| Title |
Educating for the development of sustainable business models: Designing and delivering a course to foster creativity |
| ID_Doc |
34150 |
| Authors |
Karlusch, A; Sachsenhofer, W; Reinsberger, K |
| Title |
Educating for the development of sustainable business models: Designing and delivering a course to foster creativity |
| Year |
2018 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.199 |
| Abstract |
Incorporating entrepreneurship and sustainability as complementary entities is challenging. Within a multi-disciplinary academic context and using a case-study research approach, this paper outlines the design and delivery of an entrepreneurship course to encourage participants' lateral thinking and incorporated intelligence when developing sustainable business models. Results underline the fact that teams, which include participants with a greater diversity of academic backgrounds, tend to think and act more creatively in the conceptualization of new business models compared to less diverse teams in a similar academic context. Participants' ideas in diverse teams proved to incorporate a wider problem context in their problem-solution proposition. This underlines some conclusive evidence for a positive relationship between social learning and business development in fostering first and foremost intangible learning but also enable concrete tangible outcomes in creating new sustainability business models. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Education for sustainable development; Sustainable business models; Creativity in entrepreneurship; Curriculum and course development; Teaching and learning theory; Interdisciplinary teams |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000425568700016 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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