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Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on September 26, 2016
- Ends on January 16, 2017
Course details
Syllabus
- What technical standards are and why they matter globally
- How standards develop through formal and informal processes and negotiation
- How standards apply to product design and innovation
- The connection between standards, strategic planning, and business success
- Important intellectual property considerations related to standards and conformity requirements
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Jeffrey Strauss
- George W. Arnold
- Karen Bartleson
- Rudi Bekkers
- Carl Cargill
- Malcolm Clarke
- Jorge L. Contreras
- Gordon Gillerman
- Stephen K. Kwan
- Jim Lansford
- John D. McDonald
- Alexander (Alec) McMillan
- Moira S. Patterson
- Andrew L. Russell
- Rudi Schubert
- Yatin Trivedi
- Jeff Weiss
- Phil Wennblom
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