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Blackford Middleton, M.D.
Corporate Director, R & D
Partners Healthcare System, U.S.

Companies that prioritize innovation roll out winning products and services year after year—and change the game in their sectors. Drawing on the experiences of today's top companies, these programs will enable you to anticipate market needs and grow your organization's capacity to innovate, so you can improve top-line and bottom-line performance while building sustainable advantage.

Building New Businesses in Established Organizations

Dates and Fees

July 8–13, 2012 (HBS Campus)

$9,000
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.

Learn how large organizations can drive growth by developing a business portfolio with mature product/service lines and internal start-ups. This program helps you develop new organizations while managing day-to-day business. You'll explore the entrepreneurial mindset, processes, corporate resources, and leadership skills needed to drive innovation and ensure the success of new initiatives.

Leading Product Innovation

Dates and Fees

February 11–15, 2013 (HBS Campus)

$9,000
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.

Focused on product and service development, this program helps leaders seize opportunity, manage risk, and drive competitive advantage. In addition to learning how to balance strategy and effective execution in product development, you will expand your ability to innovate in a competitive marketplace, take advantage of disruptive technologies and economic conditions, and position your company for continuous growth.

Intellectual Property and Business Strategy

Dates and Fees

February 2013 (HBS Campus)

$8,000
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.

This program examines intellectual property from a strategic perspective, in order to help executives maximize the value of intangible assets. You will analyze diverse approaches to commercialization and asset protection—including international patent, copyright, and trademark laws—while proven frameworks prepare you to leverage innovations for competitive advantage and align corporate resources around your intellectual property strategy.

Launching New Ventures

Dates and Fees

June 16–21, 2013 (HBS Campus)

$11,500
The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.

Develop the diverse skills required to transform a new business opportunity into a successful company in today's business environment. Focusing on the challenges facing entrepreneurs in small-to-midsize companies, this program helps you make sound investment and management decisions, build a strong team, exploit disruptive opportunities, define new business initiatives, and sell your concept to investors, partners, and other parties.