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MIT Sloan ION:
Innovation Observatory Network
Envisioning & EnablingSystematic Empirical Observation
of Effective Leaders, Transformative Innovations,
& Global Development
Draft Proposal v.0.92 ~ 2 September 2002Joost Bonsen ~ [email protected] ~
617.930.0415
MIT Sloan Faculty Interests at Various Levels of Systems Analysis
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Technology Roadmapping
Technology &Entrepreneurial Strategy
Virtual CustomerInitiative
Emerging TechnologyVentures
Global Development
Venture Capital
Decision Psychology
Creative Communities,
Social Networks
Business Dynamics
Weaving together Interest Clusters at Various Levels of Analysis…
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Technology Roadmap
Technology VentureObservatory
OpenSourceInitiative
Virtual CustomerInitiative
Emerging Tech-BizLive CasesION
ION = MIT Sloan Innovation Observatory
Network• Weaving together clusters of currently
existing and potential empirical, quantitative MIT Sloan research
• Observing Innovation in all its forms
• Aligned with unifying overarching MIT Sloan themes…
Innovation
Globally
Leadership
Innovation Observatories: Viewing the Business Implications
of Emerging Technologies
1. Technology Roadmaps– Prototyped by Fine &
Kimerling at Microphotonics– Generalizing Moore
2. OpenSource Initiative3. Tech Venture Observatory4. Virtual Customer Initiative5. Emerging Tech-Business Live Cases
Original Plot of“Moore’s Law”
1. Technology Roadmapping (TRM)http://mph-roadmap.mit.edu/
• Including Professors Charlie Fine & Rajeev Ram (in MicroPhotonics)
• Prototyped by Sematech in Semiconductors, now in MIT MicroPhotonics Center
• Big-picture perspective on development targets; overview the business implications of technology trendlines
• Emerging Themes: MEMS, Neuroengineering, Nanotech, Genomics…
2. OpenSource Initiative (OSI)http://opensource.mit.edu/
• Including Professor Eric von Hippel, RA Karim Lakhani
• Inquiring about Innovation Ecologies, Individual Incentives, Informal Organizations
• New domains: OpenSource Hardware, OpenSource Biology, and more…
3. Technology Venture Observatory (TVO)
• Including Professor Diane Burton
• Inquiring about Business Strategy, Employment Models, Founder Experiences, Emerging Technology Businesses, Entrepreneurial Financing…
4. Virtual Customer
Initiative (VCI)http://mitsloan.mit.edu/vc/
• Including Professors John Hauser, Ely Dahan, Drazen Prelec, Nader Tavassoli, et al
• Methods for Accelerating the Customer Feedback Product Development connection.
• Live Demos– http://wow.mit.edu– http://conjoint.mit.edu
5. Emerging Technology- Business Live Case Studies (LCS)• For example, Professors
Fiona Murray in Biotech, Joe Jacobson in Nanotech
• Inquiring about New Technology arenas, Radical Research
• Seeking Business Implications
• Commercialization Challenges
• Class Connections
Technology Roadmap
Technology VentureObservatory
OpenSourceInitiative
Virtual CustomerInitiative
Emerging Tech-BizLive Cases
Innovation Observatories:Further Possible Research Clusters
Economy
Sector
Firm
Group
Individual
Geography
Market/Tech
Organization
Theme
Idea
Global DevelopmentObservatory
Venture Capital Observatory
Social Network Observatory
Decision Neuropsychology Lab
TechnologyTestbed
Innovation Observatories:Core Qualities
• Empirical, Quantitative – Systematically research most compelling questions
• Leverage – Make most of scarce faculty time• Build Reputation – MIT Sloan should lead in
practical and rigorous scholarship on Innovation, Leadership, and Global action
• Scaling & Supporting – Build up ION research Operations & Infrastructural Leverage (OIL)
Innovation Observatories:Bolstering A Key Quadrant of the MIT Sloan Research Endeavor
Qualitative
Quantitative
Empirical Theoretical
ION
Specific Possible Research Thrusts
Global Development
Effective Leadership
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
MIT Sloan Matrix
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
Un
ifyin
g S
tra
tegi
c T
hem
es
DevelopmentalEntrepreneurship
VisualizingComplexity
ComparativeMarket
ResearchTechnologyRoadmaps
MicroFinance
TechnologyVenture O.
Innovation
Global
Leadership
DevelopmentalEntrepreneurship
VisualizingComplexity
ComparativeMarket
ResearchTechnologyRoadmaps
MicroFinance
TechnologyVenture O.
Global Development
Effective
Leadership
Transformative Innovations
Finance, Accounting, &
Economics
Manag’nt Sci, Functional Disciplines
Behavioral & Policy Science
Strat & Org’ns
Classic MIT Sloan Disciplinary Strengths
Un
ifyin
g S
tra
tegi
c T
hem
es
Innovation Observatories:MIT Sloan School-wide Initiative
Covering Quantitative,Empirical Aspects
ION
Innovation Observatories:Sloan School-wide Benefits
• Research – High quality, comparable, longitudinal data on hundreds of technologies, products, companies, industries, & regions across several emerging technology sectors
• Education – Students learn through close observation as practitioners in the research, benefit from new types of quantitative, cross-comparable case-studies.
• Practice – Answering questions relevant to operating execs, allowing comparative benchmarking, delivered through SMR, ExecEd, custom & MBA programs.
• Research on Business Implications of Emerging Technologies The “MIT Matrix”
• Lessons woven thru Joint Technology Business Programs– BioEnterprise, NanoEnterprise
• Benefit & Draw Upon undergrads & technologist grad students
• Cross-Disciplinary, Formal & Informal Social & Professional Links
Innovation Observatories:A Way to Engage the Rest of MIT
MIT Sloan Technology Biz MatrixInfo Bio Tiny Compl’x Develop-
mental
MIT Research
LCS/AI, Media, 6
HST, BEH, 7
MTL, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16
SDM, Aero, 6, 15, 14, 13
Digital Nations, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11
1. Sloan Research
eBiz, Mkting
POPI, ? ? System Dynamics, Tech Strat
Econ, Global Entrepreneurship
2. Sloan
Courses
ITBT, eBiz
Bio-venture
? SysDyn, Strat, OR,
Global E-lab, DE
3. Sloan
Extracur
Media-Tech
Health-Tech
? OR, SDK12, etc
SEID
MIT Alum Startups
Akamai, DirectHit
Amgen,
Biogen
Gen’tec
Surface, eink, Angstr’m
HP, Raytheon, Teradyne
AfricaOnline, Evergreen Solar
MITMatrix
http://web.media.mit.edu/~davet/notes/emerging-tech-mit.html
MIT Strategic Technology Thrusts1. Information Technologies = Ever more sophisticated
computation & communication, leveraging mind & media.2. Biomedical Technologies = Medical engineering,
perfecting the health & life sciences.3. Tiny Technologies = Investigating and fabricating ever
smaller systems, at scales from micro thru nano4. Complex Systems = Large scale, socio-political & econo-
technological systems.5. Developmental Innovations = Appropriate and leapfrog
technologies for tackling challenges in developing & emerging regions
OILFueling the ION Research Machine:
Operations & Infrastructural Leverage
• Maximally Leveraging Faculty Time
• Scaling Training in Research Methods, Integrated Interview Guides, Unifying Databases
• Staff Support, for formal & informal activities
• Structural Mechanisms
Staff & Support Personnel
• Research Support Staff– Central – statistics, websurveys
• E.g. Stats software support
– Distributed – thematic • E.g. Microphotonics Roadmapping Project Mgr
• Training Support• Extracurricular Support
– Clubs– Branded Events
Infra-Structural Mechanisms
1. Masters Research Seminars
2. Coordinated Special Projects
3. Team UROPs
4. Dean’s Research Fellows
5. Course Connection
6. Structured Theses
1. Masters Research Seminars (MRS)
• Aligning Masters student professional interest with Faculty Research Agenda through specific themed-seminars
• E.g. TRM – 15.795 Technology Roadmapping, Fall 2002, Professor Charlie Fine, TA Joost Bonsen
• Others?– TVO – Tech Venture Observatory– OSI – OpenSource Initiative– VCI – Virtual Customer Initiative
2. Coordinated Special Projects (CSP)
• Independent effort by individuals or teams of students around a sponsor or research theme of interest.
• E.g. Professors Gabriel Bitran, Rebecca Henderson…
3. Team UROPs
• Undergraduate researchers working in teams on unifying projects under the supervision of faculty, graduate students, and select alums
• E.g Diane Burton, Jay Forrester…
4. Dean’s Research Fellows (DRF)
• Well-paid, full & part-time Summer & IAP graduate researchers
• Prestigious position, coveted and very selective
• Rich collateral benefits for student and MIT
5. Sloan Course-Research Connections
• Weaving faculty research questions deeply into their academic courses, for example, with structured assignments and/or final projects.
• Typically requiring further work beyond classroom, after semester
• E.g. Professor Ed Roberts, Ely Dahan…
6. Structured Theses
• Masters theses aligned around over-arching faculty research themes
• Ultimately aggregated into publication
• E.g. Professors Ed Roberts, Arnoldo Hax, Charlie Fine, Michael Cusumano, Henry Weil…