Presently, new product development is deemed the core activity of an organization's competitive strategy, but there is a surprising dearth of research on what curriculum components should be embedded in the new product development course. This study aims to introduce a methodology that can carry out curriculum design with limited prior knowledge. First, latent semantic analysis is applied to extract the main research themes from the subject matter literature, which are considered as potential curriculum components. Next, the revised Bloom's taxonomy is applied to develop a questionnaire for establishing the learning objectives. Finally, the study uses the modified Delphi method to verify the eligibility of these curriculum components, concluding that the most effective approach for imparting knowledge and skills regarding new product development is to adopt a capstone course and equip students with creativity and advanced technology and design for sustainability through a project-based learning approach.

With the rapidly expanding Internet economy, new business operation models are emerging. Entrepreneurship and innovative business models have become a point of special interest in the Internet era, and are also drawing attention from scholars. This study used three perspectives to explore issues that require understanding in the Internet age in order to improve the survival rate and sustainable development of entrepreneurship. The three perspectives included the differences between the Internet age and traditional entrepreneurship, the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs, and the capital resources and financing of entrepreneurs. Through this study, readers can better understand the key success factors in the dynamic entrepreneurship process and engage in further related discussions.

Abstract Business opportunities created by the Internet economy and new business methods have triggered the development of the electronic or e‐marketplace, and vice versa. To generate competitive new products/services, Internet firms need to have access to detailed technological innovations to compete. Despite the wealth of literature on e‐marketplaces, research on patent analyses in e‐marketplaces is scarce. The patent is a crucial indicator of the technological competitiveness of a company or a nation. This study provides a preliminary step in depicting a holistic picture of technological innovations associated with e‐marketplace patents. This study analyzes patents issued during the period of 1990–2002 from major databases; hence, it provides the first empirical study on e‐marketplaces and related innovations holistically. A comprehensive set of statistical patent analyses and a discussion on e‐marketplaces' technology by means of a patent map analysis are presented.