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
From MIT Sloan Fellow to Climate Startup Founder
With more than 15 years experience leading infrastructure projects across Latin America, Solangel Fernandez, SF ’25, came to MIT Sloan with a clear purpose—to innovate and accelerate the impact of sustainable development. An opportunity to fulfill that purpose came when her Sustainable Business (S-L...
Integrative experiment design reveals hidden patterns in decades-old social science research
MIT Sloan researchers demonstrate a new approach to designing experiments in the social and behavioral sciences by applying it to a longstanding question about punishment in public goods games
How to accelerate AI transformation
A new MIT Sloan executive education course looks at how organizations need to align “the work, the workforce, and the workplace” to succeed with artificial intelligence.
Why climate change is costing U.S. households hundreds of dollars a year
From insurance premiums to energy bills, a new study from MIT Sloan shows how Americans are already paying the price of climate change, and climate inaction, driven by extreme weather.
Select TIES Faculty
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 and currently the faculty director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and the CoDirector of the MIT System Design and…
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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
William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship
Fiona Murray is the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship. She is the former Associate Dean of Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is currently Co-Director of the MIT Innovation Initiative, the Faculty Director of The…
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Example PhD Thesis Topics
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Lindsey Raymond (2024)
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Wesley Greenblatt (2023)
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Soomi Kim (2023)
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Jane Wu (2022)
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Caroline Viola Fry (2020)