Entrepreneurial process meets capstone project in a collaborative environment

paper explores the nexus between entrepreneurship and capstone projects. It draws on a case study which depicts the introduction of the entrepreneurship principle of 'adding value' through an entrepreneurial 'process' and its application through a capstone project. The paper documents the innovative stage of a University of Canterbury commerce student's business concept and its realisation through a capstone project completed by a Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology student. The case study explores the collaborative environment which enabled this entrepreneurial opportunity to progress through to a fully workable prototype as part of the capstone project; and this paper supports the existing literature which suggests there are positive synergies to be achieved by linking entrepreneurial activities with capstone projects.

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