• Macroeconomics:
  • Select one of the following:
    • FNCE 6130: Macroeconomics and the Global Economic Environment
    • FNCE 6230: Macroeconomics and The Global Economic Environment (Half CU)
• Legal Studies:
  • LGST 6110: Responsibility in Global Management (0.5 course units)
  • or LGST 6120: Responsibility in Business
  • or LGST 6130: Business, Social Responsibility, and the Environment
• Microeconomics:
  • BEPP 6110: Microeconomics for Managers: Foundations (0.5 course units)
  • BEPP 6120: Microeconomics for Managers: Advanced Applications (0.5 course units)
• Management:
  • MGMT 6100: Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership (0.5 course units)
  • MGMT 6110: Managing Established Enterprises (1 course unit)
  • or MGMT 6120: Management of Emerging Enterprises
• Marketing:
  • MKTG 6110: Marketing Management (0.5 course units)
  • MKTG 6120: Dynamic Marketing Strategy (0.5 course units)
  • or MKTG 6130: Strategic Marketing Simulation
• OIDD:
  • Select one unit of the following:
    • OIDD 6110: Quality and Productivity
    • OIDD 6120: Business Analytics
    • OIDD 6130: Online Business Models and the Information-Based Firm
    • OIDD 6140: Innovation
    • OIDD 6150: Operations Strategy
    • OIDD 6620: Enabling Technologies
    • OIDD 6900: Managerial Decision Making
• Statistics:
  • STAT 6130: Regression Analysis for Business (1 course unit)
  • or STAT 6210: Accelerated Regression Analysis for Business
• Management Communication:
  • Select one of the following options:
    • WHCP 6160: Management Communication (0.5 course units)
    • or WHCP 6180: Entrepreneurial Communication
• Second Year Requirement:
  • Students must satisfy the following requirements during their second year in the program:
    • Maintain a Wharton GPA that is greater than 2.33 in each semester of their second year
    • Have no more than 4 CU of Wharton courses with a grade less than or equal to 2.33 (C+ or lower) in their second year
• Total Course Units: 9.5

Global Experience Concentration

The Global Experience Concentration facilitates MBA student participation in a study abroad program. Students must complete two full credit units in an approved International Exchange Program at the partner university’s location. In addition, students must take one full credit unit of internationally focused MBA electives to satisfy the concentration requirement.

• Approved International Exchange Programs include:
  • Australia – AGSM, Sydney
  • Brazil – COPPEAD, Rio de Janeiro
  • Chile – Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago
  • China – CEIBS, Shanghai
  • China – Peking University, Beijing
  • France – HEC/ISA, Paris
  • France – INSEAD, Fontainebleau
  • Hong Kong – HKUST, Kowloon
  • India – ISB, Hyderabad
  • Israel – IDC, Herzliya
  • Israel – Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
  • Italy – SDA Bocconi, Milan
  • Japan – Keio University, Tokyo
  • Netherlands – RSM, Rotterdam
  • Philippines – AIM, Makati City
  • Singapore – INSEAD, Singapore
  • Spain – IESE, Barcelona
  • Sweden – Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm
  • Thailand – Sasin, Bangkok
  • United Kingdom – LBS, London
• In addition to two full credit units taken in an approved study-abroad program, students must take one full credit unit of internationally focused MBA electives to satisfy the concentration requirement. The electives should be selected from the list below and cannot be taken on a pass/fail basis.
• Course List Code | Title | Course Units
  • Global Experience Concentration:
    • Students must complete 2 CU in WHG 5000-level or above (2 course units)
  • Select at least 1 CU from the following:
    • Accounting:
      • ACCT/FNCE 7970: Taxes and Business Strategy
    • Business Economics and Public Policy:
      • BEPP/OIDD 7630: Energy Markets & Policy
      • BEPP/ACCT 7640: Climate and Financial Markets
      • BEPP 7890: Economic Globalization: Policy, History and Contemporary Issues
    • Finance:
      • FNCE 7190: International Financial Markets and Cryptocurrencies
      • FNCE 7310: Global Valuation and Risk Analysis
      • FNCE 7320: International Banking
      • FNCE 7400: Central Banks, Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets
      • FNCE 7540: ESG and Impact Investing
      • FNCE 7560: Energy Finance
    • Health Care Management:
      • HCMG 8590: Comparative Health Care Systems
      • HCMG 8680: Private Sector Role in Global Health
    • Legal Studies and Business Ethics:
      • LGST 8020: Law of Corporate Management and Finance
    • Management:
      • MGMT 7150: Political Environment of the Multinational Firm
      • MGMT 7200: Corporate Diplomacy
      • MGMT 7230: Strategy and Environmental Sustainability
      • MGMT 7870: Global Management of Digital Businesses
      • MGMT 7880: Managing and Competing in China
      • MGMT 8090: Private Equity in Emerging Markets
      • MGMT 8170: Global Growth of Emerging Firms
      • MGMT 8710: Advanced Global Strategy
      • MGMT 8750: Comparative Capitalism
    • Marketing:
    • Operations, Information, and Decisions:
      • OIDD 6730: Global Supply Chain Mgmt.
      • OIDD 7610: Risk Analysis and Environmental Management
      • OIDD 7620: Environmental Sustainability and Value Creation
    • Real Estate:
      • REAL 7050: Global Real Estate: Risk, Politics and Culture
      • REAL 8360: International Housing Comparisons
• Total Course Units: 3

Concentration advisor: Alyssa Swanson

The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2025 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.