Deep Tech repository

Academic and non-academic readings & sources on Deep Tech-related topics

Apr 23, 2024

Public service announcement: I have put together a list of sources that I have collected over time and continually update. Here, you will find relevant academic papers on Deep Tech, science-based entrepreneurship, and other valuable sources, including key ecosystem players and media articles. Please feel free to reach out if there’s anything you believe should be added.

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Academic sources & working paper:

Carr C., & Christy, D. (2025). The Business Cost of the Shrinking STEM Research Pipeline. MIT Sloan Management Review (online). Click here
Raff-Heinen, S., & Murray, F. E. (2025). Don’t quit the long game. Science, 388(6742), 9-9. Click here
Cincera, M., Hottenrott, H., Lenihan, H., Paterno Castello, P. M., & Rentocchini, F. (2025). Call for papers: special issue on ‘innovation and strategic autonomy for competitiveness’. Click here
Moorjani, D., Jain, R. K., & Monk, A. Entrepreneurial Success Pathways in Deep Tech Climate Innovation. Available at SSRN 5052548. Click here
Bellavitis, C., Tran, M., & Wiklund, J. (2024). Strategic Pivoting in Deep Tech: An Investigation of NSF I‐Corps Teams. Strategic Change. Click here
Dahlander, L. & de Véricourt, F (2024). Do Lean Startup Methods Work for Deep Tech? Harvard Business Review (online). Click here
Raff, S., Murray, F., Murmann, M. (2024). Why You Should Tap Innovation at Deep-Tech Startups. MIT Sloan Management Review. 66(1). Click here
de Véricourt, F., & Gurkan, H. (2024). Enhancing Deep-Tech Innovation: An Equilibrium Analysis of Joint Ventures. Available at SSRN 4838032. Click here
Ramge, T., & Laguna de la Vera, R. (2024). Radical Innovation Needs Old-School VC. MIT Sloan Management Review. Click here
Raff, S., Murray, F., Frølund, L., Murmann, M. (2024). What is a “Deep Tech venture” and Why Should Corporate Innovators Care? MIT Sloan reap faculty publication. Click here
Krieger, J., Schnitzer, M., Watzinger, M. (forthcoming). Standing on the Shoulders of Science. Strategic Management Journal. Click here
Arora, A., Fosfuri, A., & Rønde, T. (2024). The missing middle: Value capture in the market for startups. Research Policy, 53(3), 104958. Click here
Myers, A., & Albats, E. (2024). The Challenges and Strategic Solutions of Emerging Technology Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Literature Review. Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Click here
Felin, T., Gambardella, A., Novelli, E., & Zenger, T. (2023). A scientific method for startups. Journal of Management. Click here
Fosfuri, A., & Nagar, J. P. (2023). Timing is Key: Navigating Venture Capital Funding for Science-Based Startups. Available at SSRN 4911345. Click here
Wareham, J., Pujol Priego, L., Romasanta, A. K., & Ahmadova, G. (2024). Deep tech, big science, and open innovation. Click here
Candelon, F., Küpper, D., Männig, M., Paschkewitz, J. & Patel, V. (2023). How Deep Tech Can Drive Sustainability and Profitability in Manufacturing. Harvard Business Review (online). Click here
Ruiz de Apodaca, Oihana B., Murray, F., & Frolund, L. (2023). What is "Deep Tech" and what are Deep Tech Ventures? MIT Rreap working paper. Click here
Candelon, F., Patel, V., Männig, M., & Paschkewitz, J. (2023). The Incumbent's Deep Tech Strategy Playbook. MIT Sloan Management Review, 64(3), 1-9. Click here
Raff, S., & Jovanovic, M. (2022). Commercializing Deep Tech: How to Navigate the Technology-first Approach When Markets are Unknown. International Conference on Information Systems. Click here
Kruachottikul, P., Dumrongvute, P., Teamakorn, P., Kittikowit, S., & Amrapala, A. (2023). New product development process and case studies for deep-tech academic research to commercialization. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 12(1), 48. Click here
Romme, A. G. L., Bell, J., & Frericks, G. (2023). Designing a deep-tech venture builder to address grand challenges and overcome the valley of death. Journal of Organization Design, 1-21. Click here
Shen, H., Coreynen, W., & Huang, C. (2022). Exclusive licensing of university technology: The effects of university prestige, technology transfer offices, and academy-industry collaboration. Research Policy, 51(1), 104372. Click here
Siota, J., & Prats, M. J. (2022). The Three Internal Barriers to Deep-Tech Corporate Venturing. MIT Sloan Management Review, 63(2), 1-3. Click here
Yu, S., & Fleming, L. (2022). Regional crowdfunding and high tech entrepreneurship. Research Policy, 51(9), 104348. Click here
Krieger, J. L. (2021). Trials and terminations: Learning from competitors’ R&D failures. Management Science, 67(9), 5525-5548. Click here
Siegel, J., & Krishnan, S. (2020). Cultivating invisible impact with deep technology and creative destruction. Journal of Innovation Management, 8(3), 6-19. Click here
Eisenmann, T. (2021). Why startups fail. Harvard Business Review (online). Click here
Pujol Priego, L., Wareham, J., Romasanta, A., & Rothe, H. (2021). Deep tech: Emerging opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship. International Conference on Information Systems. Click here
Felin, T., Gambardella, A., Stern, S., & Zenger, T. (2020). Lean startup and the business model: Experimentation revisited. Long Range Planning, 53(4), 101889. Click here
Grimpe, C., Murmann, M., & Sofka, W. (2019). Organizational design choices of high‐tech startups: How middle management drives innovation performance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 13(3), 359-378. Click here
Lakhani, K. R., Barrett, P., & Afeyan, N. B. (2019). Note on Funding Deep Tech Startups. Harvard Business School. Click here
Christensen, C. M., McDonald, R., Altman, E. J., & Palmer, J. E. (2018). Disruptive innovation: An intellectual history and directions for future research. Journal of management studies, 55(7), 1043-1078. Click here
Gans, J., Scott, E. L., & Stern, S. (2018). Strategy for start-ups. Harvard Business Review, 96(3), 44-51. Click here
Murmann, M. (2017). The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople. Harvard Business Review (online). Click here
Christensen, C. M., Raynor, M.E., McDonald, R. (2015). What Is Disruptive Innovation? Harvard Business Review (online). Click here
Gedajlovic, E., Cao, Q., & Zhang, H. (2012). Corporate shareholdings and organizational ambidexterity in high-tech SMEs: Evidence from a transitional economy. Journal of Business Venturing, 27(6), 652-665. Click here
Applegate, L. M., Lyons, K., & Prozeller, S. (2010). Ze-gen: Commercializing Clean Tech. Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management case, (811-014). Click here
Phene, A., Fladmoe‐Lindquist, K., & Marsh, L. (2006). Breakthrough innovations in the US biotechnology industry: the effects of technological space and geographic origin. Strategic Management Journal, 27(4), 369-388. Click here
Agrawal, A., & Henderson, R. (2002). Putting patents in context: Exploring knowledge transfer from MIT. Management science, 48(1), 44-60. Click here
Agrawal, A. K. (2001). University‐to‐industry knowledge transfer: Literature review and unanswered questions. International Journal of management reviews, 3(4), 285-302. Click here
Ahuja, G., & Morris Lampert, C. (2001). Entrepreneurship in the large corporation: A longitudinal study of how established firms create breakthrough inventions. Strategic Management Journal, 22(6‐7), 521-543. Click here
Bresnahan, T. F., & Trajtenberg, M. (1995). General purpose technologies ‘Engines of growth’?. Journal of econometrics, 65(1), 83-108. Click here