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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Africa Looks Ahead
OKONJO-IWEALA: Providing basic infrastructure is the way to transform people's lives. At a UN meeting in Liberia to discuss a framework for development after the UN's millennium goals expire in 2015,...
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- February 2024
- Case
Tony Elumelu Foundation: Democratizing Luck Across Africa
By: Paul A. Gompers and Samir Saxena
Founded in 2010, The Tony Elumelu Foundation is Africa’s leading philanthropy working to support entrepreneurs in Africa with access to seed capital, business management training, mentorship, and access to networks. Through a $100 million commitment but its founder,...
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- 04 Aug 2015
HBS & HKS Information Session in South Africa
Hosted by the Africa Business Club, this event is designed for prospective students to learn about HBS, HKS, and the joint degree program from a student and alumni perspective. The event will include a presentation and reception....
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- 18 Jul 2019
HBS in NYC: The Ecosystem of Entrepreneurship
This event is designed for prospective students who want to learn about the extensive entrepreneurship resources and vibrant community of entrepreneurs at HBS.
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- October 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Teaching Plan
Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century
By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin
Teaching Plan for HBS No. 805-010.
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- July 2010
- Article
Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship
By: Ramana Nanda and Jesper B. Sorensen
We examine whether the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity is related to the prior career experiences of an individual's co-workers, using a unique matched employer-employee panel dataset. We argue that coworkers can increase the likelihood that an individual will...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Perception;
Opportunities;
Motivation and Incentives;
Power and Influence
Nanda, Ramana, and Jesper B. Sorensen. "Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship." Management Science 56, no. 7 (July 2010): 1116–1126.
- December 2019
- Background Note
An (Abbreviated) Perspective on Entrepreneurship
By: Mitchell Weiss and Benjamin Henkes
Among the many competing definitions of entrepreneurship, the one adopted in “The Entrepreneurial Manager” at HBS was authored by Howard Stevenson in the 1980s and elaborated on in the decades since. Stevenson provided a managerial take on the term—he described...
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Weiss, Mitchell, and Benjamin Henkes. "An (Abbreviated) Perspective on Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Background Note 820-083, December 2019.
- Web
Courses - Entrepreneurship
Sahlman Fall 2023 Q2 1.5 Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy and General Management) Geoffrey Jones Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Entrepreneurship...
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- 15 Mar 2022
MBA Tour: Africa
Join Harvard Business School as we take part in the MBA Tour. The MBA Tour events will introduce you to admissions representatives, students and alumni from a wide variety of schools. Our HBS team will be online and looking forward to...
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- 03 Jun 2019
- Video
Entrepreneurship Webinar
- 18 Dec 2023
- News
Lessons from Building a Payment Business in Africa
- June 1987
- Background Note
Note on Entrepreneurship in the Established Firm
Kao, John J. "Note on Entrepreneurship in the Established Firm." Harvard Business School Background Note 487-055, June 1987.
- 03 Feb 2010
- News
The Business: The government's role in entrepreneurship
- 2004
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
By: Amar Bhidé
Academics and practitioners readily admit the importance of entrepreneurs for the wealth of nations. However, the relationship between the economic and social environment, entrepreneurship and value creation is not yet well understood. Moreover, at the micro-level, the...
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Bhidé, Amar. Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. Vol. 9, Topics in Corporate Finance. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance, 2004.
- 2014
- Chapter
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
By: Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr
This chapter reviews recent academic work on the spatial concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the agglomeration of these activities and the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Agglomeration;
Clusters;
Place Making;
Industry Clusters;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
United States
Chatterji, Aaron, Edward Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 129–166. University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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Investor - Entrepreneurship
investor . Participate in the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club Annual Conference SPRING Attend the Rock/CPD VC Panels to learn about careers in VC. Join an early-stage VC firm and apply as a Joiner to...
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- 09 Jul 2018
HBS Entrepreneurship Information Session in San Francisco
This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates who are interested in entrepreneurship. During the session attendees will learn about the resources at HBS for aspiring and current entrepreneurs and our engaged community of student...
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