Strategic management of innovation and entrepreneurial framework applied to the South African nanotechnology flagship projects
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Author(s)
Hillie, Kenneth Thembela
Advisor(s)
Fiona E. Murray.
Date Issued
2012
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This study considers four South African nanotechnology flagship projects and evaluates them using the Strategic Management of Innovation and entrepreneurial framework. The flagship projects span a variety of focus areas which include beneficiation of strong materials (platinum group materials), viral therapeutics (HIV, Hepatitis), development of ID nano-structures for nano electronics and fuel cell development. The study found that although projects were at the early stage and therefore dominated by research activities, they were not well aligned to later effectively capture value and take advantage of the existing innovation ecosystem. A number of recommendations were put forward emanating from the gap analysis studies.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2012.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-66).
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Sloan School of Management.
MIT Department
Sloan School of Management
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