Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Giacomo Carli, Kristen Reid and Despoina Filiou.

The development of this course was funded by the ICAERUS project [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

The ICAERUS project was funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe scheme Grant Agreement 101060643 and UK under Innovate UK reference 10038181.

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Course image: Aikaterini Kasimati for the Icaerus project/course

Figure 1: by Giacomo Carli for the ICAERUS project/course

Figure 2: Illustration by Alkatrerini Kasimet for the ICAERUS project/course

Figure 3: The ICAERUS project logo and grant agreement numbers with the related funders including logos. Protected by Intellectual property laws and/or agreements worldwide

Figure 4: Illustration by Aikaterini Kasimati for the ICAERUS project/course

Figure 5: Civilian drone revenues from 2018 to 2028 (estimates by Statista, 2023) adapted from: Statista (2023) Drones-market data & analysis. Available at: https://www.statista.com/ study/ 78525/ drones-market-data-and-analysis/

Figure 6: ©The Open University

Figure 7: from Moeen, M., Agarwal, R. and Shah, S. K. (2020) ‘Building Industries by Building Knowledge: Uncertainty Reduction over Industry Milestones’, Strategy Science, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 218–244 [Online]. DOI: 10.1287/stsc.2020.0103

Figure 8: Illustration by Aikaterini Kasimati for the ICAERUS project/course

Figure 9: Various drone designs: by Aikaterini Kasimati for the ICAERUS project/course

Figure 10: Courtesy GEOSENSE P.Co. Geosense - Αρχική

Figure 11: Drawn by The Open University and based on: D Bland, D. J., & Osterwalder, A. (2020). Testing business ideas. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Figure 12: Illustration by The Open University adapted from: Drucker, Peter F. (2007) The Practice of Management. Butterworth-Heinemann

Figure 13: Courtesy: GEOSENSE P.Co. Geosense - Αρχική

Figure 14: Illustration by Aikaterini Kasimati for ICAERUS project/course

Figure 15: Stakeholders and the organisation adapted from Hill, CWL, Schilling, MA, & Jones, GR. (2020) Strategic management: An integrated approach: Theory & cases. (13th edition). Cengage

Figure 16: Power versus interest matrix: Adapted/redrawn from B207 (p. 39) Block 3 Open University course reader Shaping business opportunities and adapted from: Fischbacher, M. (2005) ‘Masters in public health’, course material, University of Glasgow

Figure 17: Noumena Data Service SL

Figure 18: Organisational stakeholders in the Noumena ICAERUS project. Created for the ICAERUS project/course

Figure 19: Power versus interest of stakeholder groups in the Noumena crop monitoring project: Adapted/redrawn from B207 (p. 39) Block 3 Open University course reader Shaping business opportunities and adapted from: Fischbacher, M. (2005) ‘Masters in public health’, course material, University of Glasgow

Activity 1 images (Section 1.1):

• Crop health: courtesy: Aldo SOLLAZZO

• Test three types of drone technologies to deliver different sizes of packages at different distances.: Courtesy:GEOSENSE P.Co. Geosense - Αρχική

• Test drone spraying of crops and compare it to other techniques such as ground spraying. Courtesy: GEOSENSE P.Co. Geosense - Αρχική

• Monitor forests to identify possible risks (e.g. fires) and locate wildlife (e.g. wild boars) courtesy: Kestutis Skeidaila for the ICAERUS project/course

• Monitor grazing herds of livestock: courtesy: Adrien LEBRETON, Estelle NICOLAS

PowerPoint slide (Section 4.3, Activity 4): level of interest – Adapted/redrawn from B207 (p. 39) Block 3 Open University course reader Shaping business opportunities and adapted from: Fischbacher, M. (2005) ‘Masters in public health’, course material, University of Glasgow

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Video 1: Professor Spyros Fountas and Dr Katerina Kasimati produced by The Open University for the ICAERUS project/course

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