Objectives
The course gives the student an introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of sustainable cities. The course relies on opportunity recognition, a theory based on entrepreneurship, giving an understanding of the process of identifying, exploring, and developing an entrepreneurial opportunity. Another well-known entrepreneurial approach, effectuation, is introduced to further familiarise the student with opportunity identification, decision-making in uncertain situations and new venture creation.
The course links to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 11 particularly), and gives the student understanding on how innovation and entrepreneurship can be utilised in solving sustainability challenges related to cities and communities.
The course gives the student an introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of sustainable cities. The course relies on opportunity recognition, a theory based on entrepreneurship, giving an understanding of the process of identifying, exploring, and developing an entrepreneurial opportunity. Another well-known entrepreneurial approach, effectuation, is introduced to further familiarise the student with opportunity identification, decision-making in uncertain situations and new venture creation.
The course links to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 11 particularly), and gives the student understanding on how innovation and entrepreneurship can be utilised in solving sustainability challenges related to cities and communities.
- Peppi-Teacher: Satu Aaltonen