Mary Tripsas

Boston College

Associate Professor

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

United States

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

Assistant Professor

Cambridge, MA 02163

United States

  • Boston College

  • Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

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The Accidental Entrepreneur: The Emergent and Collective Process of User Entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 123-140, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 04-054
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2013
Sonali Shah and Mary Tripsas
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Boston College
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user entrepreneurship, user innovation communities, entrepreneurship process, collective creativity, emerging industries

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Technology, Identity, and Inertia through the Lens of 'The Digital Photography Company'

Organization Science, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 09-042
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2015
Mary Tripsas
Boston College
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Technological innovation, organizational identity, organizational inertia, managerial cognition, category creation, industry emergence

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Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change

HBS Technology & Operations Mgt. Unit Research Paper No. 04-039, Research Policy, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 04-039
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2013
Sarah Kaplan and Mary Tripsas
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Boston College
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technological frames, cognition, technical change, technology life cycle, technology trajectories

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Organizational Identity and Innovation

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Identity, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Callen Anthony and Mary Tripsas
NYU Stern and Boston College
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organizational identity, innovation, technological change, management of innovation

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When Do User Innovators Start Firms? A Theory of User Entrepreneurship

REVOLUTIONIZING INNOVATION: USERS, COMMUNITIES, AND OPEN INNOVATION, MIT Press, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 12-078
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Mar 2012
Sonali Shah and Mary Tripsas
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Boston College
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User entrepreneurship, users, open innovation, user communities, entrepreneurship, innovation, communities, technology commercialization

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Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications

Harvard Business School Research Paper No. 14-045
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2014
Elizabeth J. Altman and Mary Tripsas
University of Massachusetts Lowell and Boston College
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Organizational Change, Organizational Identity, Multi-sided Platforms, Ecosystems, Complementors, Managing Innovation

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The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

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The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 11-007
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Boston College
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Technological Change, Innovation, Industry Evolution, Dominant Designs, Managerial Beliefs, Digital Photography

The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Posted: 29 Jan 2011
Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Boston College

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Technological Change, Innovation, Industry Evolution, Dominant Designs, Managerial Beliefs, Digital Photography

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'Who are You?...I Really Wanna Know': Product Meaning and Competitive Positioning in the Nascent Synthesizer Industry

Strategy Science, (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 May 2016
Callen Anthony, Andrew J. Nelson and Mary Tripsas
NYU Stern, University of Oregon and Boston College
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competitive positioning, nascent industry, industry emergence, product meaning, categories, synthesizer

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eReading: Amazon's Kindle

Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Case No. 709-486
Posted: 02 Mar 2012
Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson and Mary Tripsas
Harvard University - Strategy Unit, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Boston College

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Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Case No. 812-032
Posted: 04 Feb 2012
Mary Tripsas, Amit Bhatia and Anita McGahan
Boston College, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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Linear Air: Creating the Air Taxi Industry

HBS Case No. 808-107, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Unit Research Paper
Posted: 09 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2010
Mary Tripsas, Davin Chow, Adam Prewett and Kevin Yttre
Boston College, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Montague Corporation: Unfolding the Future in Cycling

HBS Case No. 808-087, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Unit Research Paper
Posted: 09 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2010
Mary Tripsas
Boston College

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Toto: The Bottom Line

Harvard Business School Case No. 809-064, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Unit Research Paper
Posted: 09 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2010
Mary Tripsas, Masako Egawa and Jun Fukuyoshi
Boston College, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard Business School

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Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government

Research Policy, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 367-389, May 1995
Posted: 17 May 2005
Mary Tripsas, Stephan Schrader and Maurizio Sobrero
Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Bologna - Department of Management

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Consortia, R&D, Government, Italy, Transaction Costs