The internship results, including thesis plan and

main results achieved

Ștefan Popa

3rd TecTNet CONSORTIUM MEETING

Thesis plan and main results achieved

Internship impact on thesis

Internship overview

Table of contents

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Technical University of Košice — TUKE, Košice city, eastern Slovakia

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Internship overview - where

University Centre for Innovation, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection

Jakab FrantisekDirector, University Centre for Innovation, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Protection (UCITT)University of Kosice

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Internship overview - mentors

Ing. Zlatica Dolna, PhD.Technical University of KosiceInternational Relations Office

prof. Ing. Jan Saliga, PhD.Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications Technical University of Kosice

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Internship overview - mentors

prof. Ing. Linus Michaeli , PhD. PhD.Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications Technical University of Kosice

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Internship overview - the internship experience

I was interested by:

How the intellectual property protection services to University staff and students works

Processes related to creating science and technology park and business incubator for innovative companies

Supporting the efficiency of research, development and innovation

Marketing promotion of the university

Enrich my skills of promoting values.

Better understanding the relation between community needs and research activities

I have broadened my critical thinking skills (reasoning, problem solving).

I developed a commitment to making a difference in my community.

I developed an awareness of community problems or social concerns.

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Internship impact on thesis

Theory

“Business and community development with time banking: from idea to solution”

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Thesis plan and main results achieved

Practice

Co-production and innovative

approaches to creating co-production,

timebanking

Software product that helps communities

and business to use timebanking

Co-production and innovative approaches to create it1

History of community currency systems2

Theoretical foundation of timebanking3

Cultural Implications of timebanking 4

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Thesis plan and main results achieved

Thesis chapter I

Reciprocity, co-operation and mutual aid1

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Spheres of exchange in modern societies3

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Thesis plan and main results achieved

Thesis chapter II

Gift-exchange as the structuring force behind society

Analyzing potential surface areas1

Planning timebank pilot project2

Implementing timebank pilot project3

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Thesis plan and main results achieved

Practice

Built

Researched

Timebanking

Community development

Co-production

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Thesis plan and main results achieved

Results achieved

Innovative software tool for

timebanking