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
How generative AI ‘persuasion bombs’ users — and how to fight back
When professionals try to validate outputs, generative AI often responds not with corrections or candor but with escalating persuasion tactics.
Leveraging the MIT EMBA Curriculum as an Alumna
Melissa Estok, EMBA ’22, entered the MIT Executive MBA with decades of global leadership experience—and a desire to sharpen it with deeper, research-driven insight. At MIT Sloan, she found a collaborative, mission-driven community and frameworks that both challenged and validated her instincts. From...
Beyond the Classroom: Activating Systems-Level Leadership at MIT
A decade after building her first field-driven analytical model, Alexandra Diaz Arias, SFMBA ’26, reflects on a career spent closing the gap between technological potential and real-world impact in energy systems. At MIT Sloan, she sharpens this work into a scalable framework—one that links innovati...
MIT Sloan Reunion 2026: What to Expect
MIT Sloan Reunion provides alumni the opportunity to reconnect with one another and get back into the classroom.
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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 currently Co-Director of the MIT Innovation Initiative, the Faculty Director of The…
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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)