30 Grades clos

American University in the Emirates
College of Education
Spring 2022-2023
INV-200
Innovation & entrepreneurship
Out-Class Assignment
30 Grades



CLOs:
1. Identify and apply the fundamental theories of innovation and entrepreneurship.
2. Examine the different debates on innovation and entrepreneurship in multiple sectors regionally and internationally.
3. Develop the soft skills needed to pursue innovative entrepreneurial endeavours through immersion in an experiential learning environment
4. Apply innovative and entrepreneurial ideas to make positive change in the community.
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Students are invited to read an assigned case study and answer questions using the information provided in the case study and supporting their answers with recent updated literature. Academic databases should be used to support your answers.
GRADING:
This assignment is worth 30% of your total course grade. Deduction of points will be in case The important elements or questions of the assignment are missing or not elaborated well. The answers contain spelling, grammatical errors, and is not properly formatted.
Make sure to
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Write your full name and student ID. Make sure to include all group members and their IDs. Submit as word document only. Pdf submissions will lose grades.
Note: You can work in teams of three members maximum.

Chapter 4 Managing innovation within firms
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Case study
This case study explores the role of organisational management and culture within a very innovative firm, which is responsible for some very well-known products, such as the famous Gore-Tex
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fabric, and, yet, few people know very much about this remarkable organisation. In addition, the organisation seeks to minimise management with the emphasis on action and creativity. Today, this enigmatic firm employs approximately 10,000 people in more than 45 plants and sales locations worldwide. Manufacturing operations are clustered in the United States, Germany, Scotland, Japan and China. Proprietary technologies with the versatile polymer polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) have resulted in numerous products for electronic signal transmission fabric laminates medical implants as well as membrane, filtration, sealant and fibre technologies fora range of different industries. Today, the organisation divides its products into four main groupings medical products fabric products electronic products and industrial products. Gore has approximately 650 US patents and thousands worldwide. Further details of these can be found by visiting the US Patent & Trademark office website at www.
uspto.gov.