NEXT Innovation Lab
RESEARCH ON ENTREPRENURIAL & INNOVATION STRATEGIES
About NEXT Innovation
NEXT Innovation Lab at Northeastern University conducts research on Entrepreneurial and Innovation Strategies and their impact on firm performance, individuals, and society.
The Lab was conceived as a dynamic catalyst and intellectual hub to the vibrant ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship at Northeastern’s growing global network. We bring the latest frameworks and tools in management research to support and amplify the impact of the work carried out by researchers and centers at Northeastern and beyond.
NEXT Innovation Lab acts as a interdisciplinary bridge that connects management scholars with technologists, scientists and practitioners in different fields and sectors, providing organizational, market and methodological expertise to increase the likelihood of success of entrepreneurial and innovation initiatives. Our research programs can be directed either to ecosystem initiatives or specific projects.
NEXT Innovation Lab has special interest in studying how to ensure healthy human-technology interactions. With this aim, the Lab can serve as an experimental platform for new technologies with a focus on:
Identify factors that facilitate the use of new technologies.
Assess the positive and negative effects of human-technology interactions.
Study and design interventions to mitigate negative effects associated with nascent technologies.
Educate users and society on ways to use technologies to increase their value.
NEXT Innovation Lab fosters collaborations with different external stakeholders, including:
Corporations for the study of intrapreneurship and corporate venturing strategies.
Private foundations to promote social entrepreneurship and technology for good.
Government agencies to design and test public policies in support of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Other university innovation ecosystems to explore synergies and improve data-based decision-making through research.
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