Building innovation-based entrepreneurial communities : an assessment of practitioners' interactions with academically driven curriculum

A growing interest in innovation-based entrepreneurship has surfaced in much of world, producing a large body of related research and capturing the attention of those aiming to direct and improve the economic impact of "practitioners'" home regions. With growing research and limited examples of newly created and successful entrepreneurial communities formed, a dear gap has emerged between what the literature describes and suggests for the creation of entrepreneurial communities, and what practitioners are able to achieve. This thesis assesses how the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP), a program formed as a way to address these shortfalls, has achieved lasting and meaningful impact for practitioners who have participated in the program.

Department dc:contributor.department

Sloan School of Management.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Juárez, Beto, III (José R.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Scott Stem.

• Sloan School of Management.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81624

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/81624