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3.00 Credits
Introduces the process of social research, emphasizing the conceptualization of research choices to ensure validity, relevance, and discovery. Includes research design and techniques of data collection as well as issues in the understanding, analysis, and interpretation of data.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Builds on 15.347 to examine contemporary social research methods in depth. Focuses on making students familiar with the most important quantitative methods (e.g., logit/probit models, count models, event history models) or qualitative methods (e.g., ethnography, interviewing, participant observation).
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Prereq: 15.347 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Training in the design and practice of qualitative research. Organized around illustrative texts, class exercises, and student projects. Topics include the process of gaining access to and participating in the social worlds of others; techniques of observation, fieldnote-taking, researcher self-monitoring and reflection; methods of inductive analysis of qualitative data including conceptual coding, grounded theory, and narrative analysis. Discussion of research ethics, the politics of fieldwork, modes of validating researcher accounts, and styles of writing up qualitative field research.
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Prereq: None
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the challenges inherent in attempting to take advantage of both incremental innovation and more radical or breakthrough changes in products, processes and services. Highlights the importance of innovation to both new ventures and to large established firms and explores the organizational, economic and strategic problems that must be tackled to ensure innovation is a long term source of competitive advantage. Discussions and class presentations cover non- technical as well as technology-based innovation. Restricted to MIT Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Important emerging trends in innovation are identified and their implications for innovation management explored. Major topics include the trend to open information (open source) rather than protected intellectual property; distribution of innovation over many independent but collaborating actors; and toolkits that empower users to innovate for themselves. Half-term subject.
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3.00 Credits
Studies successful origination, development, implementation, and diffusion of product and process innovations in industry. Reviews effective organization and management of the technological change process (marketing, R&D, engineering, and manufacturing) in new ventures and multidivisional and multinational enterprises. Covers current research topics of MIT faculty, as well as thesis research models and methods. Preference to doctoral students.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Examines how to be a successful innovator in a big company and how to be an entrepreneur. Covers both internet-age and traditional businesses. Research findings are combined with practical advice from experienced innovators to help launch students on a successful innovation trajectory. Lecture-based course. Periodic, short projects enable students to explore topics of special interest to them independently or in small groups.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the main themes of managing innovation ventures in firms of varying size and establishment. First half develops an understanding of the issues involved in establishing and building new firms, including their potential benefits and limitations. Examines the different developmental patterns adopted by start-ups, many which involve linkages between new and established firms. Second half focuses on the problems established firms face in maintaining their competitiveness and growth. Discusses ways to make them behave more like smaller, nimbler organizations. Also covers ways to expand the innovation process beyond traditional firm boundaries, including collaborations between large and young emerging companies. Restricted to Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation & Global Leadership
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Firms must develop major innovations to prosper but they don't know how. Recent research into the innovation process has made it possible to develop breakthroughs systematically. Explore several practical idea generation development methods. Presentations of real cases by invited experts conveys the art required to implement each. Half-term subject.
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3.00 Credits
Considers key strategic concepts, especially the distinction between being a product versus a services company, as well as a product versus a platform strategy. Reviews how software became a business (from early developments in services to the emergence of standardized products), and the transition to software as a service, and cloud computing. Studies critical techniques for managing sales and marketing, as well as product development and project management for software products. Examines how the business differs for various platforms - including new and traditional enterprise software, social media, internet video, and mobile competitors - as well as for entrepreneurs competing in these markets. Student teams help teach some weekly sessions and analyze emerging companies and sectors in team projects.
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Prereq: 15.900 or 15.902
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