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Context matters: innovation, entrepreneurship and industrial policy in the new era of geopolitics Industry Studies Association 2025 Conference June 4-6, 2025 MIT Samberg Conference Center The ISA invites you to join us in 2025 when we return to MIT, an initial grantee of the 1990-2010 Sloan Foundation’s $100 million industry studies program and the progenitor of the ISA. The Sloan Foundation funded MIT’s five-year, fourteen-country International Motor Vehicle Production research program. The IMVP, one of 26 Sloan-funded industry studies, which also included Wharton’s banking and Berkeley’s semiconductor studies pioneered the broad yet deep comparative research that illuminate the systemic and organizational challenges facing industry transformation. It demonstrated how the collaborative, multi-disciplinary nature of industry studies exposes issues often hidden to solely disciplinary work. Among many papers, the IMVP resulted in the book, “The Machine that Changed the World” that popularized ‘lean manufacturing’ . With the rise of geopolitical shifts, climate, energy, health care challenges and increasing economic nationalism, the need for continued collaborative industry research is greater than ever. The ISA is well-placed to help understand and advance solutions to these challenges. As an example, ISA members and conference attendees have held and currently hold prominent policy positions in consecutive White House administrations. MIT is at the epicenter of one of largest entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world. MIT alumni have founded over 30,000 active companies with revenue in excess of $1.9 trillion and employ 4.6 million people. Boston and Cambridge also form one of the largest medical and biopharma clusters in the world. In 2025, we take this remarkable ecosystem as a starting point for our conference. Come to Cambridge June 4-6th and experience this unique environment yourself.

Context matters: innovation, entrepreneurship and industrial policy in the new era of geopolitics The ISA invites you to join us in 2025 when we return to MIT, an initial grantee of the 1990-2010 Sloan Foundation’s $100 million industry studies program and the progenitor of the ISA. The Sloan Foundation funded MIT’s five-year, fourteen-country International Motor Vehicle Production research program. The IMVP, one of 26 Sloan-funded industry studies, which also included Wharton’s banking and Berkeley’s semiconductor studies pioneered the broad yet deep comparative research that illuminate the systemic and organizational challenges facing industry transformation. It demonstrated how the collaborative, multi-disciplinary nature of industry studies exposes issues often hidden to solely disciplinary work. Among many papers, the IMVP resulted in the book, “The Machine that Changed the World” that popularized ‘lean manufacturing’ . With the rise of geopolitical shifts, climate, energy, health care challenges and increasing economic nationalism, the need for continued collaborative industry research is greater than ever. The ISA is well-placed to help understand and advance solutions to these challenges. As an example, ISA members and conference attendees have held and currently hold prominent policy positions in consecutive White House administrations. MIT is at the epicenter of one of largest entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world. MIT alumni have founded over 30,000 active companies with revenue in excess of $1.9 trillion and employ 4.6 million people. Boston and Cambridge also form one of the largest medical and biopharma clusters in the world. In 2025, we take this remarkable ecosystem as a starting point for our conference. Come to Cambridge June 4-6th and experience this unique environment yourself.

New paper alert ‼️ The final chapter of our former PhD student Jin Han has been accepted and published online by Industry and Innovation. In this paper, we examined the factors associated with effective innovation ecosystem-specific experimentation (IEE) which is an important (but overlooked) step for the emergence of a fully variable innovation ecosystem. Overall, this study enriches the literature on experimentation, entrepreneurial strategizing, and innovation ecosystem emergence. https://lnkd.in/ezchmsWe Petra C. De Weerd-Nederhof Sandor Lowik

Innovation is a powerful driver of economic growth, but what stimulates innovation itself? Grace Wang argues that it's a mixture of ideas, talent, placemaking, partnerships, and investment. Personally, I agree. Innovation is complex and can't be driven by any one single factor. Without investment, ideas wouldn't progress beyond the ideation stage, but without talent and ideas, there would be nothing to invest in. These responses to Grace's essay explore several ways the US is supporting these factors, with the ultimate goal of accelerating innovation. Thinking about them, what makes them successful isn't necessarily their focus on a particular factor but, instead, the foundation on which they're built. Each initiative is built on the understanding that the interaction of different factors supports innovation and so helps to create the perfect blend to drive growth. #Innovation #EconomicGrowth #Economics #InnovationPolicy

📖 Book review: in 'Innovation for the Masses' (University of California Press), Neil Lee proposes abandoning the Silicon Valley-style innovation hub, which concentrates its wealth, for alternative, more equitable models. Lee stresses that innovation doesn’t make a difference if it stays locked up in labs; it needs to be shared, learned, improved and used to make real impacts. Review by Yulu (Niki) Pi LSE Review of Books https://zurl.co/DIy9

We are thrilled to announce the shortlisted papers considered for the AOM TIM Best Student Paper Award! Manuscripts went through a double-blinded review process. Finalists to be revealed soon, but we will keep the suspense and announce the winner(s) and runner-up(s) at AOM TIM business meeting! Congratulations everyone! * Alphabetically ordered, by title Are firms stealing talents? The sorting of scientists between Industry and Academia, by Boudou, Justine - Harvard Business School Dynamic managerial capabilities, business model innovation, and digitalization, by Zhang, Weiqi from China - Zhejiang U., China Li, Sihan from China - Zhejiang U. Sun, Yi from China - U. of Cambridge Department of Engineering Wu, iaobo from China - Zhejiang U. Finding Diamonds in the Rough: Data-Driven Opportunities and Pharmaceutical Innovation, by Tranchero, Matteo - Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Hold or Hurry? How Firms Adjust Their Speed of Imitation in the Face of Technological Transitions, by Giachetti, Claudio - Alma Mater Studiorum U. di Bologna Balzano, Marco - Ca' Foscari U. of Venice Innovation Collaboration with Start-ups for Organizational Change in Family Firms, by Baumgaertner, Laura - WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management Soluk, Jonas from Sweden - Stockholm School of Economics Kammerlander, Nadine - WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management Innovation Commercialization and Patent Disclosure, by Wang, izhao - Northwestern Kellogg School of Management Inventors’ Expected Rewards for Ownership Transfer of Their Ideas and Gender Effects on Creativity, by Wei, Wei - Imperial College Business School Criscuolo, Paola - Imperial College London Larrañeta, Bárbara from Spain - Pablo de Olavide U. IPOs and innovation in open source, by Li, Yuping - U. of Colorado, Boulder Litan, Huiyi - Tsinghua U. Platform design change and user engagement: A natural experiment on Twitter Fa, Chengdi - Amsterdam Business School, U. of Amsterdam Ozalp, Hakan - Amsterdam Business School, U. of Amsterdam Social Dynamics and Prediction Accuracy in Collective Decisions: Intuitive vs Scientific Approaches Niederberger, Sebastian - ETH ZurichThe Role of Technology Readiness in Consumers’ Acceptance of Autonomous Delivery Service Liang, Ya - i'an Jiaotong-Liverpool U. Qian, Lixian from China - i'an Jiaotong-Liverpool U. Lu, Yang - i'an Jiaotong-Liverpool U. Bektas, Tolga - U. of Liverpool Management School

Friends, this Tuesday I will be speaking at the European Innovation Council Summit organized by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). If you are planning on attending stop by the panel on lab-to-market and the pathfinder programme and say hello. It will be a great panel. Here is a link to my bio published by the EIC https://lnkd.in/ejkaXSsp Here’s the program for the summit. https://lnkd.in/e_u2-2UE I plan on sharing about - our experience moving technology (deep tech, science tech, etc) to impact systematically - MIT iTeams, and how it became the reference venture building program (17 years and counting since I turned it into an innovation factory ), - thoughts on innovation factories - and how to make technologies accessible to empower what’s often described in the EU as technology sovereignty. If we cross paths at the conference ask me about S1 Industries PBC too. Antonis Fysekidis Inês Guedes Minerva Elias Franquesa Shiva Dustdar Jose Maria Fernandez Vicente J. Montes Gan Almudena Trigo Lorenzo Judit Sendra, PhD Robert Negre

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 I'm thrilled to announce that one of my latest research papers has been published in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship! Title: The Moderating Effect of Innovation Type on the Relationship Between Dynamic Capabilities and Innovation Capabilities I'm passionate about this topic and would love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Feel free to read the full article below. https://lnkd.in/dBnESeG8 Like Thales asked Anaximander: "Tell me where I am wrong"

Certificate of completion obtained during Fall 2023 awarded by FutureBound Concordia. I had a great opportunity to work on an entrepreneurial mindset and innovative ways with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship module. It enhanced my communication, cooperation, and teamwork abilities while also making me more adaptive and flexible. It aided in the improvement of my managerial and leadership abilities. I now have concepts about digital skills, planning and organizing techniques, problem-solving and creativity techniques, self-awareness, and a positive attitude.  

Last but not least - I have an idea! 💡 A dictionary of innovation concepts for every pocket (or mobile). 📖🔎 Let's wrap up the final post in the 'I Have an Idea' corner with a look at the Innovation Knowledge Center. So, what exactly is it? An Innovation Knowledge Center is an organization designed to promote and accelerate innovation within various settings, such as businesses, government offices, non-profits, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, investors, and more. The main goal of an Innovation Knowledge Center is to create an environment where ideas and technologies can be developed and shared. These centers provide a variety of resources and support to entrepreneurs and researchers through short and long-term study programs, training, help with starting ventures, consulting, mentoring, guidance, and more. Innovation Knowledge Centers can be part of an academic institution, serve as a business hub, or combine both, focusing on the business community, students, or a mix of the two. Most Innovation Knowledge Centers worldwide were established after 2005, and their numbers are rapidly growing. For example, we are an Innovation Knowledge Center located at the Technion, founded in 2008 by Prof. Miriam Erez, the center's chair, Israel Prize winner, and Associate Dean for MBA programs at the Faculty of Data and Decisions Science at the Technion. The center was established to promote innovation through the development, application, and sharing of research knowledge among organizations, researchers, students, and managers. We run many programs at the center, some long-standing with many cohorts and some new and unique in Israel. You can read about our current and upcoming programs here 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/programskci