Entrepreneurship & Innovation THESIS AND RESEARCH TOPICS

Let us explore your challenge through design. Hello there! We are a team of four ambitious students from ITU's Digital Design program, gearing up to go on our thesis journey this spring. Throughout our studies, we have developed our expertise in UX/UI and service design.  This means we possess the tools to take a holistic view of processes and services and also to craft practical solutions. And now we are looking for interesting cases. The outcome of our collaboration could range from proto...

We are interested in researching the connection between startups and companies and how this collaboration process can bring value to both companies and startups. We would like to explore what the process looks like and how it can be optimized. We are also curious to research how long-term partnerships can be established. The companies we are interested in collaborating with have collaborated on a solution with a startup or companies that mediate this connection.  ...

We are interested in researching how is your company involved in the startup ecosystem. In case you are a startup, we are curious to hear about your journey and look into your past or current challenges and how can we use theory in innovation and entrepreneurship to develop a framework for solving the challenges. In case you are an established company, we would like to hear about how you engage with innovation, internally or externally. In case you are an incubator, accelerator or innovation man...

The purpose of this study is to assess if within the open innovation field, cultural differences might influence co-creation practices. The last couple of decades, Open Innovation (OI) has become an important topic for firms who wish to effectively access flows of knowledge. However, even though OI is of high importance, we found out that it has not received enough attention in the academic literature, especially within Scandinavia. For that reason, this thesis will be primarily focused on Open ...

Broadly my thesis will explore the process of how companies in the textile industry are transforming into more sustainable practices, business models, and strategies. I am particularly interested in the drivers and barriers to creating Sustainable Business Model Innovation.  This includes, but is not limited to, the strategic focus and governance, how the internal organization can be designed to create patient investments, enabling innovation and collaborative innovation, internal capabilit...

I am still in the process of scoping the thesis, and I am currently working on some of the administrative tasks of getting an academic supervisor. However, I have the following ideas for the project:Preliminary problem statement:How do you gain the most value possible in digital automation projects such as (either RPA or BPA) and how do you measure it?The notion of value is in this regard questioned in how to measure value. I would like to research both the technical aspects of automation and th...

The main goal of the project is to build a strategy for a chosen pharmaceutical company on how to implement a digital platform/app to enhance its existing product portfolio. The pharmaceutical industry has a revenue model, which is highly dependent on the reimbursement agreements with the governments, which only now are, starting to implement reimbursements on digital health solutions. Some countries are exploring this such as Germany (made possible by the German Digital Healthcare Act, DVG) or ...