Strategy and Innovation

The Strategy and Innovation concentration teaches students concepts and methods useful in strategic planning and in driving innovation across a range of industries. Students can design a curriculum from a broad range of courses and get involved in consulting projects or startup competitions.

Careers

Career options in this field include management consulting, business development and general management. Students can also use these skills to start a business or work in entrepreneurial ventures. Companies that have hired International Business School graduates in these areas include startups and established firms including McKinsey & Company, Dell EMC and BlueSnap.

Enrique Levin, MBA '13: Helping local startups succeed

ELEVIN SOLUTIONS

Founder

Jordan Fliegel, MBA '10: Bringing entrepreneurship into the sports world

CoachUp

CEO & Founder

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Faculty Spotlight: Aldo Musacchio

Associate Professor Aldo Musacchio consults for multilateral agencies such as the OECD and the Inter-American Development Bank on corporate governance reform in state-owned firms.

He is a specialist on strategy and corporate governance in multinationals as well as innovation and industrial policy in emerging markets. A former faculty member at Harvard Business School, he is director of the Brazil and Latin America Initiatives at the International Business School.

Meet Our Faculty

Concentration Requirements

The MBA concentration in Strategy and Innovation requires the completion of 20 credits. These credits may also be counted toward fulfilment of other concentrations or the MBA core requirements. Excess credits in foundation courses are counted toward the electives requirement.

Foundation (Bus 260a is required, plus 8 more credits)

BUS 233a: Entrepreneurship and Rapid Prototyping
BUS 260a: Competition and Strategy
BUS 262a: Alliance, Acquisition, and Divestment Strategy
BUS 276a: Business Dynamics: Managing in a Complex World
BUS/EC 265a: Business and Economic Strategies in Emerging Markets
BUS 261a: Managing Technology and Innovation
FIN 240a: Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance

Electives (8 credits required)

BUS 211a Foundations of Data Analytics
BUS 212a Analyzing Big Data II
BUS 226f Managing Global Human Capital
BUS 230a Entrepreneurship
BUS 231a Entrepreneurial Finances and Business Plans
BUS 232f Digital Fabrication with Robotics
BUS 249f Immersion Experience
BUS 254a Branding Strategy
BUS 269f Building Sustainable Business
BUS 276a Business Dynamics: Managing in a Complex World
BUS 278f Corporate Governance: From Colossal Failures to Best Practices
BUS 281f Cyber Security and Operational Risks: A Need to Secure the Future
BUS 286a Applications of Systems Dynamics
BUS 292a* Marketing Field Project
BUS 295a* Field Projects
BUS 297c Leadership Internships in Social Impact Organizations
ECON 207a Managerial Economics
ECON 241a Antitrust Economics: Regulating Competition
ECON/FIN 243a Technological Rivalry
FIN 214a Managerial Accounting
FIN 231f Private Equity
FIN 232a Mergers & Acquisitions Analysis
FIN 240a Venture Capital

* Bus 292a and Bus 295a are Field Projects courses – only one can be counted toward this Concentration.

Admissions

The Brandeis International Business School Admissions team looks forward to working with you during the application process. We encourage you to contact us at 781-736-2252 or at globaladmissions@brandeis.edu at any time if you have questions.

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