2016-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MG-GY 8573 Managing Cleantech and Renewable Energy Innovation

3 Credits
This course focuses on the rise of cleantech/ renewable energy (aka sustainability green, etc.) as a possible major locus of Twenty- First-Century innovation. The course deals with the diverse ways innovation is taking pace in the broadly defined cleantech arena. The course covers technology management in several distinct cleantech/renewable technology regimes and varied company venues (e.g. small, medium size and large firms). The encompasses local and global modes of cleantech/renewable energy innovation. The course requires single-firm, multi-firm and “systems” perspectives for understanding with cleantech/renewable energy innovation. The course employs both intellectual and practitioner- oriented orientations. Throughout, this course maintains a primarily managerial perspective. Students are often asked to assume the role of managers charged with the responsibility of designing, supporting and implementing a cleantech/renewable energy innovation strategy. An overarching concern is on discovering ways to improve the effectiveness of cleantech/renewable energy innovation and technology management and, where appropriate, entrepreneurship.

Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0