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Open-Source as Enabler of Entrepreneurship Ambitions Among Engineering Students – A Study Involving 20 Finnish Startups

Jose Teixeira, Joni Salminen, Open-Source as Enabler of Entrepreneurship Ambitions Among Engineering Students – A Study Involving 20 Finnish Startups. In: Jerker Björkqvist, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Janne Roslöf, Raija Tuohi, Seppo Virtanen (Eds.), International Conference on Engineering Education 2012 – Proceedings, Research reports 38, 623–629, Turku University of Applied Sciences, 2012.

Abstract:

This exploratory study assess the role of open-source software on the entrepreneurship initiatives of engineering students. Taking a case-study approach, the authors interviewed 20 start-up organizations present at a demo-area on one of the biggest entrepreneurship events in Europe. At a later stage, several key technological entrepreneurs were identified and their academic background was subjected to analysis using the Linked-in social network. Findings suggest that open-source software plays an important role in everyday life of the studied start-up organizations. Moreover, the authors suggest that educators, seeking an increase of entrepreneurship initiatives from their students, should increase the exposition of their students to open-source technologies and promote the creation of independent and multi-disciplinary entrepreneurship societies.

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@INPROCEEDINGS{inpTeSa12a,
  title = {Open-Source as Enabler of Entrepreneurship Ambitions Among Engineering Students – A Study Involving 20 Finnish Startups},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Engineering Education 2012 – Proceedings},
  author = {Teixeira, Jose and Salminen, Joni},
  volume = {38},
  series = {Research reports},
  editor = {Björkqvist, Jerker and Laakso, Mikko-Jussi and Roslöf, Janne and Tuohi, Raija and Virtanen, Seppo},
  publisher = {Turku University of Applied Sciences},
  pages = {623–629},
  year = {2012},
  keywords = {Open-source, Entrepreneurship, Finnish startups},
}

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