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Digital business models for SMEs

Digitalization offers great opportunities, especially for SMEs. Through digital processes, they can respond quickly to market changes or customer needs, while automation saves time, money, and energy costs. E-commerce solutions can strengthen customer loyalty, and new digital business models open up new markets and target groups. In addition, SMEs can position themselves as attractive employers […]

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Capacity to design and control. How Service Design helped Margherita reach a new organizational vision for her business idea.

Margherita is a young entrepreneur with a clear and captivating vision: to organize clothing swap events inside hostels, transforming these places into meeting points and community spaces. Her project, Swap Party, was born out of a sensitivity to environmental sustainability and a passion for human relationships. The idea is simple yet powerful: to create moments

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Shaping Tomorrow’s Tourism: Insights from the Prague Innovation Jam

Bringing diverse minds together often sparks the most transformative ideas — and the Tourism Innovation Jam proved exactly that. Hosted at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management at the Prague University of Economics and Business, this co-creation workshop, organized by BizGarden, became a hub of innovative thinking, collaboration, and fresh perspectives on the future of tourism.

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Co-creation for sustainability: TEC4I FVG leads two innovative workshops

As part of the Capacity2Transform project, TEC4I FVG recently hosted two dynamic co-creation workshops aimed at tackling real-world sustainability challenges in the tourism and cultural sectors. Using a structured design thinking approach, these sessions brought together a wide range of stakeholders, from hoteliers and students to cultural event organisers and communications specialists, to co-create practical,

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Building a Sustainable Business Model: Empowering Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

In April 2025, IRI Centar hosted the pilot workshop “Building a Sustainable Business Model”, designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs transform their ideas into resilient and impactful ventures. Conducted online in three intensive sessions (April 11, 15, and 23), the workshop provided practical guidance and hands-on experience in business model development. A Structured Path to Stronger

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Problem Framing in the creative industries: why the double diamond approach deliverssustainable solutions

The creative industry faces mounting pressure to innovate while addressing sustainability, AI disruption, and market saturation. At its core problem framing – defining challenges accurately before solving them – determines success. Without clear framing, solutions risk irrelevance or unintended consequences. Why Problem Framing Matters Creative leaders cite “staying relevant in a tech-driven, hyper-competitive market” as

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Pitch as a strategic tool in contemporary business communication

In today’s dynamic business environment, characterized by rapid information flow, limited attention spans, and growing competition for resources, the pitch has emerged as a critical communication tool. It refers to a structured, time-bound presentation designed to convey the value of an idea, project, or solution in a clear, relevant, and persuasive manner. Pitches are used

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