Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

Research, Development and Innovation

Degree programme Bachelor Electrical Engineering Dual
Subject area Engineering Technology
Type of degree Bachelor
Part-time
Winter Semester 2024
Course unit title Research, Development and Innovation
Course unit code 074742057005
Language of instruction English
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Compulsory
Teaching hours per week 3
Year of study 2024
Level of the course / module according to the curriculum
Number of ECTS credits allocated 4
Name of lecturer(s) Gunther ROTHFUSS, Heidi WEBER
Requirements and Prerequisites

Module "Method and Business Competence", Semesters 1 and 2

Course content
  • Innovation management
  • Introduction to the main topics of the research centres at Vorarlberg, University of Applied Sciences
  • Research funding models
  • Introduction to setting up a business
  • Introduction to the Lean Startup Method
  • Introduction to business model logic
  • Financing options for start-ups
Learning outcomes
  • Students can explain how ideas become innovations.
  • Students can explain how innovation can be promoted through research findings.
  • Students can explain current research priorities at the UAS.
  • Students can list the most important steps for business start-ups.
  • Students can design and further develop new, innovative business models.
  • The students know the most important terms and the procedure for applying the Lean Startup Method.
  • The students can name financing variants for start-ups and their advantages and disadvantages.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Seminars, Excursions, Case studies

Assessment methods and criteria

Seminar paper and presentation

Immanent examination character.

Comment

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Recommended or required reading
  • Blank, Steve; Dorf, Bob (2012): The Startup Owners Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. Pescadero, CA: K&S Ranch Press.
  • Dodgson, Mark; Gann, David M; Phillips, Nelson (2013): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Hahn, Christopher (2013): Finanzierung und Besteuerung von Start-up-Unternehmen. Praxisbuch für erfolgreiche Gründer. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler
  • Osterwalder, Alexander; Pigneur, Yves (2010): Business Model Generation. A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Hoboken, New Jersey: Jon Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face to face