Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences from Multidisciplinary Student Teams

Abstract

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</p><p><i>In research organizations the starting point for innovation is typically technology developed in-house and the application of it in a novel field. Working at an international research institution, the authors have experimented a new approach by creating course structures that are designed to start with a need instead of technology. Such structures include Innovation for Change (IfC) and Challenge Based Innovation (CBI) amongst others.</i></p>