A professor of Business Innovation and an experienced entrepreneur, Dick Whittington reflects on a weakness of STEM degree programmes in the modern world – and how he’s addressing it with his textbook Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Read MoreThe incandescent lamps was the killer application of the electrification. Just a couple of years ago we decided to say goodbye to this lighting workhorse. A first assumed successor – the CFL – was not embraced by consumers. Nevertheless it pioneered the transition to energy-efficient lighting. And now the LED lamp takes over. This article […]
Read MoreIn his fourth instalment, Huub Ehlhardt, co-author of On the Origin of Products, discusses the origins of the smartphone.
Read MoreIn his third post, Huub Ehlhardt, co-author of On the Origin of Products, discusses the origins of the electric bike.
Read MoreWord processor software has become an indispensable tool in our daily life. Remarkably, it appears that this software product evolved from the mechanical typewriter. This article is the second of a series of five on product evolution. They illustrate that technological evolution can explain ‘the origin of products’, although one of a different nature than we […]
Read MoreIn the first of a series of blog posts, Huub Ehlhardt, co-author of On the Origin of Products, asks: ‘Can product development be considered as an evolutionary process?'
Read MoreTim Faley, the author of The Entrepreneurial Arch, explains why we need new entrepreneurs, why a system for building entrepreneurship is missing, and how we can foster one through education.
Read MoreIn this video Tim Faley, author of The Entrepreneurial Arch, discusses the concept of ‘the arch’ and how it can help develop entrepreneurial skills. Illustrated with various real-world examples, this structured and concise book will appeal to students, as well as to practitioners looking to develop their entrepreneurial skills.
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