SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentPhD Program of Business Administration, Third Year PhD Program of Business Administration, Fourth Year PhD Program of Business Administration, Fifth Year
Course NameSeminar in Strategy for Micro-enterprise (III)
InstructorPENG TZU-JU
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule












































































































Week



Topic



Content and Reading Assignment



Teaching Activities



1



(9/4)



Orientation



Introduction



Lecture & discussion



(Prof. Peng & Prof. Guo)



2



(9/11)



Literature



Institutional and Environmental Constraints and Resource Dependence



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng & Prof. Guo)



3



(9/18)



Literature



Boundaries of Strategy in Micro-enterprise Contexts



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng & Prof. Guo)



4



(9/25)



Literature



Dynamic Capabilities of Microenterprises



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng & Prof. Guo)



5



(10/2)



Literature



Social Capital and Network Embeddedness



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



6



(10/9)



Literature



Improvisation and Strategy Formation



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



7



(10/16)



Literature



 



Comparative Case Study Design



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



8



(10/23)



Mid-Term Research Proposal



Mid-term Proposal Presentation



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



9



(10/30)



Workshop



Case Study: Indonesian Handicraft Micro-enterprises (I)



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



10



(11/6)



Workshop



Case Study: Indonesian Handicraft Micro-enterprises (II)



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



11



(11/13)



Literature



Comparative Case Study Research Design



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



12



(11/20)



Literature



Quantitative Research Design



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



13



(11/27)



Workshop



Sample Frame and Operationalization of Constructs



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



14



(12/4)



Workshop



Questionnaire Design and Collection



Presentation & discussion



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



15



(12/11)



Presentation



Final Proposal Presentations



Evaluation and final feedback



(Prof. Peng& Prof. Guo)



16



(12/18)



Final-Term



Term Paper Due



Manuscript submission



(Prof. Peng & Prof. Guo)



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

NA


Requirement/Grading

Class Participation:                    30%



Weekly referee report:               30%



Term Paper:                               40%



Students are expected to read and prepare 2–3 core journal articles per week from journals such as:




  • Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)

  • Academy of Management Review (AMR)

  • Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ)

  • Organization Science (OS)

  • Strategic Management Journal (SMJ)

  • Journal of Management (JoM)

  • Journal of Management Studies (JMSt)

  • Journal of Business Venturing (JBV)

  • Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ETP)



Each student is required to prepare and present a referee report (in PowerPoint format) of the assigned paper(s) every week.



In the term paper, students are required to review relevant literature, develop testable hypotheses/propositions, and explain the methods through which they test the hypotheses.


Textbook & Reference

TBA


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