Responsible Success

Centennial companies, of the kind established in the Old World, have often been started to achieve founders’ dreams of offering the best products to the people.

Purpose has driven their growth as well as the development of their long-lasting resilient organizations.
Achieving goals that are bigger than us, and therefore leveraging a business structure as a platform for social good, is something fostered also today by the flourishing wave of responsible business movements, such as Benefit Corporations, the Triple-Bottom-Line Framework and UN Sustainable Development Goals.

What is it like to run and grow such businesses? What does success mean to them?
Through the comparison of international best practices and Italian claimed sustainable companies, participants in this program will conduct a hands-on introspection to the subject.

Course leader

Robert Strand, Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business and faculty at the University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Target group

Undergraduate and Graduate international students.

Course aim

A fully-immersive learning experience in Italy, a unique entrepreneurial journey where international thought and business leaders mentor multidisciplinary teams of international students to inspire the innovation of Italian industries and its most iconic brands.

Participants to this course will receive the mentorship of experts and professors like Vincent Stanley and Nora Gallagher (Patagonia), Debra Dunn (Stanford d.school), as well as Italian entrepreneurs and forward-thinking business leaders.

Jake Knapp (author, The Sprint Book and IDEO Fellow), Design Director for the 2018 Italia Innovation Programs, will lead a 5-day Sprint Workshop for the closing week.

Credits info

Italia Innovation does not directly provide credits but partners with the students' home Universities that do.

Fee info

EUR 5000: The Tuition Fee amounts to 5.000 Euros. This does not include round-trip flight to Italy, accommodation and meals. It does include local transportation for the days of the program activities.

Scholarships

Thanks to its Founders and Partners, Italia Innovation offers several funds to directly cover your scholarship need.
Students in need of financial aid can apply at https://italiainnovation.com/admissions/financial-aid/apply.