Virtual Open Innovation Lab (VOIL)
Basic data for this project
Description
Rapid developments in digitalization pose pressure for firms to innovate & transform their businesses by implementing digital technologies & business models. Many firms that struggle with understanding the opportunities & consequences of digitalization. These difficulties are particularly demanding for small firms due to their general lack of resources, knowledge & skills. In order to accelerate the digital transformation of small & medium enterprises, higher education institutions need to adopt effective strategies to develop advanced digital skills in their students, future employees of these companies. Therefore, the target groups of this project are educators & students in Universities, young workers & entrepreneurs/managers of small & medium enterprises. The project VOIL – Virtual Open Innovation Lab has two strategic objectives: (1) to raise awareness about the potential of emerging technologies for the digital transformation of micro, small & medium enterprises, & (2) to design a pedagogical model for simulation-based learning of advanced digital competencies.
- EC - Lifelong Learning Programme: Erasmus+
Project management at the University of Münster
| Becker, Jörg | Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS) |
Applicants from the University of Münster
| Becker, Jörg | Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS) |
Research associates from the University of Münster
| Hermann, Andreas | Chair of Information Systems and Information Management (IS) |
Project partners outside the University of Münster
- University of MinhoPortugal
- Kaunas University of Technology (KUT)Lithuania
- University of GrazAustria
- University of Agder (UoA)Norway
- University of DeustoSpain
- RheinMain University of Applied SciencesGermany
- Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED)Greece
- COTEC PortugalPortugal