University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This 3-4-weel experience is designed for graduate students specializing in the commercialization of innovations. Learners are equipped at the beginning of the course with the skills to analyze and strategize the market entry of new products or services within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through this 3-4 week program which is situated at the end of their semester, students will apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios, developing management briefs that outline preliminary results and strategies for bringing innovations to market. This hands-on approach allows learners to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical application, making them valuable assets for industry professionals seeking fresh perspectives on innovation commercialization.

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Learners are mainly graduate students in a Masters program for Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship. Throughout this project and the course in which they are participating, students will learn frameworks of project management that will allow them to use these skills for practical benefits to clients in innovative industries and with creative projects in commercialization of new ideas or with entrepreneurship efforts. Learners will participate in teams over a 8-10 week period in an academic semester and execute their client's project. In this process, learners will establish project scopes, statements of work, detail risk assessments, develop a timeline to execute the project, establish metrics of performance, and execute the client deliverables. Learners will provide a final live (Zoom or Teams) presentation and a final report documenting the completion of their objectives as deliverables.

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sustainability is increasingly becoming a strategic issue for businesses in all sectors. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as a strategy and corporate policy, is needed more than ever for companies to thrive and maintain legitimacy and their ability to pursue the firms’ economic goals in the long term. In this course, students put CSR into a strategic context by explaining resource, industry, and stakeholder perspectives. Integrating strategy and CSR, student are capable of assessing and providing strategic CSR recommendation for your company.

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Sustainability is increasingly becoming a strategic issue for businesses in all sectors. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as a strategy and corporate policy, is needed more than ever for companies to thrive and maintain legitimacy and their ability to pursue the firms’ economic goals in the long term. In this course, students put CSR into a strategic context by explaining resource, industry, and stakeholder perspectives. Integrating strategy and CSR, student are capable of assessing and providing strategic CSR recommendation for your company.