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Discovery to Market

The undisputed strength of Johns Hopkins University lies in its science and health-based research and teaching enterprise. The Global MBA is rooted in this tradition and draws its distinctive strengths from it. It begins with a world view.

 

Global focus. Real impact.

The Discovery to Market project is an important part of the innovative Global MBA curriculum. In this yearlong course, students learn to assess the commercial potential of scientific discoveries and technological innovations, with the goal of producing future Chief Innovation Officers and informed CEOs who truly understand the complex interplay of science, technology and innovation to create revolutionary business models for companies around the world.

 

How D2M is unique:

  • Focus on commercialization and entrepreneurship as a means to meet societal needs; i.e. by creating a successful business model a technology can be brought to market for medical, scientific and humanitarian purposes.
  • D2M is a required year long course, not a one semester elective.
  • The core philosophy of D2M is experiential learning.
  • Learn critical aspects of science, in addition to the fundamentals of the technology commercialization process,.
  • Students have diverse cultural, professional and business backgrounds. There are no science, medical or engineering prerequisites. D2M is part of a general MBA program, not part of a niche focused or joint degree program in science or technology.
  • Work on real inventions through our working agreements with project partners, including the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer Office.
  • Student teams are business students only; responsibility for understanding the invention and its commercial feasibility falls squarely on the shoulders of business students.
  • Industry experts in entrepreneurship, law and regulation, technology, strategy, science, and medicine advise and evaluate students’ work.

A list of experts is available here.

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School works closely with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), the office of Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer (JHTT), the University’s intellectual property administration center, the US Army Medical Research and Material Command Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), and members of the local business community. The projects will be located in the Maryland/DC area.

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