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Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

The shift towards a cashless society

The main difference between cash and cashless is access. When paying with bank or with credit card, a card issued by a credit card company […]

  • Article D1
  • cash
  • digital trends
  • payment
Published 21.3.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

Proactive adaptation to climate change is important in local regions

The ClimateGO project promotes comprehension and awareness of regions and cities in developing better policies for climate-smart and resilient governance (Interreg Europe 2025). One of […]

  • adaptation
  • Article D1
  • climate change
  • climate-smart
  • decision making
Published 28.2.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Knowledge sharing practices – experiences from the rural communities in Namibia

Knowledge sharing practices are an important part of team learning methods (see Ekman 2024a; Ekman 2024b), which is applied in the SmartVille project (LAB 2025; […]

  • Article D1
  • entrepreneurship
  • knowledge sharing
  • Namibia
  • SmartVille
Published 19.2.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

From Battlefield to Boardroom

sTARTUp Day, one of Estonia’s leading and prominent startup and tech festivals, brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators for three talks, hands-on workshops, and networking […]

  • Article D1
  • business development
  • leadership
  • startups
  • strategy
Published 17.2.2025
Design Design for sustainable business

Startup, take patent strategy seriously

Deep tech startups operate at the forefront of scientific and technological breakthroughs, requiring substantial research and development (Cambridge Dictionary 2025; Kerner 2025). Intellectual property (IP) […]

  • Article D1
  • business development
  • patents
  • startups
  • strategy
Published 17.2.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

Smart Biowaste Management for Circular Cities

As cities grow and environmental challenges intensify, finding smarter, more sustainable ways to manage resources has never been more important (Ellen MacArthur Foundation 2025). A […]

  • Article D1
  • biowaste
  • circular bioeconomy
  • circular economy
  • CITISYSTEM
Published 13.2.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Exploring entrepreneurial needs in Namibia: experiences from the SmartVille project

Developing and increasing entrepreneurship education and enhancing entrepreneurial competencies (European Commission, 2018) is vital in rural communities which aim for sustainable growth and jobs (United […]

  • Article D1
  • education
  • entrepreneurship
  • Namibia
Published 12.2.2025
Health

A norm-critical approach to enhancing quality of care

The intensive week Norm-Consciousness in Health and Social Care provided an invaluable opportunity to gain insight into norm-consciousness for four social and health care students […]

  • Article D1
  • gender
  • norm-consciousness
  • social and health care
Published 5.2.2025
Experimental development ecosystems for innovations Innovations

Texture Analyser and Volume Scanner provide precision for food product development

The Food Pilot Plant product development environment at LAB University of Applied Sciences has been enhanced with a Texture Analyser and a VolScan (Stable Micro […]

  • Food Pilot Plant
  • product development
  • research
Published 3.2.2025

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