Become an innovative leader for growth and change
As technology upends industries, companies must innovate or risk being left behind. There is an urgent need for leaders who embrace this challenge and know how to evaluate business practices, promote new ideas, and lead change.
In the Corporate Innovation concentration, you'll study critical topics like design thinking, digital transformation, creative product development, emerging technologies, and corporate transformation with leading researchers and practitioners who are passionate about disrupting industries and creating new markets. By exploring case studies, you'll learn the principles of innovation from multiple perspectives, including product and service development, financing innovation, go-to-market strategies, lean development, managing high-performance teams, and more.
This concentration is ideal for
- MBA and MS x in Boston students who want to lead people and organizations during times of change
- Emerging leaders interested in jobs like change management officer or line of business leader
- Students looking to design creative solutions, reinvent outdated processes, and guide their teams
Course Requirements
Course Requirements
The Corporate Innovation concentration prepares you as an entrepreneurial thinker who can lead innovation and change in a range of industries and organizations. Coursework varies by program of interest. See the full list of required and elective courses in Northeastern's Academic Catalog:
