PhD
Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
The Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management (TIES) group at MIT Sloan offers a comprehensive exploration of technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship. For over 40 years, MIT Sloan faculty, including renowned scholars like Pierre Azoulay, Michael A. Cusumano, Danielle Li, and Fiona E. Murray, have led pioneering research and developed a robust curriculum that addresses the management of research, development, and commercialization of innovations. The TIES group also oversees the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, which provides a multidisciplinary curriculum and extensive student activities, including the prestigious MIT $100K business plan competition.
Research from TIES Faculty
A strategic playbook for entrepreneurs: 4 paths to success
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This Entrepreneurial Strategy Compass from MIT Sloan helps startups avoid conflicting advice and choose the right path to commercialization.
How to use generative AI to augment your workforce
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Artificial intelligence can be useful in the workplace, but humans have to first define what success looks like, according to MIT Sloan’s Danielle Li.
The MIT New Colossus Project
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The MIT New Colossus Project celebrates the success stories of first-generation immigrant trailblazers in America.
MIT's Legatum Center and Botswana launch a strategic collaboration.
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This five-year program will include establishing a fellowship for African innovation-driven entrepreneurs and students in the model of the Legatum Center’s fellowships.
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Faculty
Pierre Azoulay
International Programs Professor of Management
Pierre Azoulay is the International Programs Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.His research focuses on the impact of different funding regimes on the…
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Michael A. Cusumano
Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management
Michael A. Cusumano is the SMR Distinguished Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. During 2020-2024, he was Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research. He has also held a joint appointment in the MIT School of Engineering…
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Danielle Li
David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology
Danielle Li is the David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology and a Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, as well as a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research interests are in economics…
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Fiona E. Murray
Associate Dean for Innovation
Fiona Murray is the Associate Dean of Innovation at the MIT School of Management and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship. She is the Faculty Director of MIT's Office of Innovation and also Faculty Director of the MIT Legatum…
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Soomi Kim (2023)
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Jane Wu (2022)
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Caroline Viola Fry (2020)