Professor:  Dr. Bob Krim, a Visiting Professor at GSOM over the past 2 years & a leader in the Mass. technical and social Innovation world as founder and director of the Boston History & Innovation Collaborative, teaches the course.  He has a multi-disciplinary background in History, Economics, Management and Sociology/Social Change.

Description:  What drives successful innovations?  How are innovations transformed into profit and/or social change?   Why are some regions like Massachusetts able to stay more innovative over centuries?  These questions, and others, will be addressed in this special topic course designed to help students be creative in their jobs, inspire start-ups, and/or manage people and teams charged with being innovative.

The course will explore where good ideas come from, and expose students to the breakthrough practices of companies, clusters, and regions.  Case studies will focus on past inventions like the Kindle and the first organ transplant, and to the latest breakthroughs by EMC and Apple.  We will also consider social innovations like New Profit Inc. and its venture philanthropy approach.  Incorporating a multi-disciplinary approach including history and development, MBA students & IDCE graduate students will be given skills needed to analyze the broad picture and maintain an innovative edge.  Some leading Massachusetts innovators will give guest lectures.

1 Section-Offered Mon. & Wed. 6-9pm in the Summer 7-week semester, only on the main Clark campus Worcester this summer.

Course Requirements include: a 5-7 page research paper, 2 team presentations on past innovations in this region; final quiz.    

For Questions on the course, email:  rkrim@clarku.edu