Commercialization

New ideas based on high-technology research have a high failure rate because they hit the ground running with lopsided priorities and misalignments. Students complete this course with an Innovation Creed (“Why are you doing this?”) and a customized Idea Filter (“Are you working on the right priorities?”)—2 simple tools [...]

This course was created in the partnership with StPetersburg Electrotechnical University ETU “LETI”. This course provides the basic knowledge of the patent law, innovation management, and basic marketing methods in the sphere of intellectual activity results. The course examines some issues related to the assessment of the technologies completeness [...]

Find out how to avoid mission drift when transitioning a social enterprise or microfinance venture into a for-profit organisation. Many social enterprises are becoming more commercial, adopting the techniques, funding or governance more usually associated with for-profit ventures.