In this live, web-based simulation, participants play the role of the founder of a new startup company in the exciting and competitive clean tech sector. Can you develop your technology into a successful company? Each quarter you must set prices, decide how many engineers and sales people to hire, a...
In July 2015, Managed by Q co-founder and CEO Dan Teran was trying to decide how best to grow the 15-month old on-demand office cleaning and maintenance company. As Teran saw it, Q, which differentiated itself from the competition by leveraging people and technology, could grow by acquiring customer...
This case describes how leaders at Mud Bay, a chain of pet products based in Pacific Northwest, changed the way they operated their business from 2014 to 2017. They adopted a framework that included heavy investment in people with operational choices that leverage that investment by increasing produ...
In 2011, MIT Sloan’s Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management group marked its 50th anniversary.
PhD students in the Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management Group benefit from the teaching, research, and mentorship of MIT Sloan’s world-renowned faculty.
New books this year cover ecosystems, entrepreneurship, dynamic work design, and the paradox of meritocracy.
MIT Sloan School of Management faculty members reflect on how innovations and ideas over the past 250 years influence business today.
William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management, Chair, NATO Innovation Fund
New research from MIT Sloan finds that physical distances within 20 meters lead to more knowledge spillover among startups.
