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Product Innovation Engineering Program: Training Students In Entrepreneurial Thinking

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Martin Grimheden

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

2007 annual conference and exposition proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--2356

Subject(s) - new product development , innovation management , product (mathematics) , training (meteorology) , computer science , product design , engineering management , knowledge management , manufacturing engineering , engineering , business , marketing , mathematics , geometry , physics , meteorology

When measuring innovation in Europe, Sweden is in the top end concerning resources put into research; almost in the top concerning education, but behind concerning innovation. KTH, the largest technical university in Sweden, has set out on a path to create a systematic change affecting engineering education toward innovation engineering and entrepreneurial thinking in general. This article presents the overall idea together with examples of educational activities with a particular focus on a new course aimed at finding, selecting and developing innovative student ideas and motivating these students to start developing their ideas into new businesses.

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