Executive Short Program
Scaling for Success
- Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
- Dec 09 2025
- 4 days
- English
- 5900 €*
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Executive Partner Program
Msc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Msc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship and innovation drive social and economic changes that shape our collective future. This degree program exposes participants to different ways of understanding, conceptualizing, and for some, building enterprises that create value in society. Participants will develop a “start-up” entrepreneurship toolbox through a set of courses, cases and practical exercises, and develop an informed understanding of the social and global challenges to which entrepreneurship and innovation seek to contribute.
Place(s):
Online
Duration:
2 years (460 hours)
Format:
Online
Next start(s):
Dec 15 2025
Language(s):
English
Cost:
22 950 €*
Objectives
- Develop development strategies for innovative or entrepreneurial projects
- Apply concepts, methodologies, and tools integrating strategy and innovation to forge a sustainable business model
- Deploy a strategic innovation plan to maximize conditions conducive to optimal development
- Transform a project into a sustainable model to identify responsible and measurable positive impacts
Program
The program is run over a period of 24 months and is composed of 4 components – Fundamental phase courses, Degree phase courses, a 12-month team project and a Master’s thesis, which on average takes 6 months to complete.
Participants follow 7 mandatory courses and then choose between option 1 or option 2 in the grouped electives to complete the 10 courses for this part of the program.
- Team Working
- Developing a Customer-centric Strategy through Marketing
- Strategic Management of Innovation
- Fundamentals of Negotiations
- Managing the Performance of a Growing Enterprise
- Business Model Innovation
- Intellectual Property Law for New Businesses
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- How to Create a Business Plan
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
Overview
2min09
Why is HEC Paris one of the best places to study entrepreneurship and innovation?
1min32s
How is the program structured
Profile
Who is this program for? Is it right for you?
Participant Profile
Young professionals with a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 8 years of working experience, wishing to prepare for a career as an entrepreneur or intrapreneur, a consultant in Innovation Management, or a decision-maker for launching innovative projects and making R&D investments.
Prerequisites and Admission Criteria
Candidates for the program must have: a bachelor's degree, a minimum of 2 years of professional experience, and a good command of English. Candidates will also be required to submit a potential project idea. The GMAT or GRE are desirable but not mandatory.
4min36s
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Participant Satisfaction and Success Rate
4,3 / 5*
*Average satisfaction rating given by participants (on a scale from 1 to 5) over the past year.
92% success rate, recorded during the same period.
92% success rate, recorded during the same period.
Faculty
Denisa MINDRUTA
Associate Professor Strategy and Business Policy
Many aspiring entrepreneurs are held back from following their dreams, often because they lack access to cutting-edge knowledge and practical tools. Balancing professional and personal commitments further complicates the journey. The MSIE program at HEC Paris is designed to overcome these challenges: it provides state-of-the-art courses and a meticulously crafted entrepreneurship toolbox, developed by HEC professors to address the realities of today’s startup landscape.
LEARNING AND EVALUATION METHODS
The fully online nature of the program allows participants to acquire new knowledge and skills without having to compromise their personal and professional commitments, while benefitting from direct interactions with HEC Paris Faculty, and personalized support from an HEC Paris Program Manager.
The project-based learning activities combine asynchronous courses, interactive webinars facilitated by HEC Paris professors, and team coaching by business leaders, or program alumni.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Our aim is to find out more about your personal motivation and skills and enable us to understand how this program will help you achieve your professional goals. The final selection is based on your online application, including written essays, recommendations and an online video presentation of your project and motivations.
FINAL ADMISSION DECISION : When completed, your application will be submitted to the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Admissions Committee for the final decision. In some cases you may be invited to an online interview with one of the Program Directors. Admissions decisions are communicated within 2-3 weeks of submitting your application depending on whether we require an additional interview with you.
HOW TO APPLY
You will need to upload the following documents to complete your application:
- A copy of your university transcripts
- A copy of your degree
- Résumé (CV) and 2 online letters of recommendation
- 3-minute online video pitch. The video presentation should focus on your motivations for participating in the program and highlight examples of how you have demonstrated an entrepreneurial mindset during your career. These examples can be from either within or outside your current company. In order to submit your video pitch you will need to post it on YouTube. Participants based in China can use YouKu. Please provide us with a private link to the video in your application file.
- Non-refundable application fee of €100
- If you have completed the GMAT or the GRE you may upload your results. Please note, that although the submission of a GMAT or GRE score is not mandatory, it will be taken into consideration for those who have taken the exam
- If you are currently enrolled, or have completed, the Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Mastertrack™ Certificate you will need to submit your proctored exam results in order to earn credits towards the degree.
Tuition Fees and Funding
The program fee includes tuition during training hours
Program Eligibility: RNCP : Diploma in "innovation and entrepreneurship" from the file 39423 (registration date in the RNCP: 22/07/2024; certifying body: Higher Education Institution HEC Paris). This training program is linked to Skill Block 05 of the RNCP Certification 39423. This action alone does not grant the RNCP 39423 diploma; all certification blocks must be completed. In order to allow employees and job seekers to progressively acquire these skill blocks, certifying bodies (ministries, training organizations, professional branches) must structure their certifications into homogeneous and coherent skill units. This structuring enables their recognition as parts of certifications that can be eligible for professional training funding.
Program eligible for Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE)
Funding Options: Depending on your profile and the program you choose, several funding options may be available to you. Visit our funding section for more information.
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