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National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand Organic Food Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones and Simon Mowatt
This article examines why organic agriculture and food consumption developed more strongly in some countries than others between the 1970s and the 2000s. The focus is the limited growth of the New Zealand organic sector, which contrasts with countries such as Denmark,...
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Industrial Organization;
Chinitz;
Agglomeration;
Clusters;
Cities;
Mines;
Political Economy;
FDI;
Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture;
Agribusiness;
Entrepreneurship;
Business History;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
New Zealand;
Denmark
Jones, Geoffrey, and Simon Mowatt. "National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand Organic Food Industry." Business History 58, no. 8 (2016): 1262–1288.
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Early Stage Investing in Mexico: The Role of Angel Investors and Seed Capital Funds
By: Roberto Charvel
This articles does a review of newly formed seed capital structures, angel investors and their interaction with venture capital funds in Mexico.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Emerging Economies;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America;
Mexico
Charvel, Roberto. "Early Stage Investing in Mexico: The Role of Angel Investors and Seed Capital Funds." Venture Equity Latin America 12, no. 15 (September 15, 2013).
- December 2007 (Revised June 2009)
- Background Note
Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Opportunity...For You
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence
This note provides an analytical framework for assessing potential opportunities in the context of an entrepreneur's life. The framework has two parts -- a business analysis and a personal analysis -- each comprised of a set of yes/no questions for critical assessment...
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Stevenson, Howard H., and Shirley Spence. "Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Opportunity...For You." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-043, December 2007. (Revised June 2009.)
- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
Split Decisions: How Social and Economic Choices Affect the Stability of Founding Teams
By: Matt Marx and Noam Wasserman
- Article
Entrepreneurship: Field of Dreams?
This paper has two objectives. We begin by contrasting two potential paths for future research in entrepreneurship. One is the establishment of an independent field of research with a clear jurisdiction, a common theoretical canon, and autonomy from related fields. The...
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Sorenson, Olav, and Toby E. Stuart. "Entrepreneurship: Field of Dreams?" Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008).
- April 1998
- Case
Katie Burke (B)
By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti and Barbara Feinberg
Supplements the (A) case.
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Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, and Barbara Feinberg. "Katie Burke (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-093, April 1998.
- April 1998
- Article
Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Creativity
By: David J. Collis
Collis, David J. "Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Creativity." Comportamento organizacional e gestão (April 1998): 61–80.
- January 1991 (Revised September 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Starting a Nonprofit Venture
Provides anyone considering starting a nonprofit organization with a basic understanding of the nature of nonprofit status, tax and regulatory issues for nonprofits, and the distinctive management challenges associated with a nonprofit start-up.
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Dees, J. Gregory. "Note on Starting a Nonprofit Venture." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-096, January 1991. (Revised September 1992.)
- 15 Aug 2015
- News
Why a Harvard MBA is the fastest route to the corner or Oval office
- 23 May 2019
- News
"Small businesses need and want a seat at the table"
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
- 02 Jun 2017
- News
A Proven Way to Win in Business: Have a Daughter, Hire Women
- 27 Jan 2016
- News
Harvard Business School Launches Precision Trials Challenge
- Profile
Aspa Lekka
Aspa Lekka takes pride in her Greek roots, but her journey does not begin from Olympian heights. "I come from a small city called Ioannina in northwest Greece of ~170,000 people," she explains. "I studied math in one of the best public universities in...
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Consulting
- 01 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Building a Startup at HBS
Our group initially came together through a deep passion for health care – with the goal of creating a novel product that addressed an unmet need and made a tangible difference in patients’ lives. We felt that if we combined our prior experiences in the industry –...
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- 30 Jul 2020
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Investing in the “Silver Tsunami”
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Helping California Wildfire Victims Rebuild
Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes A recent article in Forbes highlights the work of the home-building management startup Homebound, cofounded by CEO Nikki Pechet (MBA 2007). Both cofounders—Pechet and investor Jack Abraham—had...
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- 28 May 2019
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INK: Maker’s Manual
Since cofounding the online product discovery platform The Grommet in 2008, Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) has enjoyed a front-row seat to the launch of 3,000 consumer products—including household names like Fitbit, SodaStream, and S’well. From that vantage point, Pieri...
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Jen McFarland Flint