
Les infos clés
En résumé
This course focuses on enhancing your understanding of (1) how an internal venture is organized and (2) how to overcome resistance to your new venture ideas within the company. The course is specifically valuable for: • Employees who have creative ideas important to their company; • Managers seeking to assemble creative people and resources; • Technical specialists desiring to become part of an internal venture; and • Consultants who advise companies on ways to launch and grow internal ventures. You will learn strategies to help you launch a corporate venture with coursework focused on four key areas: • Examining how to audit a company's internal environment to establish a framework for its innovation capabilities; • Creating a plan for an organizational structure and operational format that incorporates key roles and players for internal ventures within the company; • Analyzing corporate culture to identify creative capabilities that leverage the company's best practices for innovation; • Evaluating innovation portfolios and compose innovation strategies that are best aligned with the implementation potential within the company. Try this course for FREE at https://www.coursera.org/learn/corporate-entrepreneurs-innovation-strategy
Le programme
- Week 1 - Innovation Environments and Capabilities
In this module, we will examine how to audit a company's internal environment to establish a framework for its innovation capabilities. - Week 2 - Organizational Structures and Operational Formats
In this module, we will create a plan for an organizational structure and operational format that incorporates key roles and players for internal ventures within the company. - Week 3 - Corporate Culture
In this module, we will analyze corporate culture to identify creative capabilities that leverage the company's best practices for innovation. - Week 4 - Creating an Innovation Strategy
In this module, we will evaluate innovation portfolios and compose innovation strategies that are best aligned with the implementation potential within the company.
Les intervenants
Dr. Thomas J. Mierzwa
Lecturer of Technology Entrepreneurship
Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech)
Le concepteur

The University of Maryland is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 37,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and 250 academic programs. Its faculty includes three Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners, 47 members of the national academies and scores of Fulbright scholars. The institution has a $1.8 billion operating budget, secures $500 million annually in external research funding and recently completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
La plateforme

Coursera est une entreprise numérique proposant des formations en ligne ouverte à tous fondée par les professeurs d'informatique Andrew Ng et Daphne Koller de l'université Stanford, située à Mountain View, Californie.
Ce qui la différencie le plus des autres plateformes MOOC, c'est qu'elle travaille qu'avec les meilleures universités et organisations mondiales et diffuse leurs contenus sur le web.