Open Educational Resources

Textbook designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for developing a business plan. It follows a unique format that both explains what to do and demonstrates how to do it. Includes accompanying spreadsheet templates. CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.

Textbook with a focus on market research. Topics include entrepreneurship, technology and product life cycles, product and service versioning, product line optimization, creativity, lock-in real options, business valuation, and project management. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

OpenStax textbook for introductory undergraduate entrepreneurship course. It is designed to be flexible to cover a wide range of audiences and approaches. Theoretical and practical aspects are presented in a balanced manner. Instructor and student resources available. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Textbook designed for upper year undergraduates and graduate students studying fundamental entrepreneurship concepts. Topic covered include recognising and evaluating opportunities, business models and planning, financing, and business set-up, start-up, and growth. CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license.

Modular textbook designed for entrepreneurial journalism, media innovation, and related courses. Included case studies and covers topics such as ideation, freelancing, startup funding, pitching ideas, marketing. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Textbook based on a MOOC from TU delft. It provides a framework to reflect on the ethics and risks of new technologies. Includes links to lectures and case studies. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Three part lecture series on entrepreneurship during times of crisis from the University of Edinburgh. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Interdisciplinary journal which publishes theoretical and empirical peer-reviewed articles on entrepreneurship, management, and innovation. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Collection of case studies developed by MIT Sloan Management School. CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) license.

Peer-reviewed cases on sustainability in management, entrepreneurship and finance from the oikos case writing competition. CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial) license.

Collection of videos related to entreprenesurship delivered by a diverse range of speakers aimed to spread ideas. CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) license applies to TED Talks. All other content, including TED Ed videos are all rights reserved.

Three micro-courses from OERu: Becoming an entrepreneur; Planning a business start-up; and Financing a business start-up. Courses CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license but may refer to copyright material.

Courses in entrepreneurship as taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Content varies but can include lecture notes, videos, assignments with solutions, student project examples etc. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license but courses may refer to copyright material.

Entrepreneurship courses ranging from introductory to advanced level from the Open University. Courses include: entrepreneurial behaviour, supply chain sustainability, and liquidation management. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.