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2.744 Product Design
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Graduate (Spring)
Not offered regularly; consult department
Prereq: 2.009
Units: 3-0-9
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Project-centered subject addressing transformation of ideas into successful products which are properly matched to the user and the market. Students are asked to take a more complete view of a new product and to gain experience with designs judged on their aesthetics, ease of use, and sensitivities to the realities of the marketplace. Lectures on modern design process, industrial design, visual communication, form-giving, mass production, marketing, and environmentally conscious design.
D. R. Wallace

4.051 The Human Factor in Innovation and Design Strategy
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Undergrad (Fall)
Prereq: None
Units: 2-2-8
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Focuses on understanding the emerging field of human-centered design and its approach to real-world design challenges. Through group working sessions, design reviews, and presentations by leading design practitioners, thinkers, and business leaders, the class explores core methodologies on how design brings value to human experiences and to the contemporary marketplace. In person not required. Limited to 20; preference to 4B majors and Design minors.
L. Moreau

15.010 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
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Graduate (Fall)
Prereq: None
Units: 4-0-5
Credit cannot also be received for 15.011, 15.0111
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Introduces principles of microeconomics as a framework for making more informed managerial decisions. Discusses the supply and demand paradigm with applications to digital marketplaces, innovation, sources of market power, and strategic pricing. Provides an introduction to game theory to study competition and cooperation both within and between firms. Restricted to first-year Sloan MBA students.
A. Bonatti

15.011 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
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Graduate (Fall)
(Subject meets with 15.0111)
Prereq: None
Units: 4-0-5
Credit cannot also be received for 15.010
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Introduces principles of microeconomics as a framework for making more informed managerial decisions. Discusses the supply and demand paradigm with applications to digital marketplaces, innovation, sources of market power, and strategic pricing. Provides an introduction to game theory to study competition and cooperation both within and between firms. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Intended for non-Sloan graduate students.
A. Bonatti

15.0111 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
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Undergrad (Fall)
(Subject meets with 15.011)
Prereq: None
Units: 4-0-5
Credit cannot also be received for 15.010
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Introduces principles of microeconomics as a framework for making more informed managerial decisions. Discusses the supply and demand paradigm with applications to digital marketplaces, innovation, sources of market power, and strategic pricing. Provides an introduction to game theory to study competition and cooperation both within and between firms. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
A. Bonatti