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Responsible Innovation in University Entrepreneurship Education: Towards an Integrative Teaching Framework

Does, Elisabeth 1; Eckerle, Christin ORCID iD icon 2; Kühler, Michael ORCID iD icon 1; Terzidis, Orestis ORCID iD icon 2; Manthey, Sarah I. ORCID iD icon 2
1 Institut für Technikzukünfte (ITZ), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Entrepreneurship, Technologiemanagement und Innovation (ENTECHNON), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

In times of profound transformation, we seek societal and technological innovations which serve sustainable development in economic, environmental and social equity domains. As a response to these needs in public interest, the concept of responsible innovation (RI) has been put forward by academics as a solution to face these grand challenges (Owen et al., 2013; Von Schomberg, 2013). RI endorses the development and implementation of innovative business models and products that serve sustainability goals, especially in the context of entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurs have the ability to identify opportunities which contribute to sustainable development by creating new enterprises that serve society and initiate positive change (Byers et al., 2011).

Existing research suggests that responsibility-oriented entrepreneurs are driven by their values, motives and attitudes when they pursue the creation of sustainable business models and products (Patzelt & Shepherd, 2011; Tur-Porcar, 2018). Those drivers can be facilitated and strengthened through a variety of channels, including education and mentoring (Sung & Park, 2018). Evidence propounds that university education has a considerable impact on attitudes, values, and thinking of potential entrepreneurs and their future entrepreneurial activities (Raposo & Do Paco, 2011, Lans et al., 2014). ... mehr


Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Entrepreneurship, Technologiemanagement und Innovation (ENTECHNON)
Institut für Technikzukünfte (ITZ)
Publikationstyp Vortrag
Publikationsdatum 04.11.2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator KITopen-ID: 1000143458
Veranstaltung 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education (2021), Online, 03.11.2021 – 07.11.2021
Schlagwörter Responsible Innovation; Entrepreneurship Education; Moral education; Teaching Framework
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