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Course on “Product Planning and Design for Frugal Innovations” at Santa Clara University

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Prof. Herstatt teaching a SCU

Prof. Herstatt teaching a SCU

Taking the collaboration between Center for Frugal Innovation (CFI) and the Frugal Innovation Hub at Santa Clara University (SCU) to next level, we have developed a new course on “Product Planning and Design for Frugal Innovations” which is being offered currently to graduate students of the School of Engineering at SCU. The course has been developed by Prof. Dr. Cornelius Herstatt and Dr. Rajnish Tiwari and covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. It is based on a five phase stage-gate process model which integrates all major tasks that need to be paid attention to while creating new products and services. Continue reading →

“Zwischen Golden Gate Bridge und Masterarbeit”

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Seit Jahresbeginn 2015 besuchen Vivienne Paton und Saskia Carstensen als Austauschstudentinen das Frugal Innovation Lab (FIL) an der Santa Clara University in Kalifornien. Im Rahmen einer Kooperation zwischen dem Center for Frugal Innovation (CFI) der TUHH und dem FIL schreiben sie dort an ihrer Masterarbeit. Im Folgenden reproduzieren wir einen Bericht des Northern Institute of Technology Management (NIT) über die Arbeit von Frau Paton.

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Vivienne Paton, NIT Alumna Class 15

Vivienne Paton, NIT Alumna Class 15

Vivienne Paton, NIT Alumna Class 14, verbringt knapp sechs Monate in Santa Clara, einer Stadt in der San Francisco Bay Area, um dort ihre Masterarbeit zu schreiben. Sie studiert an der TUHH Medical Engineering und hat bereits ihren Master am NIT abgeschlossen.

An der Santa Clara University (SCU) am Frugal Innovation Lab schreibt Vivienne ihre TUHH-Masterarbeit zum Thema Vermarktung von frugalen Produkten in Entwicklungsländern. Frugal sind Produkte, wenn sie mit geringem Aufwand einen hohen Nutzen für die Kunden erzielen können.

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CFI enters a cooperation agreement with the Frugal Innovation Lab of Santa Clara University

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A good news: Center for Frugal Innovation (CFI) of the Hamburg University of Technology (Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg; TUHH) has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Frugal Innovation Lab (FIL) of the Santa Clara University (SCU) in California, USA. The two parent institutions, i.e. SCU and TUHH recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for “Collaboration in the Area of Frugal Innovation”.

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