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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

And for that reason it has become an integral criteria in many prescriptive regulations for (higher) education and in increasing numbers also explicitly and implicitly part of curricula (Saavedra & Opfer, 2012). Entrepreneurship. These two extremes – and everything in between – have been topic of discussion ever since.

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Typology for Innovative Organizations

Open Innovation EU

New generations, societal change, sustainable goals and disruptive technology require organizations to be much more flexible, self-reinventing organisms that don’t fit above-mentioned design principles. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 9(4), 351–379. The quest for professionalism: The case of management and entrepreneurship.

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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

Every company needs to simultaneously optimize their existing business model (sustain) and search for the next evolution of the business model (disrupt). March 9, 2012 - Running Lean Meta-Process - Lean Canvas Continuous Innovation Framework 2.0?—?June even if you currently are the status quo.

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Why Corporations Need “Coopetition” with Startups

KindlingApp

Often a startup’s goal is to be the next big disruptive innovation that changes the face of the market forever. Inhibitive scale often means large companies find themselves undergoing disruptive changes catalyzed by smaller startups—like Blockbuster’s dismantling at the hands of Netflix.

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Top 10 must-read books on Innovation

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker In this classic book published in 1985, Peter F. Drucker “presents innovation and entrepreneurship as a practice and a discipline.” He focuses on the Practice of innovation, Practice of entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial strategies. The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M.

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