Readings | MBA Study Tour: Innovation Islands - How New Zealand Became A Global Player in the Race to Innovate
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Course Foundations and Methods for Assessing Innovation at a National Level |
"Cluster Mapping Methodology." Cluster Mapping website. Optional ReadingsThese articles are linked through the Cluster Mapping Methodology website: Delgado, Porter, et al. "Defining Clusters of Related Industries." Journal of Economic Geography 16, no. 1 (2016): 1–38. ———. "Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT." The Kauffman Foundation, 2009. Guzman, Stern, et al. |
| 2 |
Investigating the New Zealand Innovation Ecosystem through MIT REAP |
"About REAP Website" and "Dashboard" Budden, and Murray. "Entrepreneurial Opportunity in the Global Innovation Economy." Boston.com, 2014. "The Collective Impact Framework." Collaboration for Impact beta site. Optional ReadingsShaun Hendy. Introduction and Chapter 1 in Get off the Grass: Kick-starting New Zealand's Innovation Economy. Auckland University Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781869407629. |
| 3 |
Leveraging Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem |
"In Innovation Quest, Regions Seek Critical Mass." MIT Technology Review, 2013. Ghosh, Shikhar, Christopher Payton, and Ali Huberlie. "Clover Food Lab: Building Out the Team." Harvard Business School Case 816-042, August 2015. (Revised October 2015.) |
| 4 |
MIT-Kendall Case / Rethinking Ingenuity in New Zealand |
Budden, Phil, and Fiona Murray. "Kendall Square and MIT: Innovation Ecosystems and the University." Case Study, 2015 (draft). Bracewell, Joseph. "Creative Industries add $3.5 billion to NZ's GDP & WeCreate.org.na formed to Champion the Creative Sector." We Create. Optional Readings"Art the Verb." LimeShift, 2016.
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| 5 |
Investing in Your Comparative Advantage |
"MIT's Innovation Diplomats Program." MIT Innovation Initiative. |
| Group Departure for New Zealand | ||
| SIP week | Site Visit in New Zealand | |
