Abstract
The new service development discipline is expanding within many business activities. This discipline can facilitate strivings toward successful accomplishment of a sustainable entrepreneurship. Therefore, many academic institutes teach courses within this domain. This study presents a novel approach that educates engineering students to become successful entrepreneurs based on contextual learning. This approach embeds a practical project within the academic program. The student has to implement the academic know-how into the embedded project. The study utilizes a quantitative tool to measure the students' response to the approach. The results indicate that the students were satisfied with the approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 27-39 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Active learning
- Contextual learning
- Engineering education
- Hands-on-experience
- New service development
- Service engineering
- Service management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Information Systems
- Information Systems
- Strategy and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Information Systems and Management
