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Alan MacCormack

Visiting Associate Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management

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Alan MacCormack

Alan MacCormack is a visiting Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research examines the management of innovation and new product development in high-technology industries, with a particular focus on the software sector. His work has been published in a variety of leading journals including Management Science, The Journal of Product Innovation Management and Harvard Business Review. In addition, he has written over 50 cases and notes that explore how organizations like Intel, Microsoft and NASA structure their innovation efforts to meet the challenge of highly uncertain environments. Prior to MIT, Alan spent ten years as a Professor in the Technology and Operations Management area at The Harvard Business School.

 

Contact Information
Office: E52-535
Tel: 617-253-7474
Fax: 617-253-2660
E-mail: alanmac@mit.edu

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Name: Keira Horowitz
Tel: 617-253-3681
E-mail: keirah@mit.edu

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Europe; European Union; Automotive; Computer industry; Software; Consumer electronics; High technology companies; Google; Microsoft; Silicon Valley; Internet; Internet software; Semiconductors; Telecommunications; E-commerce; Information systems; Information technology; Internet software/applications; Internet strategy; Open source software; Technology; World Wide Web; Management of information technology; Management of technology; Technology strategy; Technology transfer; Product development and design; Operations management; Project management; Engineering management; Management of engineers and scientists; Organizational design and performance; Teams; Entrepreneurial management; Entrepreneurship / New ventures; Innovation; New ventures; Research and development; Technological innovation

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