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- 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.
- December 2007
- Article
Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization
By: Aldo Musacchio and Ian Read
The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the...
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Keywords:
Business and Government Relations;
Networks;
Business History;
Market Entry and Exit;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Markets;
Supply and Industry;
Banks and Banking;
Brazil;
Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo, and Ian Read. "Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization." Enterprise & Society 8, no. 4 (December 2007): 842–880.
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
are eating a live shrimp or ground grasshoppers or something like that. But what these entrepreneurs in the cultural arena are able to do is leverage an idea to make the most of it. It's not the wriggling...
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- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
Fashioning an Industry: Cognitive Processes and the Construction of Worth in the Institutionalization of a New Industry
By: Mukti Khaire
This inductive study of the high-end fashion industry in India explores how the worth of a new industry is constructed. Interviews with entrepreneurs and constituents of the field revealed that the worth of the industry was constructed through framing by early...
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- 2019
- Working Paper
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one’s own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge...
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Keywords:
Immigrants;
Networking;
Advice;
Entrepreneurs;
Inventors;
Start-up Employees;
Venturing;
Co-working;
Agglomeration;
Immigration;
Entrepreneurship;
Networks;
Innovation and Invention;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-078, January 2019.
- 27 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship
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by Josh Lerner & Ulrike Malmendier
MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Bill Connors and The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)
By: Linda A. Hill and Eric Mankin
In 2017, Bill Connors, the President of Comcast’s Central Division, launched a startup accelerator in Comcast’s new Atlanta Regional headquarters. Comcast was America's largest cable and internet service provider, having built a profitable business bundling television...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Entrepreneur;
Startup;
Accelerator;
Outsourcing;
Hiring;
Talent;
Culture;
Ecosystem;
Digital;
Leadership;
Innovation and Invention;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Diversity;
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Culture;
Media;
Entertainment;
Transformation;
Atlanta
Hill, Linda A., and Eric Mankin. "Bill Connors and The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)." Harvard Business School Case 420-056, September 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
column Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure? If memorability is a measure, leaders appear to learn more from failure than from success. Dan Wallace emailed me about a case he remembered in an HBS class about an View Details
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by James Heskett
- January 2009
- Background Note
Financial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity
By: Elisabeth Koll
Provides an analysis of why informal financial networks and institutions still play an extremely important role in China's economy in the 21st century. Although China has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, it still suffers from a weak...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Banks and Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
State Ownership;
Business and Government Relations;
Networks;
China
Koll, Elisabeth. "Financial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 809-111, January 2009.
- October 2023
- Case
Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love
By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
Bob Hall, President of Green Gables Partners, evaluated whether to angel invest into an up-and-coming ski brand. As the son-in-law of the founder of Vera Bradley and having retired from a lengthy career on Wall Street, Hall was well-versed in both direct investing and...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Angel Investors;
Direct Investment;
Family Business;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Small Business;
Financial Strategy;
Personal Finance;
Investment Portfolio;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Consumer Products Industry;
Montana;
United States
Cohen, Lauren, and Grace Headinger. "Shredder Setups or Straightlining into Risk?: Investing in What You Love." Harvard Business School Case 224-018, October 2023.
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
crisis as a disrupter to the status quo and look for areas of pain. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading your company and industry through the...
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by Staff
- Web
In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
explore how corruption uniquely affects business in emerging markets, and why it should be addressed by the public and private sectors in their case, “Corruption and Business View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Happiness, artificial intelligence, and climate change were just some of the themes that caught the attention of Harvard Business School podcast listeners in 2023. Here are some of the most-downloaded episodes of the year: Deep Purpose...
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by Danielle Kost
- February 2008 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Enterprise Culture in Chinese History: Zhang Jian and the Dasheng Cotton Mills
By: Elisabeth Koll
This case focuses on the legal and managerial evolution of limited-liability firms in China, using the example of the Dasheng cotton mills in Nantong near Shanghai. Dasheng, one of the earliest and most successful industrial enterprises in pre-war China, was founded by...
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Keywords:
History;
Law;
Organizational Culture;
Family Ownership;
State Ownership;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Crisis;
Business and Government Relations;
Entrepreneurship;
Change;
Manufacturing Industry;
Shanghai;
China
Koll, Elisabeth. "Enterprise Culture in Chinese History: Zhang Jian and the Dasheng Cotton Mills." Harvard Business School Case 308-068, February 2008. (Revised September 2010.)
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
For refugees fleeing troubled regions as disparate as Afghanistan and Ukraine, finding meaningful work in the United States is not only key to their own success, but also crucial for businesses navigating labor shortages. New research...
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by Rachel Layne
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
An investment in meaningful results
nearly $1.5 billion in grants to the city's neediest residents since 1988. Robin Hood is New York City's largest funder of emergency food programs and largest private funder of job training and housing...
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- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
As Amazon’s stunning pullout from New York fades into the news archives, its potent lessons for business negotiators risk being lost. Highly promising deals in diffuse multiparty settings with many potential spoilers, like Amazon’s...
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- March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth W. Legris
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm is the story of one entrepreneur's vision and journey to create a market-leading, environmentally responsible business founded on the principles of product quality, organizational alignment, and sustainability. A former environmental...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Values;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Innovation;
Management By Objective;
Experimentation;
Emerging Technologies;
Mission and Purpose;
Management Style;
Values and Beliefs;
Social Issues;
Organizational Culture;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Innovation and Invention;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New Hampshire
Koehn, Nancy F., Nora N. Khan, and Elizabeth W. Legris. "Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm." Harvard Business School Case 312-122, March 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Entrepreneurship flourishes in the Bayou
former managing director of State Street Research to become COO at Idea Village, also located in New Orleans, where he worked with more than 300 startups until 2013. “I’m an entrepreneur at my core,”...
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