Part of our mission at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship is to push the bounds of research in entrepreneurship education, the process of innovation, and development of entrepreneurial ecosystems forward. Our award-winning faculty are constantly expanding our understanding of how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems, educate the next generation of entrepreneurs and equip them with the tools to manage and drive innovation. In keeping with our philosophy, “mens et manus”, our faculty spend substantial amounts of time and energy consulting with regions from around the world to advise them in the process of stimulating economic growth through entrepreneurship. This extends into our own communities here in the US as well as at the national level through congressional testimony.

For a list of faculty involved in entrepreneurship research please see Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management.

For recent and relevant articles regarding entrepreneurship please see MIT Entrepreneurship Review.

Research Areas and Recent Papers

Technological Innovation and its Management

• The Prevalence of User Innovation and Free Innovation Transfers: Implications for Statistical Indicators and Innovation Policy
• Critical Decisions in Software Development: Updating the State of the Practice
• Managing Invention and Innovation

Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Education

• Regional Disadvantage? Non-Compete Agreements and Brain Drain
• Do formal intellectual property rights hinder the free flow of scientific knowledge?: An empirical test of the anti-commons hypothesis
• Learning to Live with Patents: Assessing the Impact of Legal Institutional Change on the Life Science Community
• 10 Ways Our Schools Can Build A Nation Of Entrepreneurs