Innovation and entrepreneurship: What professors from leading universities say?

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2008

Authors

Manuel Oliveira (Author) FEUP; João José Pinto Ferreira (Author) FEUP; Barandas, H (Author) FEP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Innovation in Manufacturing Networks

Pages: 353-362

8th IFIP International Conference on Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems

Porto, Portugal, June 23-25, 2008

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Authenticus ID: P-004-3KD

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09492-2_38

Abstract (EN): As innovation is essential for the competitiveness of enterprises and economic development there is a question which has been raised with some insistence: Do teaching practices make a difference to innovation and entrepreneurship in the work place? Experts were contacted for their views. They say yes, as long as the teaching method is adequate. So, in the USA, a naturally innovative society, a new concept of integrated teaching was developed - "hands-on" to increase innovation ever more in North America. This concept proved also to be successful in a non-innovative society as is demonstrated by the case of MIETE (a partnership between FEUP and FEP, University of Porto) in Portugal.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10