Business and Operations for a Circular Bio-Economy MicroMaster Program 

Overview

In this new world, it’s critical to determine if alternative (biobased) resources have the potential to become economically viable sustainable sources for the production of high value food and materials, feed and energy. 

This requires the development of feasible biobased business strategies and the skills to apply these strategies to operations and logistics. Companies that want to succeed in this industry must be prepared for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

This Business and Operations for a Circular Bio-Economy MicroMaster Program offered by edX in collaboration with Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX consists of three courses and a capstone. The courses will teach you about the basics of biobased materials/natural resources and their conversion to useful products and services. 

This will help you to understand and evaluate strategic, technological, and operational aspects of running a biobased business and therefore understand the dynamics in biobased business investments and the factors that influence them. You will learn to design and evaluate biobased supply (and value) chains using quantitative methods.

What you will learn

• Understand and evaluate strategic, technological, and operational aspects of running a biobased business

• Understand the basics of biobased materials and their conversion to useful products and services

• Identify factors that affect biobased investments and innovations

• Create business strategies in a biobased economy

• Design and evaluate biobased supply chains using quantitative methods