Courses

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  • QST SI 858: Innovation Eco-Systems
    This course is designed to help students to understand the importance of entrepreneurial eco-systems and the opportunities and support given to new ventures within these eco-systems. It provides a mechanism for MBA students to learn how the components of this innovation cycle interact with and complement each other. It will develop unique points of view on the role of Israel as a source of technology innovation and transformation and will present a mirror to examine the similarities and differences to the innovation culture that exists in the USA in general but Boston in particular. It will also develop a framework to identify the components that constitute an innovation eco-system to permit comparative analyses of how eco-systems differ in the ways they support innovation and entrepreneurship (e.g. Silicon Valley, Route 128, Israel, etc.).
  • QST SI 859: Strategy Implementation
    Gain the skills and know-how to manage up and across your organization, passing the normal organizational tests along the way from technical expert to cross-functional integrator to directing the future course of your organization. This is strategy implementation for the middle manager who needs to 1) size-up the situation and 2) determine how to gain the power needed to achieve their objectives. One of the qualitative factors that will be explored in great detail is personal style choice vis a vis different stakeholders and organizational politics and the resultant perceptions of you and your programs. Students will study both successful and less-successful managers through cases and readings, honing their own, personal managerial style.
  • QST SI 868: International Consulting Project
    Have you ever dreamed of climbing the Great Wall of China? How about consulting to a Chinese firm in Beijing? The International Consulting Project is an MBA course that involves consulting work during the fall semester on campus, with a trip to Asia in to deliver the team's recommendation personally to the client at their offices. Examples of past projects and more background can be found on this link: http://www.bclob.com/icp-home/ Much of the past students' work over the years has both been implemented and widely published in the Chinese business press.
  • QST SI 871: Strategies for Bringing Technology to Market
    Strategies for Bringing Technology to Market is a unique course that guides student teams as they undertake commercial go-to-market strategy for scientific and engineering breakthroughs. By collaborating with faculty and graduate students in the University's research labs and mentors from the business community, teams will assess the economic and social prospects of recent technology innovations, outline the technical and market risks and the key commercial milestones and make recommendations for the most effective commercialization strategy. 

Project work is supported by lectures that focus on critical skills required. Guidance will be provided in assessing critical commercialization milestones by a combination of faculty and mentors from the business community.
  • QST SI 898: Directed Study: Strategy and Innovation
    Graduate-level directed study in Strategy & Innovation. 1, 2, or 3 cr. Application available on the Graduate Center website.
  • QST SI 899: Directed Study: Strategy and Innovation
    Graduate-level directed study in Strategy & Innovation. 1, 2, or 3 cr. Application available on the Graduate Center website.
  • QST SI 917: Research Seminar in Technology Strategy and Innovation
    This doctoral seminar serves as a survey course to the broad area of technology and innovation management. We will review and critique a large and diverse body of literature that can be considered "core" to the field. We will place emphasis on both classic theories and seminal contributions as well as on recent research that builds upon or extends the established theories. One key differentiator of this research seminar is that five professors actively doing research in the field will teach it. While having multiple instructors brings some coordination challenges (these are less critical in doctoral seminars than they are in masters level classes), it has one major advantage: it allows each faculty to lead those sessions that deal with topics of her or his direct research expertise. Students can expect to cover each topic with researchers that have been important contributors to the intellectual debate in the topic they teach. The seminar will cover key issues in the management of technology and innovation including innovation definitions and patterns (e.g. industry life cycle), entry timing strategies, platforms and standards, networks, dynamic capabilities, organizing for innovation, open and community-based innovation, licensing & patenting, technology diffusion, geography of innovation, and science and innovation policy. SI917 provides a solid base to critically explore many key topics of research in technology and innovation management. It is therefore aimed at doctoral students who plan to do research in technology and innovation management, or those who need a solid exposure to these topics to inform their research in related areas.
  • QST SI 920: Organizations in Strategy and Economics
    This doctoral seminar will compare and contrast ideas about organizational design and the performance consequences of organizational decisions from the closely related fields of Strategy and Economics. The first half of the semester will focus on the role of organizations (typically firms) in several schools of thought within Strategic Management. The second half of the semester will cover similar topics from an economic perspective, which places more emphasis on incentives, formal contracts and specific kinds of information problems (i.e. moral hazard and adverse selection). At the end of this course, students should be able to explain how the role of organizations differs across several key theoretical lenses used in Strategic Management (e.g. the Knowledge Based View vs. Strategic Human Capital Theory). Identify the core incentive and informational problems that underpin most economic models of organization. Articulate areas where Strategy and Economics have reached a consensus on the key drivers of organization, as well as questions where the two fields make different assumptions and/or reach different conclusions and describe key empirical regularities and associations that have informed organizational theory-building efforts in both strategy and economics.
  • QST SI 990: Current Topics Seminar
    For PhD students in the Strategy and Innovation department. Registered by permission only.
  • QST SI 998: Directed Study: Strategy and Innovation
    PhD-level directed study in Strategy & Innovation. 1, 2, or 3 cr. Application available on the Graduate Center website.
  • QST SI 999: Directed Study: Strategy and Innovation
    PhD-level directed study in Strategy & Innovation. 1, 2, or 3 cr. Application available on the Graduate Center website.
  • QST SM 080: Community Leadership through Service
    The goal of this community leadership seminar is to help students understand how communities are led, drawing the connection between their study of management and real world issues. The seminar will encourage them to identify ways that they might not only improve their community but also develop their managerial skills. It will begin by exploring social justice issues present in the city of Boston. It will next ask students to identify ways that the community already attempts to address the major challenges like education and housing through the leadership of non-profit and social enterprise endeavors. Ultimately, students will develop an action plan that defines how they will positively contribute to the cause that inspires them and outlines how doing so will develop their managerial and leadership skills.
  • QST SM 101: Introduction to Management
    A broad introduction to the nature and activities of business enterprises within the United States' economic and political framework. Course content introduces economic systems, essential elements of business organization, production, human resource management, marketing, finance, and risk management. Key objectives of the course are development of business vocabulary and a fundamental understanding of how businesses make money. This course is intended for non- business majors. It may not be taken by QST students for credit nor can it be used by Boston University students toward the Business Administration minor.
  • QST SM 104: Finance for Non-Management Students
    Read, understand, and analyze financial statements such as income statements and balance sheets. Covers techniques of internal financial analysis such as breakeven, budgeting, financial forecasting, and tools to aid in decision making. Introduction to the time value of money and capital budgeting using discounted cash flow analysis. Intended for non-business majors. This course may not be taken by Questrom students for credit nor can it be used by Boston University students toward the Business Administration minor. Non-Questrom students may register for this course directly via the Student Link.
  • QST SM 105: Introduction to Marketing
    How is it that some products succeed and some fail? In many instances, the difference is in their marketing strategy. Examines key areas of marketing including product development, advertising, promotions, pricing, and retailer decisions. Uses a combination of in-class exercises, real world examples, cases, lecture, and discussion. This course is intended for non-business majors. It may not be taken by Questrom students for credit nor can it be used by Boston University students toward the Business Administration minor. Non- Questrom students may register for this course directly via the Student Link.
  • QST SM 131: Business, Ethics, and the Creation of Value
    This course explores local and global ethical problems that managers face in markets for goods, services, labor, or capital. Through identification and discussion of the basic business disciplines, students uncover the interdependencies in the creation, delivery and capture of value. Students explore the complex analyses necessary to make ethical decisions vis-?-vis a multiplicity of stakeholders and in service of diverse personal and institutional goals. Stresses written and oral communication skills and logical reasoning as an ingredient for sound analysis and rational business planning. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Ethical Reasoning.
    • Ethical Reasoning
  • QST SM 323: Cross-Functional Core
    Cross-Functional Core is made up of FE323, MK323, OM323 and QM323 as well as a semester-long business plan project. The semester-long business plan project where students collect primary and secondary research explores the interactions and the cross functional integrations between marketing, operations, and finance, while leveraging business analytics. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Research and Information Literacy, Teamwork/Collaboration, Creativity/Innovation.
    • Digital/Multimedia Expression
    • Research and Information Literacy
    • Teamwork/Collaboration
    • Creativity/Innovation
  • QST SM 395: Mgmt Internship
  • QST SR 801: Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment
    This course explores the relationship between corporations, society, and the natural environment. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governments, corporations and civil society (fail to) have positive impact and manage issues where the pursuit of private goals is deemed inconsistent with the public interest. There are two modules to the course: (1) The first module examines these issues and the tensions that arise between the different stakeholders. In particular, we will discuss different types of market failures (due to negative externalities, imperfect information, public goods, and market control) and their impact on the natural and social environment. (2) The second module explores how (non-profit and for-profit) organizations can take private actions to mitigate the previously identified market failures and respond to the increasing pressure to address environmental and social issues through the adoption of sustainable business practices. This course is ideal for any student interested in social impact such as corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, nonprofit & public management, sustainable finance & responsible investment, social entrepreneurship, global health, and clean technology & sustainable energy. It is open to all full-time MBA and PEMBA students, and it is the foundational course for students in the Social Impact MBA program.

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