5.4 DESCRIPTION

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Prerequisites: none

1 ECTS (~ 25-30 hrs workload)

Course Description: 

In this course participants create a strategic vision in form of a business model for an idea, concept, or invention completed during courses 5.2 Human-Centered Innovation Practice and/or 5.3 Nature-Based Innovation Practice (or taken from another case). They also develop implementation and business plans to bring their innovation to market through a series of cohesive phases.

Course Objectives:

The main course objectives are

• to explore a variety of business models
• to work creatively with the Business Model Generation canvas process, expanded to integrate biomimicry and circular economy principles
• to develop implementation and business plans to roll out the innovation
• to become familiar with various business plan outlines
• to develop a viable business plan aligned with the completed traditional/biomimicry/circular Business Model Generation canvas

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants are able to

• manage the Business Model Generation canvas process and align it with biomimicry and circular economy principles
• create implementation and business plans to roll out innovations aligned with components of the traditional/biomimicry/circular Business Model Generation canvases

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