Entrepreneurship & innovation

Sean Carr, executive director of the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, speaks with Professor John Haltiwanger from the University of Maryland, whose research has played a major role in our understanding the determinants of firm-level job creation, job destruction, firm dynamics and economic performance.

We focus on the three largest emitters of CO2 – steel, cement, and petrochemicals – and explore some of the ideas and technologies best positioned to decarbonize these industries, and the challenges faced for broader adoption. We then discuss the levers and opportunities in the industrial sector with Darden Professor Mike Lenox.

As executives and recruiters choose talent for boards, they should consider knowledge and functional diversity.

Done right, "agile" is what every organization wants: a workhorse for applied innovation. Darden's Alex Cowan breaks down the process by which teams can determine which agile practices will best help them innovate.

To learn the reality of building a business, an entrepreneurship boot camp in Bangalore puts into practice Saras Sarasvathy’s principles of effectuation.

Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) was a finalist for the P3 Impact Award, which recognizes leading public-private partnerships that improve communities around the world.

The realities of the digital age will produce high cognitive and emotional demands on humans for the highest and fastest levels of critical and innovative thinking,  hyper-learning and decision-making.

Dr. Shahid Qureshi is determined to make the world a better place through effectuation, the set of principles for entrepreneurial decision-making developed by Darden’s Professor Saras Sarasvathy, based on a rigorous study of expert entrepreneurs.