#course [Sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship course syllabus](http://store.darden.virginia.edu/Syllabus%20Copy/sustainability-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.pdf) The purpose of this course is to provide practical information on innovation and entrepreneurial activity at the nexus of business and natural systems. The term sustainable business refers to competitively advantageous strategies and practices that firms adopt to grow revenues, cut costs, improve market share, enhance brands, and redesign products and processes to reduce or eliminate adverse environmental and health impacts. Students study the trends and science driving growing demand for clean technology and lifecycle product designs and look at the drivers of corporate innovation, strategic shifts, and new markets; learn skills to identify market opportunities; and understand the tools, concepts, and frameworks used by companies currently pursuing sustainable business opportunities. They use articles, technical notes, cases, and guests to examines company strategies and practices while providing history and frameworks for context and comprehension.