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

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Innovation

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Leadership

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

Innovation

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Leadership

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Global Development

Effective

Leadership

Transformative Innovations

Finance, Accounting, &

Economics

Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines

Behavioral & Policy Science

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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.