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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Sustainable Business Enterprises

Madhu Viswanathan

Instructor: Madhu Viswanathan

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Approx. 20 hours
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.3

(139 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
Approx. 20 hours
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Understand the importance of sustainability for business.

  • Learn about specific topics such as consumer behavior, market research, product design, and value chains, using the sustainability lens in business.

  • Design solutions and develop enterprise plans for sustainable business initiatives.

  • Apply the bottom-up approach for sustainable business initiatives in any context.

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There are 5 modules in this course

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

What's included

3 videos6 readings1 quiz1 discussion prompt

This first module begins with an introduction to sustainability. The various dimensions of sustainability are examined, with particular focus on how environmental sustainability is relevant to business. The module provides an overview of sustainable business practices through discussion and examples. Unsustainable consumption and motivations for sustainable consumer behavior will be covered. You will do a parallel project on the same topic as in the first course, but for higher-income segments in emerging markets or advanced economies. The module will focus on finalizing a specific need, geography, and beneficiaries for this project.

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5 videos1 reading4 quizzes1 peer review

This module focuses on understanding how to conduct market research in the arena of sustainability. It also covers how to develop sustainable products. The bottom-up approach in terms of immersion, emersion, and design as applied to sustainable business enterprise is covered. A parallel project focuses on designing a core and augmented solution and an ecosystem.

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5 videos1 reading5 quizzes1 peer review

This module covers how sustainable offerings are delivered and communicated. It also covers topics in sustainable finance and accounting. A case analysis is used to bring out unique issues with sustainability and business. The parallel project involves the final presentation of a problem, opportunity, solution, ecosystem, enterprise plan, and outcomes.

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7 videos1 reading5 quizzes1 peer review

This module summarizes the course on sustainable business enterprises focusing on business, environmental, and social sustainability. It then covers a bottom-up perspective on emerging markets. It also summarizes the two courses on sustainable global business horizons focusing on global challenges in business, with particular focus on poverty and the environment. Finally, the module covers the unique approach employed here in terms of bottom-up immersion, design, innovation, and enterprise. A parallel project stream compares and contrasts the enterprise plans in the two courses and the learning from focusing on subsistence marketplaces for the purposes of upward innovation, i.e., how innovation for subsistence marketplaces influences innovation from subsistence marketplaces.

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11 videos3 readings5 quizzes

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4.5 (22 ratings)
Madhu Viswanathan
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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