Course Title
“Armenia’s Ongoing Journey from Isolation to Innovation"
Faculty
Professor Steve G. Powell and Daniella Reichstetter T'07, Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship; Adjunct Professor
Dates
March 10 – March 20, 2020
Destination Cities
Yerevan and Yenokavan (subject to change)
Course Themes
- Innovation and entrepreneurship amid institutional inertia and insecurity
- The roles of social entrepreneurs, the Armenian diaspora, and the government with respect to economic development
- The role education is playing in transforming Armenia’s information economy
- Armenia’s velvet revolution one year in
- The economic legacy of genocide, denial, and existential threat
- Russia’s regional influence