Report on the Virtual Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (VCEI)

One objective of the NVWN project was to create a Virtual Center for 3D Internet entrepreneurship and innovation. One of the reasons for this was that we observed that many 3D Internet efforts were conducted in innocent isolation from one another. As already announced, on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the Virtual Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (VCEI) was officially launched.

Nordic Innovation, the primary financier of the project, has received and accepted the report, which details the development of the virtual center and explains the choice of platform. The Center is now open for use by entrepreneurs, researchers, and others interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in virtual worlds. Several project members of the NVWN project are also planning monthly seminars focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation in virtual worlds. This means that the center will fill a need beyond the NVWN project period.

The report can be downloaded here: 09045 – NVWN Milestone1314 WP5 Dec2011.

If you are interested in learning more about the Center or you would like to use the Center for an activity, please contact Bjørn-Tore Flåten: bjorn-tore.flaten<at>uia.no. The Center can be used free of charge.

/Bjørn-Tore Flåten

About Bjorn-tore Flaten

Bjørn-Tore Flåten is an Associate Professor at the University of Agder, Norway, where he teaches courses in International Management and Organizational Behaviour at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He holds a PhD in International Management. Prior to joining UiA he served as a unit manager in a major Norwegian non-profit organization where he held responsibilities for personnel and training and for managing international educational tours for groups of 150 people involving cross-cultural exchanges. He is also an experienced consultant with a record of managing projects involving organizational structure and design, change, re-structuring, and building of compensation and evaluation schemes in different industries. His research interests revolve around strategic management of knowledge work and entrepreneurship in virtual worlds, with a particular focus on knowledge sharing and Internet-enabled collaboration within and beyond the boundaries of the firm.

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