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About the AMC Research Collaboration Purpose Our objective is to understand specifically what drives value creation for ventures involved in the commercialization of advanced materials, and to disseminate our findings to industry, investors, and policy makers. Our initial research — which included interviews with CEOs, founders, and other entrepreneurial leaders — led us to a realization with ramifications for the entire advanced materials sector: that existing theory on growth and value creation for technology ventures was simply not sufficient to explain growth or value creation for advanced materials ventures. And so we set out in search of answers. Through the rich data we gathered and analyzed for advanced materials ventures in Canada, the US and the UK, we were able to develop a new value creation theory, and a supporting model, to describe the unique stimulators and barriers for growth, as they apply specifically to advanced materials ventures. Since we first developed our theory in 2005, we have had the opportunity to refine it further, empirically test it, and to present it to audiences of industry executives, policymakers, and academics. Our findings have also been published in leading technology management journals. Our goal for this website is for entrepreneurs, investors, industry executives, and policy makers to have a central resource for issues related to the commercialization of advanced materials, including all of our published findings to date. We hope you find our work interesting and helpful. As we continue to analyze data from our ongoing research endeavours, and develop further publications, we welcome your input. Funding The AMC Research Collaboration is funded by sources independent of the advanced materials industry itself, and is dedicated to providing thorough, accurate, and insightful analysis about — and guidance for — the commercialization of advanced materials technology. The main funding for our research was provided by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of the Government of Canada — through an SSHRC Initiatives in the New Economy research grant and dissemination grant. Additional funding was provided by Simon Fraser University’s President’s Research Grant and MIT’s David J. McGrath jr (1959) Chair in Management and Innovation provided by the Highland Street Foundation. We are grateful for the support of these funding sources, and are also grateful for the support we receive from our respective academic institutions: • The Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University • The Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge • Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology We also thank our colleagues at our respective institutions for any and all contributions, suggestions, and encouragement. |
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