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The impact of management on creativity and knowledge transfer in an academic virtual enterprise

Nuša Fain ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Askerceva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Miro Kline ; Faculty of Social Sciences, Kardeljeva ploščad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nikola Vukašinovič ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Askerceva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jože Duhovnik ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Askerceva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

In a competitive knowledge-based environment the role of creativity in new product development (NPD) has increased. The university as the provider of scientific and technological knowledge has become a key player in NPD, as a supplier of knowledge and human capital and as the physical space for new enterprises. The boundaries between science and technology, university and industry are in flux. This article therefore examines the environmental, strategic and organizational factors influencing innovation in NPD process on an example of an Academic Virtual Enterprise (AVE) that was applied in a design course called European Global Product Realization. AVE represents a creative working environment for students, where they act as real professionals in solving a real-life design problem.

Keywords

Academic Virtual Enterprise; creativity; innovation; Knowledge-based economy; NPD process

Hrčak ID:

59648

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59648

Publication date:

30.9.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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