EPS7580 Independent Research

1.5-3 CreditsIndependent research is available for all academic divisions. Registration is manual for students through Graduate Programs and Office of Graduate Academic Services.

Independent Research provides an opportunity to conduct in-depth research in areas of a student's own specific interest. Students may undertake Independent Research for academic credit with the approval of a student-selected faculty advisor, the appropriate division chair, and Graduate Academic Services. Please note that a student is responsible for recruiting a faculty advisor through the student's own initiative and obtain the advisor's prior consent/commitment before applying for an independent research project. The research project normally carries 1.5 or 3 credits.

For more information and a proposal outline please visit: http://www.babson.edu/Academics/graduate/mba/Pages/independent-research.aspx

OIM6110 Information Technology
(Formerly MIS6110)

If you took and passed MIS6110, you cannot register for OIM6110, as these two courses are equivalent

This course prepares students to become digital innovators-global entrepreneurs and business leaders who can make strategic business decisions involving data, digital products, and digital services; experiment with information technologies and platforms; build and work in diverse teams; and create social, environmental and economic value from data in a business context.

EPS 7508: Initiation of Corporate ventures

3 elective credits

The course focuses on ways to profitably exploit business opportunities (as opposed to what opportunity to pursue). It will allow you to acquire the skill set necessary for crafting a winning business model for your venture - developing and writing a concise, coherent, effective, and complete business development plan and prepare you to gain support within a mature corporation for your plan.

Prerequsites: EPS 9501

OIM9550 Innovating with Wearable Technology
(Formerly MIS9550)
1.5 Intensive Elective Credits

If you took and passed MIS9550, you cannot register for OIM9550, as these two courses are equivalent

Meeting Dates TBD

Drop Deadline TBD

Digital entrepreneurs should be agile experimenters, capable of innovating by combining available technologies and services into digital products and platforms. In this course students will learn about the lean digital startup and follow agile principles to conceive and create a wearable technology device with a clear value proposition. The course will include an introduction to wearable hardware programming and involve hands-on work with an open source wearable technology prototyping platform.

OIM9521 Innovation Processes
(Formerly MOB9521)
1.5 Intensive Elective Credits

If you took and passed MOB9521, you cannot register for OIM9521, as these two courses are equivalent

Over the past two decades, a combination of changes in political, technological, and cultural arenas have dramatically affected the way in which companies, organizations, and individuals innovate. In this course, we will explore the critical parameters of various innovation processes, learn about their advantages and disadvantages, and compare the contexts in which these processes operate. The goal of this course is to develop an understanding of what it takes to design and operate various innovation processes.

In the first offering of the course, the emphasis will be placed on open innovation processes, design thinking and lean start-up, and coordination issues of complex innovation processes.
This course is positioned between our existing offerings Product Design and Development (MOB-7555), which provides an in-depth experience on the project level, and Leading Innovation: Creating Organic Growth (MOB-9525), which discusses managerial and strategic challenges on the firm level in the context of industry and competition. In contrast, the new course Innovation Processes will focus on the mechanisms of how design and manage effective innovation processes.

EPS6603 Innovation Roles
1.5 Credits (MSAEL Core)It's no secret that disruptive innovation is extremely challenging for large mature companies. In this short course we'll examine one crucial reason for the lack of progress in companies toward building a capability for breakthrough innovation, and that is talent management.

Companies rely on champions to break rules in order to make breakthroughs happen. But for every champion that made it, scores of others saw fantastic opportunity for their companies but couldn't execute on it effectively. This course considers a different approach. The argument we'll make is that innovation must become a business function in its own right, with its own management system, capabilities and expertise. In order to make that happen, innovation roles need to be defined and instituted, so that when a champion cannot get it done alone, a team of innovation experts is there to make sure the breakthrough doesn't get buried. A framework of innovation roles is developed, along with selection, development and retention practices. A self-diagnostic tool is offered for students to assess their fit with various roles within Strategic Innovation.

EPS6602 Innovation Roles
1.5 Credits (MSAEL Core)

It's no secret that disruptive innovation is extremely challenging for large mature companies. In this short course we'll examine one crucial reason for the lack of progress in companies toward building a capability for breakthrough innovation, and that is talent management.

Companies rely on champions to break rules in order to make breakthroughs happen. But for every champion that made it, scores of others saw fantastic opportunity for their companies but couldn't execute on it effectively. This course considers a different approach. The argument we'll make is that innovation must become a business function in its own right, with its own management system, capabilities and expertise. In order to make that happen, innovation roles need to be defined and instituted, so that when a champion cannot get it done alone, a team of innovation experts is there to make sure the breakthrough doesn't get buried. A framework of innovation roles is developed, along with selection, development and retention practices. A self-diagnostic tool is offered for students to assess their fit with various roles within Strategic Innovation.

Prerequisites: MOB6600 and EPS6600

MFE 7508: International Consulting Experience

3 Credits

Learn and apply the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to become a successful consultant in a global context. In mixed small teams of undergraduate and graduate students, experience what it is like to work directly with an international startup company, at the decision maker level. Make an impact providing strategic advice, working on global environmental, social, and economic challenges. Receive guidance from the faculty advisor while learning about the local culture, economy, and historical & current business trends that impact your client's business. Conduct and analyze primary and secondary research and present your findings and recommendations to the client. Each project is unique and influenced by the current business climate.

Application Required through Glavin Office

ECN7505 International Macro: What Every MBA Should Know
3 Elective CreditsThis course focuses on the intersection between international macroeconomics and business strategy. It highlights the movements of and interrelations among major macroeconomic variables that affect the performance of nations, in general, and businesses, in particular. None of these economic factors is controlled by any manager, but good managers must react to, cope with, and anticipate them. IM provides an intuitive, logical, and internally consistent framework for managers to: (1) function effectively in a world where business performance and strategies are affected by international institutions, domestic and global economic forces, as well as government and central bank policies , (2) evaluate whether government and central bank policies are sustainable, (3) create and critically evaluate country analyses, (4) clarify how changes in a country's economic climate affect corporate financial plans and capital budgeting decisions, and (5) improve financial projections (e.g., cash flow statements, income statements and balance sheets). With this knowledge, managers are better able to internalize, analyze, and make decisions based on the expected impact that economic, political, and social forces have on companies' strategies, competitive positions, and performances.

Prerequisites: None

ECN7201 International Macroeconomics and Business Environment Analysis
(Formerly Managing at the Crossroads: Business, Government, and the International Economy)

2 CreditsManaging at the Crossroads: Business, Government, and the International Economy (Mac-BGIE) - This course focuses on domestic and international cause-and-effect relationships among credit markets, goods and services markets, and foreign exchange markets. This global framework is used to explain the effect that economic, social, and/or political shocks have on a nation's growth and prosperity.