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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
Increase your personal productivity in an AI-enabled workspace
To gain maximum productivity from AI, MIT Sloan’s Robert Pozen advises senior leaders to use AI as a co-worker, focus AI on the final product, and delegate work to AI without abandoning judgment.
Inventing the Future for Humanity and AI
The MIT Sloan School of Management recently debuted the new event series “Invent the Future: Leading in an AI-Enabled World” to explore how leaders and organizations can harness artificial intelligence while keeping people at the center of the enterprise.
Nearly one-third of the world’s largest companies have not publicly acknowledged any AI risks
New research from MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT FutureTech suggests that the public, investors, and regulators lack information about whether companies are prepared for AI risks.
Priya Bhasin, MBA ’23
Priya Bhasin, MBA ’23, traces her path from Yahoo and Apple to MIT Sloan, where she built a venture with classmates and pivoted as AI technologies continually advanced.
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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 an associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her BA ’89…
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Christina Nguyen (2026)
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Luca Gius (2025)
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Wesley Greenblatt (2023)
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Soomi Kim (2023)