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Los emprendedores que México necesita
By: Roberto Charvel
Charvel, Roberto. "Los emprendedores que México necesita." Expansión, no. 1125 (September 13, 2013): 198.
- 05 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship
Keywords:
by Laura Alfaro & Andrew Charlton
- February 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
The Deep: Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Barbara Zepp Larson
Edmondson, Amy C., and Barbara Zepp Larson. "The Deep: Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 614-055, February 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- February 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
The Deep: Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Barbara Zepp Larson
Edmondson, Amy C., and Barbara Zepp Larson. "The Deep: Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector (A)." Harvard Business School Case 614-054, February 2014. (Revised October 2014.)
- 1995
- Book
Starting Over in Eastern Europe: Entrepreneurship and Economic Renewal
By: Simon Johnson and Gary W. Loveman
Johnson, Simon, and Gary W. Loveman. Starting Over in Eastern Europe: Entrepreneurship and Economic Renewal. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- April 2018
- Case
Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business,...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Conservation Planning;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Ecotourism;
Strategy;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Tourism Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Travel Industry;
Africa;
Botswana
Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Case 318-040, April 2018.
- August 2023
- Article
What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and Asian economies allows us to compare long-run patterns in skill premiums across the colonial...
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Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia." Economic History Review 76, no. 3 (August 2023): 941–978.
- June 1994
- Background Note
Note on Onega Candy Co.: Entrepreneurship in Russia Case
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Sergey B. Andreyev and Dmitri N. Rylko
Goldberg, Ray A., Sergey B. Andreyev, and Dmitri N. Rylko. "Note on Onega Candy Co.: Entrepreneurship in Russia Case." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-115, June 1994.
- Article
Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
History;
Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Service Industry;
Turkey
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Special Issue on Business Groups around the World. Business History 58, no. 1 (2016): 69–88.
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Administrative Barriers to Foreign Investment: Reducing Red Tape in Africa
By: L. T. Wells Jr., Timothy S. Buehrer, James J. Emery and Melvin T. Spence Jr.
- Teaching Interest
Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship
Professors Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
To stay on top, corporations must learn to continuously create, grow, and profit from completely new ways of doing business. They must simultaneously pursue both excellence in their existing business and... View Details
- 2018
- Chapter
Introduction: Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
By: Kristin Fabbe, Melanie Cammett and Marc Lynch
Fabbe, Kristin, Melanie Cammett, and Marc Lynch. "Introduction: Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa." In Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa. No. 31. POMEPS Studies. Washington, DC: Project on Middle East Political Science, 2018. Electronic.
- 2016
- Case
Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang and Shanshan Cao
Founded in 1983, China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. ("CNMC") is one of the earliest and largest global Chinese nonferrous metal industrial enterprises. It has investments and projects in 27 countries and trade networks in nearly 100 countries with a...
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Keywords:
Cross-cultural Management;
Global Strategy;
Globalization;
International Business;
Strategy Management;
Africa;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang, and Shanshan Cao. "Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group." Tsinghua University Case, 2016.
- 2019
- Chapter
From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
This chapter contrasts and compares the ways different colonial states in West Africa developed local fiscal capacity. We show that per capita revenues were higher in the more commercialised coastal export economies than in remote parts of the interior. We argue that...
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Keywords:
Fiscal Capacity;
Public Debt;
French West Africa;
British West Africa;
Geography;
History;
Africa
Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960." In Fiscal Capacity and the Colonial State in Africa and Asia, c. 1850–1960, edited by Ewout Frankema and Anne Booth, 161–192. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Article
Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This article argues that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more than a...
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Keywords:
Ecotourism;
Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
Tourism;
Green Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
History;
Business History;
Tourism Industry;
Latin America;
Costa Rica
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000." Enterprise & Society 18, no. 1 (March 2017): 146–183.
- February 2020
- Article
Gender and Entrepreneurship in the Renewable Energy Sector of Rwanda
By: Manuel Barron, Rowan P. Clarke, Amanda Elam, Rebecca Klege, Anita Shankar and Martine Visser
Until recently, women have not been seen as having the potential for entrepreneurial success. Yet women’s engagement in the energy sector could substantially improve energy access for those most underserved. This article examines the role of women as energy...
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Keywords:
Economic Development;
Renewables;
Economics;
Entrepreneurship;
Gender;
Renewable Energy;
Performance Effectiveness;
Emerging Markets;
Energy Industry;
Africa
Barron, Manuel, Rowan P. Clarke, Amanda Elam, Rebecca Klege, Anita Shankar, and Martine Visser. "Gender and Entrepreneurship in the Renewable Energy Sector of Rwanda." Special Issue on Gender and Energy: Opportunities for All. Institute of Development Studies Bulletin 51, no. 1 (February 2020): 53–70.
- 2022
- Chapter
Creating 'Smart' Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation
By: Karen G. Mills and Annie Dang
Entrepreneurship is a key to unlocking innovation and fostering regional and national economic productivity. Extensive studies demonstrate that small and young firms contribute to innovation and employment growth. But which of the many types of small firms are...
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Keywords:
Economic Policy;
High-growth;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Startups;
Economic Growth;
Policy;
United States
Mills, Karen G., and Annie Dang. "Creating 'Smart' Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation." In The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth, edited by Michael J. Andrews, Aaron Chatterji, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.
- October 2013
- Article
With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship
By: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier
To what extent do peers affect our occupational choices? This question has been of particular interest in the context of entrepreneurship and policies to create a favorable environment for entry. Such influences, however, are hard to identify empirically. We exploit...
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Lerner, Josh, and Ulrike Malmendier. "With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship." Review of Financial Studies 26, no. 10 (October 2013): 2411–2452. (Earlier versions distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 16918 and Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 11-108.)
- March 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Public Education in New Orleans: Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship
By: Stacey M. Childress and James Weber
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in August 2005, the state had taken over 102 of the 118 public schools in New Orleans and shifted the management structure from a “single school system to a system of schools.” Entrepreneurs from the region and around the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Governance;
Natural Disasters;
Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Education Industry;
New Orleans
Childress, Stacey M., and James Weber. "Public Education in New Orleans: Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Case 310-052, March 2010. (Revised January 2011.)