1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254328103321

Titolo

Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship [[electronic resource] ] : Case Studies from IIT Kanpur / / edited by B. V. Phani, Sameer Khandekar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3334-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 71 p. 76 illus., 74 illus. in color.)

Collana

IITK Directions, , 2509-6591 ; ; 1

Disciplina

658.421

Soggetti

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Management

Industrial management

Technical education

Engineering design

Entrepreneurship

Industrial and Production Engineering

Innovation/Technology Management

Engineering/Technology Education

Engineering Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The 4 I’s of Innovation -- 2. Winds of Change -- 3. The Role of Experimentation in Fostering Innovation -- 4. The Game Changers - Seekers to Creators -- 5. Lab to Market: A Case Study -- 6. Withering to Weathering - A Farmers’ Friend -- 7. Bridging the Technology Gap: Linking IITs with ITIs -- 8. Manning the Unmanned - The Aarav Story -- 9. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at IIT Kanpur – A Serendipitous Journey.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on promoting entrepreneurial ecosystems within universities and educational institutes. It especially emphasizes the thriving systems and practices existing within the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK). It discusses cases and successes of the SIDBI



Incubation and Innovation Centre in the Institute. This edited volume highlights the vision of IITK and describes a few of the major achievements of the past few years. It especially showcases the requirements and challenges of creating, sustaining, and boosting such entrepreneurial ecosystems and incubation centres. The contents of this book will be useful to researchers, administrators, and corporate collaborators working in the area of monetizing technology coming from educational institutions by converting it to successful products and business ideas. .

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910701856803321

Titolo

Green jobs from action on global warming [[electronic resource] ] : field hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, August 14, 2007, San Jose, CA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 50 pages) : illustrations

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 110-1121

Soggetti

Energy conservation - Economic aspects - United States

Clean energy industries - Economic aspects - United States

Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States

Job creation - United States

Global warming - United States - Prevention

Energy policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on June 5, 2012).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.