LB5222 - Technopreneurship: the E entrepreneur
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject explores the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in technology. It involves starting a technology venture in the hope of making a profit. The technology entrepreneur, also known as a technopreneur, is a person who identifies a technology-based opportunity and creates a business opportunity from an idea based on technology, innovates through commercialising based upon a robust business model. This subject explores how the technology venture is designed, developed and enhances technology products and services. Such innovative technologies will include but is not limited to defense, securities, space and flight, web technologies, electronic devices, mobile solutions, medicine and automation solutions, energy, nano technologies and applications, new technologies, robotics, gamification and applications , SNS connectivities and communications, automations, foods and yields, engineering, and medical technovative breakthrough solutions.
Learning Outcomes
- appraise entrepreneurial creativity and innovation in a technological context;
- evaluate how an opportunity is identified and developed successfully in a technological context;
- select and justify an optimum business model for technological product development and commercialization.
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| Cairns, Block, Study Period 7 | |
| Census Date 30-Jun-2016 | |
| Face to face teaching (Face to face dates: Fri 6pm-9pm 24 June & 8 July; Sat/Sun 9am-5pm 25-26 June & 9-10 July. Pre-Course Briefing: Mon 6pm-8pm 20 June) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor John Hamilton. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (50%); poster presentation (25%); youtube video (25%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 11-Aug-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor John Hamilton |
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| Assessment: | presentations (50%); youtube video (25%); poster presentation (25%). |
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