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2. Why do you think Dupont was particularly interested in Innovalight? Unlike emerging technologies of the recent past, nanotechnology has far-reaching potential to impact our lives and, according to
1. Identify the key challenges in protecting intellectual property generated in nanotechnology. Do you think those challenges are being alleviated as more and more applications of nanotechnology are
4. Who are the critical actors (partners, users, institutions, etc.) to bring on board in your loyal network to increase the chances of commercialisation/bringing the innovation into use?
3. Where would your product (and its “group of products”)be placed on the diffusion S-curve, and (if placed early on the curve) how could it be brought to the next level?
2. How can you best improve your knowledge of users’needs?
1. Using the concepts and typologies in this chapter, how would you classify your invention?
4. Could Salma Fresh have been developed and brought to users without developing Salma Cured first? This chapter outlined how innovation to a large extent is about testing new combinations. In this
3. Identify possible causes for the immediate success of Salma Fresh. Compare this to Salma Cured. This chapter outlined how innovation to a large extent is about testing new combinations. In this
2. Discuss the five phases of the user adoption bell curve.What stage did Salma Cured likely reach and why? This chapter outlined how innovation to a large extent is about testing new combinations.
1. What were the key strengths in Salmon Brands’ approach to getting the salmon salami (Salma Cured) to market?What are some weaknesses in Salmon Brands’approach? This chapter outlined how
4. Outline the various stages of the innovation life cycle and their particular challenges.
3. Understand some of the complexities of managing processes with high levels of uncertainty; and
2. Identify different sources of innovations;
1. Define innovation and classify different kinds of innovations;
5. Taking a university that you are familiar with, and using the identified macro- and micro-level stimulants presented in Section 3.6, conduct an analysis. What are your main conclusions and what
4. Company formations – start-ups and spin-ins – are considered key metrics for universities in supporting entrepreneurship. Discuss how universities can effectively support increased numbers of
3. Describe the basic technology transfer process, and discuss how technology entrepreneurs can exploit it in furthering their technology and new venture creation.
2. Discuss why technology transfer is of growing importance and significance to universities and technology entrepreneurs.
1. Outline the core concepts of the linear and relationship model of technology transfer. What are the implications for technology entrepreneurs?
4. From your reading of the Allergy Standard Ltd case study, make some recommendations to the founder, John McKeon, in relation to how his company could use technology transfer mechanisms from
3. Outline some technology transfer strategies that John McKeon should consider in growing ASL. Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus is located on an island site in the heart of Dublin, Ireland.
2. Why are government support and third-level incubation important for ASL? Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus is located on an island site in the heart of Dublin, Ireland. Since being
1. Discuss the macro and micro factors that influence ASL’s growth and development.
3. Outline the stimulants and barriers to technology transfer.
2. Describe the technology transfer process and some specific mechanism for technology transfer – patents, licensing and company formation (start-ups and spinouts);
1. Understand the different theoretical perspectives on technology transfer;
2. Understand the common characteristics of entrepreneurs and technology entrepreneurs;
6. Describe the motivations of technology entrepreneurs and the consequences for their new venture creation.
5. Discuss how entrepreneurial intent influences technology entrepreneurs.
4. Take a technology entrepreneur that you are familiar with and analyse their main characteristics. Discuss the implications of your analysis.
3. Outline and discuss the main characteristics of technology entrepreneurs.
2. Discuss why context matters more for technology entrepreneurs and their new ventures.
1. Outline the main aspects of a definition of entrepreneurship. Discuss how they differ from definitions of technology entrepreneurship.
3. What are the factors that have made Rovio Entertainment an international success? Discuss how Rovio Entertainment could protect itself and grow.Released in December 2009 by Rovio Entertainment
2. Is Rovio Entertainment a technology-based company?Discuss and outline your rationale.Released in December 2009 by Rovio Entertainment Corporation, Angry Birds is a game that requires the user to
1. Using the technology entrepreneurship definitions, apply them to this case and discuss.Released in December 2009 by Rovio Entertainment Corporation, Angry Birds is a game that requires the user to
WHAT MAKES HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIFFERENT FROM ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
4. Understand the psychological characteristics of entrepreneurship.
3. Describe and explain the motivations of technology entrepreneurs; and
1. Define entrepreneur and technology entrepreneur;
5. Discuss how future trends will impact on technology entrepreneurs and new venture formations.
4. From your assessment of the European Innovation Scorecard, what are the implications for technology entrepreneurs?
3. Take an entrepreneurial ecosystem that you are familiar with and map out the key elements. Discuss how resilient and robust this entrepreneurship ecosystem is and how it supports technology
2. Outline the triple helix model and discuss the roles of the key actors in this model.
1. Discuss how innovation and entrepreneurship policy impacts on technology entrepreneurs.
3. Discuss how convergent technology space opportunities, crowdfunding, the Internet of Things or the gig economy could have been applied to Renishaw Diagnostics to potentially have made it more
2. Discuss how entrepreneurial ecosystems supported the growth and development of Renishaw Diagnostics. In May 2007, Scotland’s Strathclyde University launched D3 Technologies Ltd to develop
1. How did the triple helix influence and shape the development of Renishaw Diagnostics?In May 2007, Scotland’s Strathclyde University launched D3 Technologies Ltd to develop diagnostic tests and
3. Discuss some future trends that will directly affect technology entrepreneurs.
2. Describe the direct and indirect impacts of innovation and entrepreneurship policies on technology entrepreneurship;and
1. Explain the triple helix concept and what entrepreneurial ecosystems are;
How crucial are the growing movements for open data and open governance to the future of democracy? Are we overplaying their importance? What evidence do we have that they work?
Drafting legislation is complex and often beyond the understanding of many citizens. What techniques can be used to make it more relevant, and that might encourage people to engage in the process?
What was it about Tarik’s background that gave him the skills, drive and vision that were so useful – and critical – to him in his later career?
Is it an advantage or a disadvantage that many of the social media platforms used to engage citizens are commercial, for-profit ventures based largely out of the United States?
How important is it to build open platforms that anyone can take and deploy for their own use, in their own country?
‘Technology can be a double-edged sword and be an enabler for organizations working towards open government and democracy, whilst enabling those governments to monitor citizens and civil
How much of a role did technology play in the Arab Spring? What do you think about the use of the terms ‘Facebook Revolution’ or‘Twitter Revolution’ to describe its role? Would the Arab
What difference does it make when the innovator has a vested interest in the problem, as Sharon did? Does a personal attachment to a problem lead to more commitment and drive, and a potentially
Scientists often tend to study popular and safe topics, genes, proteins and so on. What could be done to encourage more entrepreneurial risk taking?
Finding treatments for rare diseases is just as expensive as common ones, but benefits far fewer people. How should society make decisions about what conditions/diseases to work on? Should people
Developing treatments for diseases costs about US $1B and takes 17 or 18 years. It has a 95 per cent failure rate. How is this field ripe for disruption and what would you recommend to ensure more
Biomedical science has been the purview of MDs and PhDs until the last few decades when ordinary citizens began to delve into the field. What do you think about the pros and cons of such
What do you think about the ‘hero model’? How are you a hero?Does it impede others or yourself from having more impact? How strong a role does the ego play?
What are the pros and cons of Sharon Terry working for all diseases rather than just PXE? Is a narrow focus better than spreading a wider net? What could be the impact on her work and the work of the
What do you think are the pros and cons when comparing bricks and mortar disease advocacy organizations (incorporated charities)with Facebook groups and other less traditional movements?
Is it ethical to have a support group act as the gatekeeper for the data of people with a specific disease?
Have other parents or sufferers created registries and blood and tissue banks?
In 1999, Sharon Terry patented the ABCC6 gene. Does that gene patent still stand or did the 2013 Supreme Court ruling banning the patenting of naturally occurring genes negate it?
What are the key success factors of Dream in Tunisia? What are its weaknesses?
What kind of metrics could be used to focus more on the impact on poverty of Acacias for All?
Acacias for All plans to scale up in Morocco by 2017. What kind of organization could support this expansion without losing the vision of the social enterprise?
Every day 15 billion trees disappear from the planet. How can Dream in Tunisia have a wider impact?
Dream in Tunisia is currently a non-profit organization with a commercial component. Is it sustainable for scaling up?
What are the wider barriers to implementing any literacy-based project in developing countries? How might you overcome resistance to an idea, even though the evidence might be clear that the project
Pick a country where SLS might be relevant. What would be your strategy to scale up SLS nationally there, on all the existing songs on TV, in all the languages?
The SLS project has pursued a strategy of evidence-based policy advocacy. When the state system’s capacity to evaluate evidence is weak at best in India, is that a good strategy?
If SLS is a win-win for television and literacy, because the ratings and reading skills go up measurably, why is there so much resistance to scaling it up, in the government and in the private sector?
Besides literacy, to which other social development goals, and specific groups, can SLS contribute to and how?
What are the pros and cons of implementing SLS on film songs vs dialogue, from a weak literate’s perspective?
The SLS project simply combines long-existing elements like subtitles, Bollywood and television. So where is the innovation?Why did it take until 1996 for its conception?
How do you see technology embracing, changing, disrupting and inspiring the humanitarian aid industry in the next decade?
The aid industry has largely been a top-down exercise for the past 50 years, with donors engaging with ‘passive’ recipients. With the advent of mobile and internet technologies, this is beginning
Should the developed world accept as many refugees as neighbouring countries to the conflicts? If so, how can we provide the best possible life for them in their new homes?
Is creating a profitable business based on helping others morally acceptable?
The aid industry is a $157 billion a year industry, having grown tenfold in the past decade. This is not sustainable, and is often ineffective. How should this be changed?
What is the role of the private sector in social good projects?
What strategies might you think of deploying when you have an idea which you know works, yet others need to be convinced?
How did the existing scientific paradigm alternatively hinder and help the progression of this work? Why is it difficult to enlarge an existing scientific paradigm?
How important is affectionate human touch to the health and happiness of children and adults? To your health and happiness?
If ethics dictate that medical treatment should be accessible to all children in need, how can a project like this be sustained, and where does the profit motive fit in?
What are the ethics of entrepreneurship in the context of (quality of)life-saving medical treatment for children?
What are the strengths and limitations of modern medicine and Chinese medicine when it comes to autism?
Why does some of the more interesting innovation happen on the edges, where resources are often in shortest supply?
Are any industries safe from disruption? How do big companies avoid being overtaken by young start-ups?
What is required for someone to move from idea to creation?
How do you hire top-quality people to work in companies like Ushahidi?
How do you grow an initial success beyond the first win and into a real, solid organization?
What helps to be in place before you go out to seek funding? Why?
How important is it to have a perfect product before you launch?
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