Purpose – In recent years there has been growing focus on the innovative and profit generating value of design thinking in a businesses. This attention is also reflected business education. The basic thesis that particular relavant to entrepreneurship purpose this paper propose teaching model, named DesUni model. model suggests novel design-oriented approach Design/methodology/approach relies interfaces between literatures education thinking. From reviewing synthesizing these new insights...

We investigate COVID-19 as a disabling and an enabling mechanism for small mid-size enterprises (SMEs), particularly how SMEs' crisis strategies might help them through the crisis. SMEs can follow retrenchment strategy, persevering or innovation they do so narrowly broadly. Using representative sample of Danish SMEs, we test are associated with turnover expectations. find distinct differences in effective linked to expectations, depending on affected first place (i.e., were victims, immunes,...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study different aspects and tensional forces that play a role in the internal contextual negotiation takes place within students exploration possible identity entrepreneur. It expands knowledge how university context influences student entrepreneurial processes from multiple perspective. findings are related discussions entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual presents framework on sense making grounded illustrated by ten...

Prior research on crisis management focuses strategies used by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), predominately without considering their initial state of preparedness – how these SMEs stepped into the in first place. This study examines effects financial, organizational cultural strategic choices make during crises, specifically whether they retrench, persevere, or innovate. Utilizing a unique longitudinal representative dataset spanning from 2015 to 2020, we test hypotheses...

Inexplicable tensions and paradoxes exist between the underlying assumptions logics of design related management perspectives. This paper aims to contribute literature by introducing entrepreneurship as an alternative perspective. Entrepreneurship holds capacity add new valuable managerial meaning term that does not disrupt uniqueness design. A differentiation is made two – administrative entrepreneurial article argues against a one-management-style-fits-all-design-processes approach. Design...

The present study offers new input to the discussion of how entrepreneurship education and training programmes can be tailored suit design professionals. To a large extent, existing teaching for creative people is based on traditional administrative management logic that often results in clash between entrepreneurial demands identities. paper following rationale: better we understand designers' reasoning their struggles concerning becoming entrepreneurs, are able learning experiences meet...

The overall aim of this study is to explore the potential Design Thinking bring value small firms through ambidexterity, which essential firms' performance and survival. Specifically, we investigate how can benefit ambidextrous dynamics between small- medium-sized enterprise (SME) managers' entrepreneurial administrative mindsets. empirical foundation our in-depth qualitative data on 24 SME managers who participated in a two-year research project driven by Thinking. reveals that does put...

In spite of a growing body knowledge on the importance innovation and change, firms still experience great difficulties in being continuously entrepreneurial. This article addresses reasons for such difficulties. Building conceptual discussion, first identifies seemingly opposing forces found at core corporate entrepreneurship. These are described terms 'creative destruction' 'controlled adaptation'. Both identified as essential to successful entrepreneurship, but set very different agendas,...

While recent debates in research on the creation of entrepreneurial opportunities increasingly link opportunity to logic design, they do not fully engage with design literature. The aim this paper is bring closer together two fields and entrepreneurship order stimulate new knowledge creation. In doing so, we offer a shared theoretical framework that illustrates can advantageously complement each other process. Practical insights into robustness are provided by short illustrative case electric cars.

Prior research indicates the importance of entrepreneurial responses to external crises. This article theoretically extends concept self-efficacy task domain response crisis situations. Crisis efficacy is conceptualized as a task-specific (perceived) efficacy, CEO's beliefs in their firm's skills, knowledge, and readiness respond effectively an – dealing with impacts responding entrepreneurially pursue opportunities. We further theorize that mediates relationship between several antecedents...

Background: Globalization, technological advancement, environmental problems, etc. challenge organizations not just to consider cost-effectiveness, but also develop new ideas in order build competitive advantages. Hence, methods deliberately enhance creativity and facilitate its processes of development must play a central role engineering education. However, so far the education literature provides little attention important discussion how knowledge intensive based on concepts. Purpose: The...

Previous research remains silent on the cognitive constrains for design thinking in SMEs making a living from customers B2B markets.Through lens, article explores among SME top managers found traditional trades as iron and metal workshops, plastic industry, machine makers, tool building construction industry.These managers' cognition is shaped conjunction with organizational inter-organizational spaces of SMEs.Five cases are explored applying inductive qualitative techniques.The points at...