Course Highlights

• Demonstrates how to leverage key stakeholders within innovation ecosystems
• Explains how best to engage in ecosystems via hackathons, accelerators, venture competitions, etc.
• Expands organizational practices to break down internal silos and the “fortress mentality” and shift toward a more open innovation ecosystem approach
• Confers a certificate of course completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management

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Why attend Accelerating Corporate Innovation?

Innovation is a driver of productivity, competitive advantage, and enterprise value. But it does not happen in a vacuum. Corporate innovation requires connections among key stakeholders such as, entrepreneurs, universities, risk capital providers, government, and large corporations. These connections are increasingly taking place in “innovation ecosystems” and through programs such as accelerators, hackathons, prize competitions, and co-working spaces in which stakeholders and communities contribute and share resources.

How can leaders harness the power of these open innovation ecosystems around the globe or in a specific region of interest for their organizations? Based on MIT's research into the science of innovation ecosystems, this course equips executives and government leaders with the high-level frameworks and tools necessary to understand corporate innovation and entrepreneurship in the ecosystems around them, shift to a more effective ecosystem-based open innovation approach, and design programs to engage effectively with external stakeholders.

We do not recommend this course if you have already completed Corporate Innovation: Strategies for Leveraging Ecosystems unless you are seeking a refresher of the content.

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Applying to the Course

We accept enrollments until the offering reaches capacity at which point, we will maintain a waitlist. Many of the courses fill up several weeks in advance, so we advise that you enroll as early as possible to secure your seat.

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We do not recommend this course if you have already completed Corporate Innovation, unless you are seeking a refresher of the content.