Courses Bachelor Display 2025-2026

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Course title Ecosystems
Course code BENC2024
ECTS credits 5,0
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
4 (BENG) 2-2-2026 27-3-2026 X X
Level no level
Coordinator Dominik Mahr
For more information: d.mahr@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
Description
Ecosystems are central to addressing business and societal challenges; they foster collaboration and the pooling of resources to drive innovation aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

In this course, you'll adopt a managerial perspective to create and manage ecosystems—physical, digital, or hybrid. You’ll explore strategic, engineering, and technological intersections, stakeholder relationships, and real-world examples such as Brightlands campuses and global hubs like Silicon Valley. Through designing your own ecosystems, you'll build practical skills in developing value propositions and collaboration structures, highlighting the practical relevance of ecosystem management.
Literature
Popular and scientific literature (See syllabus)
Prerequisites
Keywords
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Final Paper / Participation / Assignment / Presentation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor Business Engineering Year 3 Elective Course(s)
SBE Exchange Bachelor Bachelor Exchange Courses
SBE Exchange Master Bachelor Exchange Courses