Technical Entrepreneurship
Personnel
Instructor
| James McLellan | DUP 316 | james.mclellan@queensu.ca | 613-533-2785 |
Academic Assistant
| Marina Radovanovic |
Course Description
This course will help learners from all disciplines develop an entrepreneurial mindset capable of turning problems into opportunities. Learners will identify sources, rates, and directions of technological change, and begin to understand the role and challenges of technological innovation across sectors, countries, and organizations. Learners will investigate the relationships between innovation and industrial dynamics, and seek to understand the fundamental forces that drive the science and technology industries’ evolution and industry life cycles. In the process, learners will explore frameworks and tools used to analyze new technology adoption, predict technology diffusion patterns, and assess the strategic value of technological innovation.