About the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group
Northeastern was one of the first universities to establish a formal entrepreneurship program, dating back to 1958. Today, the D'Amore-McKim Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group (E&I) is at the forefront of academic research, curriculum and experiential learning not only in entrepreneurship, but also in corporate innovation. Award-winning scholars and recognized industry leaders come together to form the backbone of E&I's commitment to conducting effective research and teaching, mentoring and coaching the next generations of innovators and entrepreneurs.
Research conducted by our faculty includes organizational strategies for responding to technology-based transformations, digital platforms and crowdsourcing, innovation through acquisitions and alliances, new product development processes, entrepreneurship, business development management, family business, new business models and dynamic competition. The E&I faculty publishes in leading scholarly journals as well as leading practitioner-oriented publications.
The E&I Group offers a range of courses in both innovation and entrepreneurship that prepare our students to become entrepreneurs or agents of change and progress in established organisations. At the undergraduate level, our entrepreneurship programs are divided into four areas: corporate innovation, business start-ups, family business and social innovation and entrepreneurship. Both minor and major concentrations are available. At the graduate level, E&I offers two concentrations in the MBA program: entrepreneurship and corporate innovation.
Complementing our research and academic programs, E&I has pioneered the creation of a dynamic ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation on campus and beyond. This includes the NEXT Innovation LabThe IDEA Business Manager Accelerator from studentsThe MOSAIC guild of expertise-based service providers; The McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Networkand Entrepreneurship Club. Our research, educational approach, and support ecosystem have led to multiple awards and recognitions, including being ranked #10 in graduate and #11 in undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in 2023 by The Princeton Review.
