A student of the masterʼs Creation and Management of Innovative Technology-Based Companies awarded by the company Veolia
Joël Lecocq, student of the masterʼs degree in Creation and Management of Innovative Technology-Based Companies of the University of Barcelona (UB), is one of the winners of Trophées Performance, a competition organised by the company Veolia to honour the most innovative projects developed by last year university students in the fields of engineering and business. To be exact, Lecocq received the award in the category of environment/management for his final project on social innovation and its impact on traditional business models.
Joël Lecocq, student of the masterʼs degree in Creation and Management of Innovative Technology-Based Companies of the University of Barcelona (UB), is one of the winners of Trophées Performance, a competition organised by the company Veolia to honour the most innovative projects developed by last year university students in the fields of engineering and business. To be exact, Lecocq received the award in the category of environment/management for his final project on social innovation and its impact on traditional business models.
Lecocqʼs research activity, supervised by Professor Esther Hormiga, answers questions such as how to integrate social innovation in business management and what benefits may it have. Lecocq has been awarded a stay in Abu Dabi and the UB has received 2,000 euros for being the higher education institution that has trained the student.
This year the UB offers the eight edition of the masterʼs degree in Creation and Management of Innovative Technology-Based Companies. Its main objective is to provide students with an advanced level of training in the creation of new companies and the management of innovation processes in any kind of organization (development of new products, management of R&D departments or coordination of innovation programmes). The coordinator of the masterʼs degree, Claudio Cruz, affirms that most masterʼs students come from other countries and points out that several companies have been created within masterʼs studies.