Innovative Business Models for Higher Education: An Exploratory Analysis on Education Technology Start-Ups in Selected Countries

Abstract: There have not been any (breakthrough) innovations in education in the past 100 years. We mostly teach and learn the same way as our ancestors have done and there haven’t yet been any innovations that allow for faster or better learning or teaching. As a result there is a growing need for enhanced education technology (edtech) in the field of education. As innovation often comes from startups, this article examines which innovative business models are developed outside higher education institutions (in the edtech field), especially by entrepreneurs. Previous research has discussed the need for edtech innovation in educational institutions and has given concrete examples of how to improve present higher education models, technologies and procedures. Yet, only a few studies have analysed and compared edtech firms between different countries. The goal of this study is to analyse the core elements of innovative business models in the field of edtech start-ups in higher education and to

Object Details

• Alternative title: Innovative Geschäftsmodelle im Hochschulsektor: Eine explorative Analyse für Edtech Startups in ausgewählten Ländern
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 17 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Erstveröffentlichung ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: IHF Working Paper ; Bd. 1

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2021
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): München
• (who): Bayerisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung (IHF)
• (when): 2021
• Creator: Jäger, Manuela ; Falk, Susanne ; Lenz, Thorsten
• Contributor: Bayerisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung (IHF)

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-75996-7
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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