Institute Faculty Featured in California Management Review

Institute Faculty Featured in California Management Review

CMRResearch from three Institute faculty is featured in the latest issue of Berkeley-Haas’ quarterly management journal. The issue includes contributions from Adjunct Prof. Henry Chesbrough (engaging with startups), Lester Center faculty director Prof. Toby Stuart (3D robotics), and Jerome Engel, senior fellow at the Lester Center (clusters of innovation). Read More. See articles on JSTOR.

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Undergrads Design Frameworks for Smarter Cities

Undergrads Design Frameworks for Smarter Cities

Solomon Darwin19 undergrads in the Smart Cities course taught by Solomon Darwin, executive director of the Garwood Center, are working with four of India’s developing cities and with Bay Area mayors on the smart cities concept: using digital technology and public/private partnerships to reduce costs and resource consumption, improve quality of life, and enhance engagement with residents.  Read more.  Visit the course website.

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Can Corporations Be Taught to Innovate Like Startups?

Can Corporations Be Taught to Innovate Like Startups?

HypershiftIn their new book, Hypershift, Lester Center executive director Andre Marquis and Senior Fellow Manav Subodh share how big companies can tap the innovation secrets of Berkeley-Haas startups to enter new markets, establish brand leadership, and unlock value. Read more.

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Applied Innovation and Design Kicks Off at Berkeley

Applied Innovation and Design Kicks Off at Berkeley

Sara BeckmanAt the inaugural conference of the Berkeley Roundtable on Applied Innovation and Design, founded by Sara Beckman (pictured) and Dave Rochlin, EWMBA students applied skills learned in the core Problem Finding, Problem Solving course to develop solutions for PayPal and other companies. “I was impressed by all of the student teams’ ability to apply design thinking” said Hisham Ibrahim, director of product innovation at PayPal. “They brought customer empathy to the problem, re-framed it, and rapidly iterated potential solutions.” Read more.

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Berkeley Founders Get Funded

Berkeley Founders Get Funded

Entrepreneurs with UC-Berkeley undergraduate degrees founded 284 companies that received $2.4 billion in VC financing from 2009 through August, 2014, according to PitchBook. UCB’s ranking was second only to Stanford and above that of MIT or Harvard. Read more.

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Andreessen Horowitz Partner Scott Kupor Joins Haas

Andreessen Horowitz Partner Scott Kupor Joins Haas

Scott KuporScott Kupor, managing partner and COO at Andreessen Horowitz—the VC firm that’s invested in such social media powerhouses as Twitter and Facebook—joins Haas as an executive-in-residence. Scott is co-teaching the spring MBA Entrepreneurship class with Carl Nichols. Read more.

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The Other “F” Word: Capitalizing on Failure

The Other “F” Word: Capitalizing on Failure

John Danner and Mark CoopersmithHaas faculty and Lester Center Senior Fellows John Danner and Mark Coopersmith have combined their years of experience as senior-level executives, advisors and thought leaders to offer a process for harnessing lessons learned to improve future outcomes. Get a preview of their upcoming book at the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum on February 12.  Read about the book   Read about the event and register

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Smart Cities through Open Innovation

Smart Cities through Open Innovation

Solomon DarwinStudents in Garwood Center executive director Solomon Darwin’s Smart Cities class will prepare smart city proposals for five Bay Area cities. They have completed a field trip to India and now will engage with the mayors’ offices to find reductions in cost, pollution, traffic and waste, and increases in productivity and revenue. Read more.

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Eat, Drink and be a Foodie

Eat, Drink and be a Foodie

Sohyeoug KimInstitute postdoc Sohyeoung Kim is a guest instructor in a new student-initiated Sociology class: Social and Cultural Innovations in the Coffee & Wine industries. Students learn about the historical and contemporary issues of coffee and wine, dining and drinking culture. Read more.

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Open Innovation an Ingredient in Chez Panisse's Success

Open Innovation an Ingredient in Chez Panisse’s Success

Henry ChesbroughA case study in California Management Review found that Alice Waters’ success was built upon open innovation, where a community of collaborators – employees, suppliers, customers, and even competitors – benefit from sharing ideas and building relationships with external teams. The study was authored by Henry Chesbrough and Sohyeoung Kim of the Center for Corporate Innovation and Alice Agogino from Mechanical Engineering. Read more.

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