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This guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries on Innovation & Enterprise (I & E) matters. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of resources that are most useful for locating information in all matters pertaining to enterprise, entrepreneurship, innovation, start-ups etc.
The resources are grouped according to the 3 lenses of design thinking - Technology, Business and People (see below).
Resources on I&E in general are also listed below.
Who should look at this guide:
Design Thinking is an approach to creative problem solving; a human-centered path to innovation, which look at 3 lenses:
[Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO]
Design Thinking is an idea, a strategy, a method and a way of seeing the world. This human-centered design approach enables problem-solving through creativity, thus transforming the way companies develop products, services, processes, and strategies. At the intersection of Technology, Business and People, lies Innovation.
Databases
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Covers scientific, engineering, technical, medical, social sciences, arts and humanities fields. Contains millions of peer-reviewed journals; selected articles from trade journals; book chapters; edited volumes, reference works, conference papers and patents. Scopus also enables cited references searching. Its contents are updated daily
Books & E-books
Selected books are listed below. For more books and e-books, use the search box in NUS Libraries Portal or search by subject in our library catalogue (LINC), e.g. Entrepreneurship or New Business Enterprises.
Statistics & Datasets
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Websites
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