TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Wahl, Dario
A1  - Münch, Jürgen
T1  - Turning students into Industry 4.0 entrepreneurs: design and evaluation of a tailored study program
JF  - Entrepreneurship education
N2  - Startups in the field of Industry 4.0 could be a huge driver of innovation for many industry sectors such as manufacturing. However, there is a lack of education programs to ensure a sufficient number of well-trained founders and thus a supply of such startups. Therefore, this study presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a university course tailored to the characteristics of Industry 4.0 entrepreneurship. Educational design-based research was applied with a focus on content and teaching concept. The study program was first implemented in 2021 at a German university of applied sciences with 25 students, of which 22 participated in the evaluation. The evaluation of the study program was conducted with a pretest–posttest-design targeting three areas: (1) knowledge about the application domain, (2) entrepreneurial intention and (3) psychological characteristics. The entrepreneurial intention was measured based on the theory of planned behavior. For measuring psychological characteristics, personality traits associated with entrepreneurship were used. Considering the study context and the limited external validity of the study, the following can be identified in particular: The results show that a university course can improve participants' knowledge of this particular area. In addition, perceived behavioral control of starting an Industry 4.0 startup was enhanced. However, the results showed no significant effects on psychological characteristics.
KW  - entrepreneurship education
KW  - educational design-based research
KW  - theory of planned behavior
KW  - industrial internet of things (IIoT)
KW  - industry 4.0 startups
KW  - industry 4.0
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-40503
SN  - 2520-8144
SS  - 2520-8144
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s41959-022-00077-9
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s41959-022-00077-9
VL  - 5
IS  - 5
SP  - 225
EP  - 259
S1  - 35
PB  - Springer
CY  - Singapore
ER  -