Stern School of Business
Stern School of Business
ECON-GB 2362 Economics of Creativity and Innovation:
In this course, we will examine why some people, industries, and countries are more innovative than others. Course topics will include, but are not limited to the effects of patents, copyrights, immigration, social inequality, and education. The focus will be on policies made at the federal, state, and local levels, and on the implications of these policies for creative individuals in business, the arts, as well as science and invention. Discussions will touch upon the goals of policies and the extent to which the intention, implementation, and ultimate effects of policies align with these intentions. Students will learn to independently evaluate evidence on the effectiveness of alternative policies. They will be able to identify environments and policies that encourage innovation and creativity. Class sessions are a mixture of lectures, a guest lecture, and student presentations of existing research. Assessment will be based on these presentations and on a final project.
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BSPA-UB 44 Innovations and Strategies for Building a Progressive Social Enterprise:
Sustainable Business & The New Economy, taught by Jeffrey Hollender, Co-Founder and former CEO of one of the most successful sustainable brands - Seventh Generation - explores the future of sustainability and sustainable business, the role business plays in concentration of money and power, and how "net-positive" business can contribute to a world of greater justice, equity, and wellbeing. This class assumes that in some manner you desire to be an active contributor to a just, equitable, and regenerative world. That is my definition of a "social entrepreneur." The course is committed to equipping you to be more effective in that pursuit.
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Endless Frontier Labs MBA Class:
The Endless Frontier Labs class is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn about the selection, management and financing of massively scalable startups through a series of interactions with early-stage science and technology companies and their potential investors. This course is suitable for students pursuing careers in entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy, entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and new product development.
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MGMT-UB 9087 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel (Offered Fall '23):
The course explores the origins for the emergence of a vibrant technological entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel. The course adopts five lenses to explain the remarkable burst in Hi-Tech startups in Israel during the last 25 years. These are: 1) The emergence of related and supporting industries often located in designated geographical clusters; 2) Specific strategies, structures, and corporate cultures; 3) The availability of suitable factors of production through Israeli academia, immigration, and the Israeli Defense Forces; 4) Adverse local demand conditions; and 5) the role of the Israeli government in seeding the conditions for the emergence of complementary financial sources, as well as creating supportive tax and intellectual property rights systems. The course will explore recent trends in the development of the Israeli Hi-tech industry and highlight possible constraints for its continued growth. Finally, the course draws wider conclusions as to the required conditions for seeding and nurturing similar technological entrepreneurial ecosystems in other countries around the world.
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MULT-UB 104 Experiential Learning Seminar: Fashion Industry: Creativity & Business:
There are many challenges in running a fashion business. Marrying the oftentimes conflicting views and orientations of the creative side of the business with the practical operational realities of making money is one of the largest ones. This course is an Undergraduate Experiential Learning Workshop. It provides students with the opportunity to work on projects with executives, designers, merchandisers, manufacturers and marketers from leading fashion companies and start-up ventures. Both established players and entrepreneurial ventures will be represented, focusing on specific challenges the fashion industry faces in finance, marketing, sales, manufacturing, management and operations.
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MGMT-UB 21 Managerial Skills:
Increasing self-awareness and openness to feedback are important first steps in leading today’s business for tomorrow’s results. Many companies bestow a management title on key talent and expect appropriate behavior to follow, but that is not the most effective way to develop future business leaders. In this course you will focus primarily on the practical aspects of managing. While based on solid research, the course stresses a hands-on approach to improving students’ management skills. Each session focuses on developing (1) personal skills: self-awareness, managing stress, solving problems, and creativity; (2) interpersonal skills: coaching, counseling, supportive communication, gaining power and influence, motivating self and others, and managing conflict; and (3) group skills: empowering, delegating, and building effective teams.
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MGMT-GB 2321 Commercialization of Frontier Technologies:
Developing a solid understanding of frontier technologies that are poised to revolutionize all aspects of human affairs is becoming increasingly important for students seeking to pursue a leadership role in the business world. At the top of the list of such technologies are robotics and mechatronics, which make it possible to design intelligent, reliable, and versatile electromechanical systems such as industrial robots, medical devices, aircraft simulators, automated assembly lines, building control systems, and autonomous vehicles. Students who are interested in taking this course do not need to have a background in robotics or mechatronics. The course is designed to help students familiarize themselves with both the technical aspects of developing mechatronics and robotics inventions and the research and assessment activities that need to be conducted to turn a viable new technology into a marketable product.
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BSPA-UB 50 Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Protein (Offered Fall '23):
This undergraduate course -- the first of its kind -- explores business opportunities in sustainable protein. Numerous industry analysts identified alternative proteins and ‘flexitarian’ diets as major food trends in 2017 and 2018. The Economist dubbed 2019 “The Year of the Vegan. An estimated 30% of millennials eat meat alternatives each day and 50% consume meat alternatives several times per week.
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MGMT-UB 43 NYC Entrepreneurship Lab (Offered Fall '23):
The NYC Entrepreneurship Experience is your chance to learn entrepreneurship by working directly with the founders of early stage startups. In the classroom you will learn the leading approaches to navigating uncertainty—grounded in entrepreneurship theory. Outside of the classroom you will apply these practices by working directly with your classmates on supporting your startup on a strategically important project.