| Prerequisites and co-requisites |
| Module "Method and Business Competence", Semesters 1 and 2 |
| Course content |
- Innovation management
- Introduction to the main topics of the research centres at Vorarlberg, University of Applied Sciences
- Research funding models
- IIntroduction to setting up a business
- Introduction to the Lean Startup Method
- Introduction to business model logic
- Financing options for start-ups
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| Learning outcomes |
- Students can explain how ideas become innovations.
- Students can explain how innovation can be promoted through research findings.
- Students can explain current research priorities at the UAS.
- Students can list the most important steps for business start-ups.
- Students can design and further develop new, innovative business models.
- The students know the most important terms and the procedure for applying the Lean Startup Method.
- The students can name financing variants for start-ups and their advantages and disadvantages.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
| Seminars, Excursions, Case studies |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
| Seminar paper, immanent examination character. |
| Comment |
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| Recommended or required reading |
- Blank, Steve; Dorf, Bob (2012): The Startup Owners Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. Pescadero, CA: K&S Ranch Press.
- Dodgson, Mark; Gann, David M; Phillips, Nelson (2013): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Hahn, Christopher (2013): Finanzierung und Besteuerung von Start-up-Unternehmen. Praxisbuch für erfolgreiche Gründer. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler
- Osterwalder, Alexander; Pigneur, Yves (2010): Business Model Generation. A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Hoboken, New Jersey: Jon Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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| Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
| Face to face |