Theme T2.6: Financing. Opportunities and Risks

The theme will cover the basic elements of planning and managing finance within an enterprise. The main sources of financing, financial sustainability and pricing of products and services shall be considered and discussed via practical cases and examples. On this ground,  the fund generation forms that are specific for the CCIs shall be regarded along the main dichotomy of (i) public/governmental funding and (ii) private funding within and beyond philanthropy, including the novel models associated with crowd-sourcing, multi-donor supports, project-based activities and so on. Lastly, the theme shall regard the different types of financing instruments regarding the development stage of an enterprises as well as the risks and opportunities that accompany them. Relevant links shall be made to all the other themes in the course regarding in particular the dichotomy between proprietary and free access sharing of content.

  • Number of hours: 3 in class, 3 self study.

Material

Presentation T2.6
Reader T2.6

Case study/ies

Video Case Study T2.6

Video case study “Recycle Art Academy” - Who is Natalinko

Video Case Study T2.6

Video case study “Recycle Art Academy” - Finances and Funding

Video Case Study T2.6

Video case study “Recycle Art Academy” - Team and Cooperation

Case study T2.6

Recycle Art Academy

Learning activities

Learning Activities T2.6

Test your knowledge

T2.6 Self Assessment

Multiple-choice questions

T2.6 Self Assessment (Open Questions)