MIT Sloan Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Experts
Bill Aulet
Ethernet Inventors Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Bill Aulet is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management.He is changing the way entrepreneurship is understood, taught, and practiced around the world…
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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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Phil Budden
Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Phil Budden is a Senior Lecturer at MIT's Management School, in Sloan's TIES (Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management) Group, where he focuses on innovation ecosystems around the world, their key stakeholders, and…
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Paul Cheek
Executive Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan
Paul Cheek is a global expert in innovation-driven entrepreneurship. Paul is a serial tech entrepreneur, educator, software engineer, and bestselling author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics. He is currently the Executive Director of…
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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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Kevin D. Johnson
Senior Lecturer, Technological , Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management
Kevin D. Johnson is a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. He teaches Building an Entrepreneurial Venture: Advanced Tools and Techniques, an intensive, project-based course which is the most advanced class in the Entrepreneurship and…
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Malia C Lazu
Lecturer, TIES
Malia Lazu is a Lecturer in the TIES Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Malia Lazu, an award winning, tenured strategist in diversity & inclusion has sparked deep economic development and investment in urban entrepreneurship for over twenty…
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Tong Liu
Judy C. Lewent (1972) and Mark Shapiro Career Development Assistant Professor of Finance
Tong Liu is the Judy C. Lewent (1972) and Mark Shapiro Career Development Assistant Professor of Finance and an Assistant Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Tong’s research focuses on corporate finance, entrepreneurial…
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Fiona E. Murray
William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship
Fiona Murray is the Associate Dean of Innovation and Inclusion at the MIT School of Management and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship. She is the codirector of MIT’s Innovation Initiative and Faculty Director of the MIT Legatum…
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Jacquelyn Pless
Fred Kayne (1960) Career Development Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
Jacquelyn Pless is the Fred Kayne (1960) Career Development Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and an Assistant Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Her research interests are in the economics of innovation, energy and environmental…
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Robert C. Pozen
Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Robert C. Pozen is currently a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.In 2012, he won acclaim for a popular book entitled Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your…
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Erin L. Scott
Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Erin L. Scott, PhD draws upon her nearly two decades of academic and practical experience to partner with groundbreaking innovators to successfully navigate the entrepreneurial journey from initial idea to commercialization. Her research focuses on…
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Tavneet Suri
Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics
Tavneet Suri is the Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her expertise is in the role of technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.Tavneet is an editor at the Review of…
Read MoreEntrepreneurship Faculty Research
"Credit Access, Selection, and Incentives in a Market for Asset-Collateralized Loans: Evidence From Kenya."
Jack, William, Michael Kremer, Joost de Laat, and Tavneet Suri. The Review of Economic Studies. Forthcoming.
"The Evolution of Research on Industry Platforms."
Cusumano, Michael A. Academy of Management Discovery Guidepost. Forthcoming.
"Are Complementary Policies Substitutes? Evidence from R&D Subsidies in the UK."
Pless, Jacquelyn (Resubmitted 2nd round R&R, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy), MIT Sloan Working Paper 5788-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, July 2024.
Keywords: R&D, Innovation, Policy Interactions, Difference-in-discontinuities, Regression Discontinuity Design
"Private Equity in Healthcare."
Howell, Sabrina, and Tong Liu. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity, edited by Benjamin Hammer and Douglas Cumming, 1-6. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2024.
"Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management."
Topic: Economics
Meeks, Robyn, Jacquelyn Pless, and Zhenxuan Wang, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6490-21. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, June 2024.
Keywords: Digitalization, Smart Grid, Energy Management, Electric Utilities, Public Service
"Old Moats for New Models: Openness, Control, and Competition in Generative AI."
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Azoulay, Pierre, Joshua L. Krieger, and Abhishek Nagaraj, Working Paper. May 2024. Also NBER Working Paper #32474.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Competition, Appropriability, Complementary Assets
"Paper Tiger? Chinese Science and Citation Home-bias."
Topic: Productivity
Azoulay, Pierre, Shumin Qiu, and Claudia Steinwender, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6977-23. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, May 2024. Also NBER Working Paper #32468.
Keywords: International Economics, Trade, Health, Education, and Welfare
"Greening to Grow: Evidence from Environmental Regulation and Industrial Firm Productivity in China."
Lu, Yangsiyu, and Jacquelyn Pless, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6487-21. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, April 2024.
From Intention to Impact: A Practical Guide to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Lazu, Malia C. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2024.
"Entrepreneurial Strategy: A Choice-based Approach to Entrepreneurship Education."
Gans, Joshua, Erin L. Scott, and Scott Stern. In Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, edited by Charles Matthews and Susana Santos, 393-400. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Entrepreneurship In The News
24 steps to launch a start-up
Bill Aulet discusses his recent book "Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup."
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The Power of Literacy
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In celebration of International Literacy Day on September 8, Sloanies who have authored works in various genres discussed the importance of literacy in their lives.
Press Release: Legatum Center at MIT Successfully Concludes Bootcamp for Early-Stage Innovators in Ghana
The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, in partnership with the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), the Ghana Hubs Network (GHN), The She Hub Ghana and with the generous support of the Mastercard Foundation, successfully concluded its intensive bootcamp for early-stage innovators...
