Entrepreneurship and the Community

Entrepreneurship and the Community
Author: Vanessa Ratten
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2019-08-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030236048

Entrepreneurship is the result of various contextual factors in the community, which are shaped by social challenges and business needs. Recent research efforts have focused on the dynamics of communities and how they facilitate entrepreneurship among a diverse group of people and organizations. This book highlights research on the importance of communities and their role in providing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that promotes innovation and business activities. Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, it explores what it takes to create an entrepreneurial community that fosters creativity. Sharing valuable insights, it will enhance readers’ understanding of how entrepreneurship is formed by and exists in communities.

Education Tools for Entrepreneurship

Education Tools for Entrepreneurship
Author: Marta Peris-Ortiz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-12-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319246577

This book examines education in entrepreneurship through an action-learning environment that uses educational innovation tools. It explores various education tools, technology tools and pedagogical methods being implemented into university curriculums around the world. Entrepreneurship in society is rapidly gaining popularity as entrepreneurial activities aimed to create social value are fundamental in the development of an innovative, sustainable economy. This notion has been encouraging universities to incorporate entrepreneurship-related competencies into the curriculums of almost all subjects. Thus, developing an action-learning environment with educational innovation tools, technology tools and pedagogical methods is becoming increasingly important to universities. Students must be fully prepared to face the many challenges in the world and to help develop an innovative and sustainable economy. Universities should therefore promote active learning through innovation so that students can become active participants in their learning. Featuring contributions and case studies from academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world, the is book provides international perspective into entrepreneurship education and innovation.

Educational Research and Innovation Measuring Innovation in Education 2023 Tools and Methods for Data-Driven Action and Improvement

Educational Research and Innovation Measuring Innovation in Education 2023 Tools and Methods for Data-Driven Action and Improvement
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2023-08-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9264731881

Measuring innovation in education and understanding its drivers and obstacles is essential to improve the quality of the education sector – and of specific educational establishments. Are pedagogical and administrative practices changing in the expected direction?

Entrepreneurial Universities

Entrepreneurial Universities
Author: Marta Peris-Ortiz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2016-12-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319479490

This book analyses the importance of the entrepreneurial university, specifically in relation to the creation of entrepreneurial ideas and attitudes in students and entrepreneurial initiatives in academic institutions. The aim of the editors and contributing authors is to provide the reader with a set of experiences illustrating the advantages of communicating and encouraging entrepreneurship among students, thereby highlighting the “third mission” of the university: the need to adopt entrepreneurial strategy without disrupting the quality of teaching and research. Featuring initiatives from institutions around the world, the authors argue that the increasing importance of knowledge in the technical and social dimensions of today’s world provides greater relevance to the entrepreneurial university. In this context, universities transcend their traditional focus on teaching and basic research to carry out technology transfers, marketing ideas, and patent registrations, and incorporate spin-off companies that contribute to industrial innovations, economic growth, and job creation. In the teaching dimension, the entrepreneurial university represents a focus on programs which train students in the applications and most advanced practices in knowledge-driven fields. The book addresses such questions as: Can marketing ideas deteriorate the quality of research in the long term? What importance does the cultural framework have for an entrepreneurial education? What circumstances and programs facilitate spin-offs in universities What are the key features of entrepreneurial universities? In reference to entrepreneurship education in its broadest sense, then, it corresponds to the framework of ideas and general features on which entrepreneurship is founded: in-depth knowledge of the projects or ventures which they wish to carry out, capacity to perceive the relevant characteristics of the environment, and the leadership and goal setting skills to achieve success.

Innovación y emprendimiento en la educación superior

Innovación y emprendimiento en la educación superior
Author: Nofal Nagles García
Publisher: Universidad EAN
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2023-11-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9587565878

Se presentan las memorias derivadas del Congreso Virtual Internacional en Gestión, Emprendimiento e Innovación de la Universidad EAN, realizado por la Facultad de Estudios en Ambientes Virtuales (FEAV). Compila las experiencias de los docentes conferencistas alrededor de la educación y el reto que representa para ellos sumergirse en una nueva era que exige nuevas formas de enseñanza, utilización de nuevas tecnologías y desarrollo de nuevos proyectos y productos que coadyuven a dinamizar el conocimiento en múltiples áreas. En este sentido, el documento se constituye en un referente para establecer diferentes estrategias de enseñanza, que sirvan como canal para orientar la educación en la siguiente década, al tiempo que vislumbra un desafío para los docentes en la adquisición de competencias y herramientas tecnológicas que les permitan afrontar los nuevos horizontes del saber.

Handbook of Research on Quality Assurance and Value Management in Higher Education

Handbook of Research on Quality Assurance and Value Management in Higher Education
Author: Nuninger, Walter
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2016-03-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1522500251

The management of quality and sustainability in higher education institutions ensures that proper standards are maintained. Such enforced standardization allows for the highest caliber of training opportunities for various fields and disciplines. The Handbook of Research on Quality Assurance and Value Management in Higher Education is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on quality management and assurance programs and standards in college-level environments. Highlighting global perspectives on academic and professional learning, this book is ideally designed for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and professionals actively involved in the field of higher education.

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Fourth Sector

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Fourth Sector
Author: María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2021-08-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030757145

“The fourth sector” consists of for-benefit organizations that combine market-based approaches of the private sector with the social and environmental aims of the public and non-profit sectors. This book examines successful experiences around the world in entrepreneurship in the fourth sector in recent times. The chapters also reveal the pivotal role of the public sector collaboration with private entities in solving the problems of humanity.

Science, Technology, and Higher Education

Science, Technology, and Higher Education
Author: Luis Antonio Orozco
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-10-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030807207

This volume explores the governance and management of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in relation to social inclusion and sustainability, highlighting its goal, challenges, and opportunities. Divided into two sections, it addresses the goals and institutional arrangements around sustainable development in the context of Latin American countries as well as the challenges of developing absorptive STI capacities for inclusion in the higher education institutions and systems. The chapters tackle the important role of citizen science, science diplomacy, peace building, mission-oriented policies, public innovation, institutional entrepreneurs, and policy networks. Researchers and scholars will find an opportunity to better grasp several topics and methodologies in knowledge development in the governance of STI. This interdisciplinary work presents original research on science, technology and innovation policy and governance studies in an understudied region.

Trial and Error in Journalism and Communication Education

Trial and Error in Journalism and Communication Education
Author: Sandra Marinho
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527578054

This book explores the challenges of teaching journalism and communication in an ever-changing media environment. It considers the classroom as a space of “trial and error” and, therefore, of necessary innovation. It brings together professors and students from different universities across Europe to recount their teaching and learning experiences. The book also provides training proposals which offer an insight into the ongoing international debate on which teaching trends and practices can be effective in the digital environment. As such, the text will contribute to strengthening the university teaching of professional communicators based on technological innovation and critical thinking.