MIT SloanUnifying Themes
Visualizing Emerging MIT Sloan School
Research & Education Themes
Proposal 0.8
Transformative Innovations,
Emerging Hard & Soft Technologies,
Disruptive Challenges
Global Business Strategy, Accelerating
International Development
Effective Organizations,
Culture-Crafting Entre- & Intra-
preneurial Leadership
TechnologyEntrepreneurship &Strategy Dynamics
Dynamic,Networked
Organizations
Developmental Innovations,
MicroFinance
Innovation
Global
Leadership
Core Sloan Themes
Innovation
Global
Leadership
Global Development & Corporate Citizenship
LeadershipInitiative
Entrepreneurship Center
SloanInnovation
Institute
Emerging Sloan Initiatives
Driving the Innovation
Process
Leading Innovative Global Enterprises
Leading EmergingTechnology Ventures
Innovation
Global
Leadership
Transforming Organizations: IT
Strategy & Organizational ArchitectureGlobal Technology &
Developmental Entrepreneurship
Leading Change, Corporate Renewal
Executive Education Platforms
Unifying Strategic Themes
Global Development
Effective
Leadership
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
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Global
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Classic Disciplinary Strengths
Global Development
Entrepreneurial Effectiveness
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
MIT Sloan
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Global
Leadership
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Global Development
Effective
Leadership
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
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Innovation
Global
Leadership
Pioneering Sloan Scholarship
Global Development
Growth
Theory
Global Supply
Chains
Entrepreneurial Policy
Effective Leadership
Financial Engineering, Management
System Dynamics, Theory X & Y
Lead Users, Tech Startups
Transformative Innovations
Voice of
Customer
Tech Strategy, Dominant Design
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
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Innovation
Global
Leadership
Emerging Sloan Faculty Strengths
Global Development
International
Mgt
Global Value Chains, TechMaps
Entrepreneurial Policy
Effective Leadership
Financial Engineering, Management
Business Dynamics
Tech-Biz
Ventures
Transformative Innovations
Virtual Customer
Tech Strategy
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
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VentureFinance
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Innovation
Global
Leadership
Research: Example Centers & Initiatives
Global Development
Effective Leadership
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
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Global Governance
Virtual Customer
FinanceLab
IWER
Innovation
Global
Leadership
Possible New Sloan Research Centers
Global Development
Effective Leadership
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
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Developmental Innovations
EmergingTechnologies
Valuing Risk &
Intangibles
Systems & Strategy
Innovation
Global
Leadership
Themes of Interest
EconomicGrowth
MarketDifferentiation
VentureCapital
ValuingIP
TraderPsychology
GlobalSupply Chains
TechnologyRoadmaps
BusinessDynamics
Marketing-Engineering Links
BuyerDecision-Making
GlobalStrategy
TechnologyStrategy
EntrepreneurialCulture
GroupDynamics
InventorEthos
Themes of Interest
EconomicGrowth
MarketDifferentiation
VentureCapital
ValuingIP
TraderPsychology
GlobalSupply Chains
TechnologyRoadmaps
BusinessDynamics
Marketing-Engineering Links
BuyerDecision-Making
GlobalStrategy
TechnologyStrategy
EntrepreneurialCulture
GroupDynamics
InventorEthos
Econ-omy
Sector
Firm
Group
Indi-vidual
Geo-graphy
Market/
Tech
Organi-zation
Theme
Idea
By Discipline
Econ-omy
Sector
Firm
Group
Indi-vidual
Geo-graphy
Market/
Tech
Organi-zation
Theme
Idea
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
EconomicGrowth
MarketDifferentiation
VentureCapital
ValuingIP
TraderPsychology
GlobalSupply Chains
TechnologyRoadmaps
BusinessDynamics
Marketing-Engineering Links
BuyerDecision-Making
GlobalStrategy
TechnologyStrategy
EntrepreneurialCulture
GroupDynamics
InventorEthos
MIT Sloan Capabilities at Various Levels of Systems Analysis
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Technology Roadmapping
Technology &Entrepreneurial Strategy
Virtual CustomerInitiative
Emerging TechnologyVentures
Global Development
Venture Capital
Decision Psychology
Creative Communities,
Social Networks
Business Dynamics
Innovation Observatories:At Various Levels of Analysis…
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Technology Roadmap
Technology VentureObservatory
OpenSourceInitiative
Virtual CustomerInitiative
Emerging Tech-BizLive Cases
Innovation Observatories:Further Possibilities
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Technology Roadmap
Technology VentureObservatory
OpenSourceInitiative
Virtual CustomerInitiative
Emerging Tech-BizLive Cases
Global DevelopmentObservatory
Venture Capital Observatory
Creative Communities Observatory
Decision Neuropsychology Lab
Social Network Observatory
Mapping Sloan Faculty to MIT’s Emerging Strategic Tech Sectors
Info Tech Bio Tech Tiny Tech Complex Systems
Develop’t
Innovations
Strategy
MTIE
Org/HR
Finance
Marketing
Operat’ns
Prod Dev
Mapping Faculty in Disciplines to Phases of Venture Development
Strategy
MTIE
Org/HR
Finance
Marketing
Operat’ns
Prod DevIdeation Invention Incorporation Investment
sSales Profitabilit
yEscalation
Mapping Sloan Activities to Phases of the Total Student Experience
Research
Education
Extra-curriculars
Infra-structure
Support
Appli-cation
Matri-culation
First Semester
Formative Semesters
Final Semester
Grad-uation
Alum
Research Seminars
Thesis
Career Development
Emerging Technology Awareness
Core Track Electives
On-Campus Dorm
Social Space
Reunions
ExecEd Facilities
Community ofPractice
Knowledge Updates
ExecEd Modules
Seeking Students & Alums with Both Depth & Breadth
Depth
Breadth
Deep
Shallow
Narrow Wide
I–.T
“T” Individuals
Innovation Observatories:Bolstering A Key Quadrant of the MIT Sloan Research Endeavor
Qualitative
Quantitative
Empirical Theoretical
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Innovation Observatories: Viewing the Business Implications
of Emerging Technologies
1. Technology Roadmaps– Prototyped by Fine &
Kimerling at Microphotonics– Generalizing Moore
2. OpenSource Initiative3. Tech Venture Observatory4. Virtual Customer Initiative5. Emerging Tech-Business Live Cases
Original Plot of“Moore’s Law”
1. Technology Roadmapping (TRM)http://mph-roadmap.mit.edu/
• Including Professors Charlie Fine & Rajeev Ram (in MicroPhotonics)
• Prototyped by Sematech in Semiconductors, now in MIT MicroPhotonics Center
• Big-picture perspective on development targets; overview the business implications of technology trendlines
• Emerging Themes: MEMS, Neuroengineering, Nanotech, Genomics…
2. OpenSource Initiative (OSI)http://opensource.mit.edu/
• Including Professor Eric von Hippel, RA Karim Lakhani
• Inquiring about Innovation Ecologies, Individual Incentives, Informal Organizations
• New domains: OpenSource Hardware, OpenSource Biology, and more…
3. Technology Venture Observatory (TVO)
• Including Professor Diane Burton
• Inquiring about Business Strategy, Employment Models, Founder Experiences, Emerging Technology Businesses, Entrepreneurial Financing…
4. Virtual Customer
Initiative (VCI)http://mitsloan.mit.edu/vc/
• Including Professors John Hauser, Ely Dahan, Drazen Prelec, Nader Tavassoli, et al
• Methods for Accelerating the Customer Feedback Product Development connection.
• Live Testing– http://wow.mit.edu– http://conjoint.mit.edu
5. Emerging Technology- Business Live Cases
• For example, Professors Fiona Murray in Biotech, Joe Jacobson in Nanotech
• Inquiring about New Technology arenas, Radical Research
• Seeking Business Implications
• Commercialization Challenges
• Class Connections
Innovation Observatories:Sloan School-wide Benefits
• Research – High quality, comparable, longitudinal data on hundreds of technologies, products, companies, industries, & regions across several emerging technology sectors
• Education – Students learn through close observation as practitioners in the research, benefit from new types of quantitative, cross-comparable case-studies.
• Practice – Answering questions relevant to operating execs, allowing comparative benchmarking, delivered through SMR, ExecEd, custom & MBA programs.