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This Sustainable Innovation for Subsistence Marketplaces course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Illinois is part of the Global Challenges in Business Specialization. 

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Overview

This Sustainable Innovation for Subsistence Marketplaces course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Illinois focuses on understanding subsistence marketplaces and designing business solutions for the billions of people living in poverty in the global marketplace.

Key facts

  • To develop understanding of these markets, we use exercises to that enable learners to view the world from the eyes of subsistence consumers and entrepreneurs, facilitate bottom‐up understanding generated by participants, and provide insights from extensive research.
  • More broadly, the course uses the context of extreme resource constraints  to learn about the bottom-up approach pioneered through the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative   and apply it in broadly. 
  • A parallel project will focus on understanding a specific need in a subsistence marketplace, and designing a solution and an enterprise plan for implementation.

What you'll learn

  • Develop an understanding of subsistence marketplaces.
  • Design solutions for subsistence marketplaces.
  • Develop enterprise plans to implement solutions for subsistence marketplaces.
  • Apply the bottom-up approach for subsistence marketplaces as well as other contexts.

Skills you'll gain

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Market Research
  • Design and Product
  • People Analysis
  • Research and Design

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Subsistence Marketplaces and Bottom-Up Immersion
  • Bottom-Up Immersion and Emersion
  • Bottom-Up Design
  • Bottom-Up Enterprise

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 days

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

  • Mountain View, United States

What students do after studying

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • Beginner level
  • No prior experience required

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Funding

Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.

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