# Readings

Course readings.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS
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1 | Course Foundations and Methods for Assessing Innovation at a National Level | "Cluster Mapping Methodology." Cluster Mapping website. ### Optional Readings These 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. ———. "Clusters, Convergence and Economic Performance." (PDF) NBER Working Paper Series, 2012. "Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT." The Kauffman Foundation, 2009. Guzman, Stern, et al. "The State of American Entrepreneurship." (PDF - 3.3MB) 2015.
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 Readings Shaun 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. "Final Report of Community Feedback and Recommendations." (PDF - 6.5MB) MIT Innovation Initiative, 2016.
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 |