Elective Courses

The objective of the course is to look at several innovative and entrepreneurial aspects of the emerging Knowledge Economy, with special emphasis on how teams of individuals can work together in a seamless manner across national boundaries to render professional services of diverse types and varying sophistication. In particular, the course will analyze the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory model in detail. This model envisages that a professional in the US will work from the usual work day from 9 am to 5 pm. At the end of the work day, the professional will transfer the work to a colleague in China or Australia who will then work from 9 am to 5 pm. At the end of the latter's work day, the work will be transferred to a colleague in Poland or Romania who will work from 9 am to 5 pm based on the clock in Eastern Europe. Finally, the work will be transferred back to the original professional in the US, who will feel that a magic fairy was working hard while the professional was asleep. Graduate-level requirements include a separate paper. Please see http://next.eller.arizona.edu/projects/24HrKF/ for more details.

The objective of the course is to make students aware of Economical, Technological, Managerial and Organizational aspects associated with offshoring of knowledge-based professional services. The course will achieve this through case discussions of different delivery models (captive center, joint venture, 3rd party), value addition models (low-end, mid-range, high-end), and the impact of business and policy environments to each of these models. Speakers from industry, governmental agencies, trade unions, and two other educational institutions (MIT and Stanford University) are expected to present their respective perspectives on Outsourcing. Graduate-level requirements include a separate paper. Please see http://next.eller.arizona.edu/courses/outsourcing/ for more details.

This course focuses on how to bring cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace. It is designed to facilitate the hands-on application of marketing concepts and practices to the very difficult world of commercializing new discoveries in science and engineering. The goal is to provide an opportunity for a select group of MBAs to apply their skills in formulating a market assessment and preliminary launch strategy for the “newest of the new” in the laboratory sciences. You do not need a technical background, although this can be an advantage; however, you do need to have a strong interest in applying your knowledge to help scientists move their discoveries into commercial application.
Open to any UA learner.

This course focuses on how to bring cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace. It is designed to facilitate the hands-on application of marketing concepts and practices to the very difficult world of commercializing new discoveries in science and engineering. The goal is to provide an opportunity for a select group of MBAs to apply their skills in formulating a market assessment and preliminary launch strategy for the “newest of the new” in the laboratory sciences. You do not need a technical background, although this can be an advantage; however, you do need to have a strong interest in applying your knowledge to help scientists move their discoveries into commercial application.
Open to any UA learner.