tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100414302012-02-16T03:39:35.035-05:00A doctoral student at MIT Sloan focuses on the subjects of entrepreneurial finance, strategy, and in general the management of high-tech entrepreneurship and technological change.Chuck Eesleynoreply@blogger.comBlogger3281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10041430.post-66294628033283989972009-03-27T11:30:00.000-05:002009-03-27T11:30:42.857-05:00

Maximizing Progress: MIT Innovation Ecosystem ~ Joost @ NextLab II

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MIT Entrepreneurship Center - Reigniting the Innovation Economy: Where Do Universities Fit In? Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MITResearch- and technology-intensive universities, especially via their entrepreneurial spinoffs, have a dramatic impact on the economies of the United States and its fifty states. A new report on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, indicates conservatively

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Kauffman Foundation Study Finds MIT Alumni Companies Generate Billions for Regional Economies - MSNBC Wire Services - msnbc.com"Entrepreneurial Impact" was conducted by Edward B. Roberts and Charles Eesley of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and is based on a 2003 survey of all living MIT alumni, with additional detailed analyses, including recent verification and updating to 2006 of revenue

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Educators Corner: Tina Seelig, Stanford Technology Ventures Program - What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

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My picks: The best service providers for startups � RobWebb2k

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MIT Sloan Professor Edward B. Roberts Awarded Monosson Prize for Entrepreneurship MentoringCAMBRIDGE, Mass. - (Business Wire) Edward B. Roberts, the Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is the fourth recipient of the annual Adolf F. Monosson Prize for Entrepreneurship Mentoring. He was presented this prestigious award by Kenneth P. Morse, managing

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The Entrepreneurship MythThe Entrepreneurship MythAuthor Scott Shane seeks to dispel popular illusions about startups—starting with the myth that founders earn more than they would as employeesby John TozziEntrepreneurship creates jobs and drives the U.S. economy, making smart founders and savvy investors rich in the process, right? Not so, says Scott Shane, professor of entrepreneurial studies

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From MIT Course 15.354 and a lecture based on the book Mastering the Dynamics of InnovationThere is a great deal to learn for entrepreneurs from studying the dynamics of historical industries. You can often learn a great deal that you can't just by studying the newest and latest fads out there.1) Strength of this approach is in knowing the weaknesses of large companies and where you can attack

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YoungEntrepreneur.com Blog The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Starting A BusinessWhat are the common mistakes that new entrepreneurs make and how can you avoid making them yourself? Here is our top 10 list of mistakes people make when starting a business:1) Not enough money.The most common reason why new businesses shut down is that the owner runs out of money. Cash flow is critical to a

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Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: Articles

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Technology Review: The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem * MIT Entrepreneurship Center * $100K Entrepreneurship Competition * Deshpande Center * MIT Venture Mentoring Service * MIT Technology Licensing Office * MIT Enterprise Forum * MIT Tech Link * MIT Sloan Venture Capital and Private Equity Association * MIT Sloan MediaTech Club * MIT Sloan BioMedical Business Club *

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Thanks to Rob Kalwarowsky for forwarding:Want to learn how start-ups work? Come to the MIT VentureShips kickoff event at noon on Friday, Feb. 8th (4-270) and take part in the MIT VentureShips program this semester. You'll work with technology start-ups on real projects that are critical to the company right now. In addition, you?ll work directly with company CEOs and experienced mentors, learn

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BostonHerald.com - Blogs: Hub 2.0 Blog Archive Interview of Rob Paull, CEO of Genocea Biosciences: "For the first Hub 2.0 interview ever on the site I decided to talk with an old friend from New York (disclosure, we co-founded Lux Research together with a few other great people), Rob Paull the CEO of Genocea Biosciences. Like me, Rob is a New Englander returned home from the unwashed hinterlands

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Lobby 10 Consulting is a boutique technology consulting firm specializing in the fields of: * • BIOTECHNOLOGY * • MEDICAL DEVICES * • PHARMACEUTICALSLobby 10 is dedicated to providing competitive advantage through technological innovation. Our technology insight and focus on innovation ressult from strong ties with the world's leading academic research institutions. Thus we strive to

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Nanotech: Nanotubes Make Synthetic Skin Feel Your Pain

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8 Tips On How To Get Mentored! - Found READ

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9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid

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Born to Build, Not to Play: an Entrepreneur’s ‘Curse’ - New York TimesChris Lyman tried to live a life of leisure.After selling the start-up company he had founded, Hosting.com, for $30 million in 2000, Mr. Lyman, then 26, bought a big house on a bluff above Los Angeles. He bought a $100,000 sports car. He splurged on heliboarding trips, extreme diving and “other primordial male, risky stuff,” he

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Flagship Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on creating, financing, and building innovative companies in the Life Science and Technology sectors. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Flagship Ventures was founded in 1999 and manages $700 million in capital. Prior to its founding, Flagship's principals were involved as founders or investors in over 100 firms including: Adolor,

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Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital Originally uploaded by Spencer-NYC

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The New Rules Of Technology VCBy Alex IskoldWhat is going to happen next?Lots of people have already acknowledged and recognized the coming change. Here are some examples: * Y Combinator is creating tech companies with a tiny (10-20K) seed investment; * Charles River Ventures started a Quick start program; * Jeff Clavier launched a 12M fund for tech startups.Maybe not all that we are

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CHINA - Shanghai - Gubei HDR Night long exposure Originally uploaded by Franck - フランク - 法兰克 Schumpeter (1934: 93-94) depicted the motives of the entrepreneur as follows:"First of all there is the dream and the will to found a private kingdom, usually, though not necessarily, also a dynasty. . . . Then there is the will to conquuer: the impulse to fight, to prove oneself superior to others

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Asian Manhattan Originally uploaded by Lo M The below text was taken from a paper I am writing on entrepreneurship in China using data from Tsinghua University (MIT of China) alumni.

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The vast majority of the related literature on entrepreneurship and innovation focuses on the U.S. and Europe. High-tech entrepreneurship and innovation in transitional and developing countries is rarely part of the scholarly dialogue of the field (Lu 1997, 2000 are notable exceptions). Puga and Trefler (2005) in the course of their discussion on the rise of incremental innovation in low-wage

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Koeeoaddi There Originally uploaded by Elkhead 1) Hire good people - don't just cast a net, target and poach top quality from big companies - go to conferences they are speaking at and talk to them.2) Get someone who knows how to do licensing deals, esp. with universities. To make the economics work, the licensing terms with the university have to be as advantageous to the startup as

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Future Boy: This is your brain on Google - Jul. 21, 2006Brain-reading technology is improving rapidly. Last year, Sony (Charts) took out a patent on a game system that beams data directly into the mind without implants. It uses a pulsed ultrasonic signal that induces sensory experiences such as smells, sounds and images.And Niels Birbaumer, a neuroscientist at the University of Tuebingen in

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MIT-Henge Originally uploaded by lbpint

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MIT Admissions | Blog Entry: "Driving On The Infinite""Driving On The Infinite"I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite Corridor.The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for slow people, or people who wish to

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DMSE - MADMEC

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Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design BlogJust heard him interviewed on iInnovate.

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Everyday Entrepreneurs>> a blog on entrepreneurship and business, venture capital and funding, internet marketing ideas, taxation, legal matters, and anything else that comes to mind!

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Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs — HBS Working KnowledgeLocations: The cities of Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. Companies and institutions visited include Tsinghua Science Park, Microsoft, Li-Ning, Gome, Beijing Genomics, Zhejiang University, Huawei, Wahaha Beverage, Shanda, Fosun, Focus, and Tsinghua University.Purpose: Begin to comprehend some of the fundamental changes in the Chinese

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How does flexibility (how much you're willing to shift products/markets) affect the success of the startup? Are management students more flexible?What do you need to know still to optimally manage a university so as to maximize both startups and R&D/innovation in the university? What proportion of applied/basic research is optimal? How to organize it?

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I gave the following presentation twice at MIT this week. First to the Entrepreneurship Club and then to the Small Talks group at the Research Lab for Electronics. It was a lot of fun!Update: Here is some of the feedback I've received after the presentation."I was wondering if I could send me the fantastic presentation you gave today? I would love to grab lunch someday and talk more

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Will Price IRR Multiplication TableThe attached IRR Multiplication Table is a very useful reference tool.The data table calculates IRR by years (x-axis) and multiple (y-axis).I suggest printing it out and keeping it by your desk.When you are on the phone you can impress your friends/boss by quickly reeling off the IRR on a 5x over 5 years (38%), 10x over 6 years (46.8%), 3x over 3 years (44.2%)

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Over the weekend I met up with a few other MIT students in the material science area, Josh Lake, Forrest, and Albert. It was a good time, talking about entrepreneurship in this area.Today Josh forwarded us this article on a new cash prize . . . Million-dollar prize offered for soldier 'power pack' - CNN.com Million-dollar prize offered for soldier 'power pack' * Story Highlights * Military

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Burnham's Beat: 10 Pragmatic Steps To Raising Venture Capital10 Pragmatic Steps To Raising Venture CapitalAs a former VC I am often asked by entrepreneurs “I am having trouble raising money, can you please give me some advice on how to improve my chances?” Beyond having a start-up that is obviously the next Google, there is no easy way to raise VC money, especially if you are a first time

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Full Speed Ahead Originally uploaded by jurvetson This is very cool.EDGE.org just released this tantalizing tidbit from Craig Venter on his estimated timeframe for the first artificial life form:Now we know we can boot up a chromosome system. It doesn't matter if the DNA is chemically made in a cell or made in a test tube. Until this development, if you made a synthetic chomosome you had

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MIT ZigZag Entrepreneurial culture MIT ZigZag Episode #16

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Nanotechnology News: Nanosphere-based catalyst could revolutionize biodiesel production Line up 250 billion of Victor Lin’s nanospheres and you’ve traveled a meter. But those particles – and just the right chemistry filling the channels that run through them – could make a big difference in biodiesel production.They could make production cheaper, faster and less toxic. They could produce a

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26 years old, most famous for founding mysee.com – an Ethernet company which got lots of media coverage.His first business was while he was in college with 2 PhDs, one with prior founding experience. He was in charge of running the business side. That company was not very successful.His first job was as a news reporter. As a college student he had an ambitious plan to accomplish in 10 years

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Under The High Tech Canopy Originally uploaded by DanielKHC. Eisenhardt and Schoonhoven. 1990. Organizational Growth: Linking Founding Team, Strategy, Environment and Growth Among US Semiconductor Ventures 1978-1988.Abstract: This study explores organizational growth in technology-based ventures. We relate characteristics of the founding top-management team, strategy, and environment to

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Survival Originally uploaded by More Altitude. Romanelli. 1989. Environments and Strategies of Organization Start-up: Effects on Early Survival. ASQ.Abstract: This paper explores the effects of two factors that influence the likelihood of an organization's surviving its start-up years: 1) environmental resource and competitive conditions at the time of founding 2) strategies that an

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hdr: atomium in brussels Originally uploaded by txd. Roberts 1988. What we've learned: Managing Invention and InnovationSumming up: Tech. innovation is a multi-stage processAn organization requires critical role-players including the idea generator, the entrepreneur, the program manager, several types of gatekeepers and the sponsor.Group diversity and communication is a major

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What time is it? Originally uploaded by cambug. Katila and Mang 2003.Abstract: In this study we aim to understand when firms collaborate in exploiting opportunities. To this end we study the history of 86 biopharmaceutical product development projects.Notes: They find that firms collaborate sooner when they have more patents, are more R&D intensive and have done more collaborations in

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What time is it? Originally uploaded by cambug.

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Comes from the earth but does not have the weight of a stone… Originally uploaded by 45street. Giarratana, M. 2004. The birth of a new industry: entry by start-ups and the dirvers of firm growth The case of encryption software.Abstract: The paper analyses the birth of the encryption software industry and reports the main facts about firm entry and growth.Notes: In the European style,

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the Wizards convene Originally uploaded by algo. Aggarwal and Hsu 2006. Working paper.Abstract: This paper empirically examines the determinants of heterogeneous cooperative R&D commercialization strategies of innovating biotechnology start-ups.There may be efficiency effects as a result of the division of labor between upstream innovation by start-ups and downstream commercialization by

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Patent 6,960,975: Stargate Spaceship Originally uploaded by divedi. Jaffe, 2000. The US patent system in transition: policy innovation and the innovation process. Research Policy.Abstract: This paper surveys the major changes in patent policy and practice that have occured in the last two decades in the US and reviews the existing analyses by the economists that attempt to measure the

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spinning lights I Originally uploaded by D.James. Dahlstrand, 1997. Growth and inventiveness in technology-based spin-off firms. Research Policy.Abstract: Using data from 60 small Swedish technology-based firms, 30 such entrepreneurial spin-offs are identified. It was found that as many as two-thirds of the spin-offs originated in private firms, only 1/6th from universities.Notes: The

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smoke in blue Originally uploaded by Idle Type. Shane and Stuart 2002. Organizational Endowments and the Performance of University Start-ups. Management Science.Abstract: The question of how initial resource endowments - the stocks of resources that entrepreneurs contribute to their new ventures at the time of founding - affect organizaitonal life chances is one of significant interest in

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iphone Originally uploaded by shapeshift. Shane, S. 2001. Technology Regimes and New Firm Formation. Management Science.Abstract: At least since Schumpeter, researchers have been interested in identifying the dimensions of technology regimes that facilitate new firm formation as a mode of technology exploitation. Using data on 1,400 patents assigned to the Massachusetts Institute of

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Windows® Originally uploaded by Kwisatch. Roberts and Fusfeld. 1981. Staffing the Innovative Technology-Based Organization. SMR.Abstract: In this article, the authors identify and describe five informal but critical behavioral functions, which are needed for effective execution of technology-based innovative projects.Findings: Needed roles (whether formal or informal, whether embodied in

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Never Surrender!! Shoot For The Sky! Originally uploaded by joaobambu. Feeser and Willard. 1990. Founding Strategy and Performance: A Comparison of High and Low Growth High Tech Firms. SMJ.Abstract: Explanations for differences in performance levels between high growth firms and low growth firms operating in the same industry are sought by comparing the firms' founding strategies.

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driving is fun (it pays well too!) Originally uploaded by Ben McLeod. Cusumano, M. and Nobeoka, K. 1992. Abstract: This article examines recent empirical research conducted or published on product development in the automobile industry with the objective of identifying what we have learned and what we have yet to learn about effective management of product development.Notes: Starting with

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Volkswagen GX3 concept car Originally uploaded by idalingi. Meyer and Roberts 1986. New Product Strategy in Small Technology-Based Firms: A Pilot Study. Management Science.Abstract: A pilot test is reported on a method for relating the degree of "newness" within a firm's portfolio of products and the firm's economic success.Notes: The authors find that using a sub-sample of firms from a

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follow the leader Originally uploaded by hb19. Haveman, H. 1993. Follow the Leader: Mimetic Isomorphism and Entry into New Markets. ASQ.Abstract: This paper combines organizational ecology and neoinstitutional theory to explain the process of diversification, specifically, how the structure of markets affects rates of market entry.The seminal works in diversification are Gort (1962) and

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Poi Circles Originally uploaded by hendriko. Degroof and Roberts 2003. Spinning-off new ventures from academic institutions in areas with weak entrepreneurial infrastructure: Insights on the impact of spin-off processes on the growth-orientation of ventures.Abstract: We propose that spin-off processes in academic institutions affect the form and growth orientations of ventures. Various

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November 3rd, 2005 - Weird Science Originally uploaded by Emiko Hime. Murray, F. 2004. The role of academic inventors in entrepreneurial firms: sharing the laboratory life. Research Policy.Abstract: While science-based entrepreneurial firms are a key feature of the modern economy, our insights into their organization and productivity remain limited. Based on a study of biotechnology

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Oops Originally uploaded by TabascoKid. The flip-side of success as an entrepreneur is obviously the failure of established firms. What explains this?Kaplan, S.; Henderson R. 2005 Inertia and incentives: bridging organizational economics and organizational theorySimplest explanation for the failure of incumbent firms in the face of change is Stinchcombe 1965 and Hannen and Freeman 1989

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dextroamphetamine 10mg (14.5 tabs); adderall xr 20mg (19.0 capsules) Originally uploaded by samuel_y. Henderson, R. and Cockburn, I. 1996. Scale, scope, and spillovers: the determinants of research productivity in drug discovery. RAND Journal.Abstract: We examine the relationship between firm size and research productivity in the pharmaceutical industry. Notes: The authors find that

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A Wonderfully Unique Pair Originally uploaded by zenmasterlauren. Henderson, R. 1995. Of Life Cycles real and Imaginary: The unexpectedly long old age of optical lithography. Research Policy.The history of many industries can be characterized as a series of tech. life cycles from fluid to transition to specific (Abernathy and Utterback 1978; Anderson and Tushman, 1990; Tushman and

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Please Mr.Darwin, bring me back to 2006... Originally uploaded by lancelot_milano. Bresnahan, T., Greenstein, S. and Henderson, R. 2006. The Interplay between Market Incentives and Organizational Capabilities in the Evolution of Industries.Incumbent players have much stronger incentives to invest in incremental innovation (Gilbert and Newbery 1982, Reinganum 1983). If an innovation is "

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Information Originally uploaded by nantel. Arrow's 1962 essay inspired a literature examining the economics of science and technology. Other authors in this area include Rosenberg and Nelson 1994 and Brooks 1994 along with Dasgupta and David.The differences between research and development or science and technology began to be broken down by looking at their outputs and activities.

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Soft Originally uploaded by oatmeal2000. Henderson, R. 1993. RAND Journal.Integrates theories of heterogeneous reseasrch capability with neoclassical theories of investment behavior to show why firms respond with incompetence and underinvestment to tech. change.Started with distinction between incremental and radical innovation and debate between Gilbert and Newbery 1982 and Reinganum

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All the Drugs in this World Originally uploaded by lostfate13. Orsenigo et al. 2001. Technological Change and network dynamics: Lessons from the Pharmaceutical Industry. Research Policy.Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how underlying relevant technological conditions induce distinguishable patterns of change in industry structure and evolution. The paper uses "graph theoretic

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Shall we dance Originally uploaded by eyecatcher. Hagedoorn 1993. Understanding the Rationale of Strategic Technology Partnering: Interorganizational Modes of Cooperation and Sectoral Differences.Abstract: Interfirm strategic alliances appear to have become more important as a part of business. In this contribution an attempt is made to clarify our understanding of the motives that lead

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2004-2005 460 Originally uploaded by falksons. The MIT Sales Conference was last Friday and in the middle is Ken Morse, Director of the MIT E-Center.

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Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ( City of Arts and Sciences ) Originally uploaded by 45street. Cohen, W.; Levin, R.Empirical Studies of Innovation and Market Structure1989Great review of the IO/innovation and market structure literature. After decades of economists' obsession inspired by Schumpeter that R&D and market structure and/or firm size are related, the authors point of view is

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// writing to disk // Originally uploaded by //bwr. Christensen, C. and Rosenbloom, R. 1995. Explaining the Attacker's advantage. Research Policy.Takeaway: The others use data from the disk drive industry to show that "attackers" have an advantage over incumbents when an innovation addresses a different part of the value-network. Essentially, firms get trapped by the needs of their

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Orange Glow Originally uploaded by Matthew Clark Photography. Arora, A. Gambardella, A. 1994. Evaluating technological information and utilizing it. JEBO. 91-114.Abstract: Recent research in the theory of innovation has suggested that the role of collaborative alliances in the innovation process has become very important. In this paper we argue that firms differ significantly in their

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mushroom proliferation Originally uploaded by spaniel shari. Barnett, W. and Freeman, J. 2001. Too Much of a Good Thing? Product Proliferation and Organizational Failure. Organization Science.Abstract: When organizations make important changes such as introducing products based on new technologies, they may gain strategic advantages but they also experience disruptions. We find that

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Nature's Special Effects Originally uploaded by Walkabout Wolf. I had the chance to discuss this article with Bitran himself.Bitran, G. A Framework for Analyzing Service Operations. European Management Journal 1993.Abstract: Bitran and Lojo develop a framework for analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of firms engaged in providing services, synthesizing and building on the literature

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Medhufushi. Originally uploaded by Ahmed Zahid. Fleming and Sorenson. 2004. Science as a Map in Technological Search. SMJ.Abstract: A large body of work argues that scientific research increases the rate of technological advance and with it economic growth. Conceptualizing invention as a combinatorial search process, this paper argues that science alters investors' seasrch processes, by

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Aldrich; E,Howard; Fiol; Marlene,C. 1994. Fools rush in? The institutional context of industry creation. Academy of Management Review. New organizations are always vulnerable to the liabilities of newness, but such pressures are especially severe when an industry is in its formative years. One set of constraints is focused upon facing entrepreneurs in emerging industries - their relative lack of

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Higher Intervention Originally uploaded by Dalmatica. Powell, W.W. Inter-Organizational Collaboration in the Biotechnology Industry. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. 1996.This paper examines the key factors that promote inter-organizational collaboration in the biotechnology industry, a field where research breakthroughs are so broadly distributed that no signle firm

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Anton and Yao. 1995. Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. Abstract:We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention private and leaving the firm to form a new company (start-up), or transferring knowledge and attempting

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Fly Away Fly Away Originally uploaded by Jenn (ovaunda). Hannan,Michael T.; Freeman,John The Ecology of Organizational Founding: American Labor Unions, 1836-1985. The American Journal of SociologyThis paper argues that as new populations of organizations are established two forces guide them. 1) Legitimation - as the number of organizations grows so does the founding rate. 2) Carrying

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Well, Generals are in 2 weeks and I've been trying not to procrastinate . . . here are some more summaries. Carroll et al. 1996. The fates of de novo and de alio producers in the American Automobile Industry 1885-1981.  Strategic Management Journal. 17, 117-137. Abstract: Do laterally diversifying firms outlast new startups?  Or does organizational inertia give the advantage to startups?  We

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Foxtails & Sun 10.14.2005 Originally uploaded by 10thAvenue. TV Program DescriptionOriginal PBS Broadcast Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 8pm ET/PTAs the Earth heats up at a dangerous rate and fossil fuels become scarcer, ordinary citizens and businesses are bypassing the federal government to lead the way in exploring a clean, renewable source of power: the sun. In this report, NOVA

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I had the great honor today to meet one of the founders of the computer.  Today in our seminar, Thomas Hughes, a legend in his own right spoke about Elmer Sperry and Jay Forrester.  Jay Forrester attended the talk and sat just in front of me.  He even answered one of my questions. (from Wikipedia) Jay Wright Forrester (born 14 July 1918, Climax, Nebraska) is a pioneer American computer

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Orb Originally uploaded by jurvetson. I attended the MIT 100K Semi-finals dinner last night and had the pleasure of dinner at the Kendall Mariott with both Hemetrics and Altagenix along with the other semi-finalist teams.During dessert James Geshwiler, Director of CommonAngels stopped by our table to offer some mentoring. He emphasized that while it's of utmost importance to communicate

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CHUCK EESLEY.jpg Originally uploaded by eesley. MIT 100K semi-finals. Reacting to one of the teams I'm advising making it to the semi-final round! Both Altagenix and Hemetrics made it into the next round.

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Robert S. Langer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I had the honor of hearing Professor Robert Langer speak to a group of about 30 MIT E&I MBA students a couple of weeks ago.  Langer is a living legend around MIT and in the biotech start-up world.  He spoke about 6 of his (over 100 total) start-up experiences and about evaluating the potential of scientific inventions for commercialization in

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Demand for nanotech-based medicine growsMar. 19, 2007 -- U.S. demand for nanotechnology medical products will increase over 17 percent per year to $53 billion in 2011, says The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry research firm. Afterwards, the increasing flow of new nanomedicines, nanodiagnostics, and nanotech-based medical supplies and devices into the US market will boost demand

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Of all the ways you can bootstrap your startup business into existence, the very last one you should consider is digging into your 401(k) or other tax-favored retirement plan. There are good reasons why government tax penalties are so stiff on such withdrawals.First, drain every other financial asset you own. Beg, plead and borrow from family and friends. Rack up credit-card debt to the

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Updated on January 8, 2007.DO YOU RUN YOUR business as a one-person show? Have we got a deal for you: the so-called solo 401(k) plan got a hefty makeover thanks to tax-law changes a few years ago and is expected to revolutionize the way many self-employed folks save for retirement.The biggest improvement: Much larger deductible annual contributions. This means you can quickly build up a

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The 46-year-old partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (KPCB) is, by all accounts, the most influential venture capitalist of his generation. Over the last 16 years, he has built an unrivaled record of backing industry-defining start-ups in fields as diverse as computing, (Sun Microsystems, Compaq), software (Lotus, Intuit), biotechnology (Genentech, Millennium) and the Internet (Netscape,

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"We teach about the importance of getting dirty, going into the bowels of business," said Louis E. Lataif, the school's dean. But he's skeptical of efforts to connect to practice by tapping CEOs to lecture. "Are students better trained because they hear more war stories?" he asked rhetorically.The push for experiential learning is one way business schools are seeking to differentiate themselves

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One of the start-ups I've been working with . . . A stealth-mode biotechnology startup in Cambridge claims it has radically sped up the method used to identify potential vaccines, yet its founders -- well-known researchers from Harvard Medical School and blue-chip investors from two venture capital firms -- are still keeping a lid on how the technology works.In the coming weeks, Genocea

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nature cover synthetic biology1 Originally uploaded by johncumbers. I attended the MIT Enterprise Forum event on Synthetic Biology last week. It was highly interesting and informative with a great history of biotech by an i-banker from Lehman Brothers.

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How to get into MIT. Originally uploaded by Geoffrey. Startup FinancingGet your business off the ground with cash from several startup sources.What It Is: Startup financing is the initial infusion of money that advances an idea or an intention into something tangible.Supply: Even though it's everywhere, it's sometimes difficult to find.Best Use: Commencing initial operation to the point

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MIT STATA CENTER # 31 Originally uploaded by cienne45. Adam's Advice and Reading List for High Tech Startup Entrepeneurs

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MIT's Stata Center night shot Originally uploaded by paul+photos=moody. Henderson, R. 1995. Of Life Cycles Real and Imaginary: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography. Research Policy, 24: 631-643. Summary of the paper The paper is a case study of optical photolithography and shows that the life cycle model may be incorrect since a technology’s limits are determined not

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我喝 Originally uploaded by hollyQQ. They say learning at MIT is like trying to drink water from a firehose . . .

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Awesome!  I met Nate a few weeks ago at VentureNight at the Muddy Charles. Nathan Ball, graduate student in mechanical engineering and this year's winner of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, has invented a device that makes the fantasy of leaping tall buildings in a single bound come close to reality.With the help of Ball's Atlas powered rope ascender, a fully loaded firefighter could reach

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China webcast by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, here’s a short summary from IT Week by Clement James: China bets big on nanotech Country takes aim at $3 trillion global market in nanotech products Nanotechnology is key to the future economic success of China, according to a leading academic in the field. Richard

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Don't stop innovation Cusumano, M. A., Mylonadis, Y., & Rosenbloom, R. S. 1992. Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics: The Triumph of VHS over Beta. The Business History Review, 66(1, High-Technology Industries): 51-94. Summary of the paper There are many reasons why first-movers should have advantages in markets.  Cusumano and co-authors examine the case of

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