Entrepreneurial Marketing - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

we identify core insights about how firms compete against one another in established markets. Based on our evaluation, we argue that a promising research opportunity for strategy lies in exploring how firms strategically interact in new View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

Series, No. 15325, September 2009 Abstract Evidence on the "funding gap" for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2018
News

HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach

Richardson, proudly noting that her mother later became a teacher. A native of Arlington, Texas, Richardson received a track scholarship at Baylor University, where she majored in business administration and journalism. After graduation, she merged her analytical and... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

Karen Page (MBA '89) is a consultant to Fortune 500 food companies in marketing strategy, culinary trends, and new product development. With her husband, Andrew Dornenburg, a professional chef, she has written the award-winning Becoming a... View Details

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

Cynthia says, "but preferred to be on the side of figuring out what products could be. I wanted to move from analyzing results to creating them." At HBS, Cynthia immersed herself in entrepreneurial coursework and club... View Details

31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct By: Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru Abstract—We construct a novel database containing the universe of financial advisers in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

course is to expose you to management systems used by ventures to overcome tradeoffs between scale and agility. By ventures, we mean entrepreneurial organizations prioritizing innovation and employee empowerment, rather than... View Details

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

by venture groups in the upcoming years, as well as an imposition of tougher terms on venture groups by the institutions who are their primary sources of capital. At the same time, there have been some fundamental changes happening in the venture capital View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

Profile

Patrick Akl

careers.” Variety of practical experiences In his FIELD 2 international immersion, Patrick once again went somewhere new to him, China, where he and his colleagues helped a shoe manufacturer prepare its first marketing strategy targeting... View Details

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Anthony Tan

To most aspiring business leaders, Anthony Tan had enviable career prospects. The scion of one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families, Tan is the son of the CEO of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, one of Malaysia’s biggest automobile distributors. As head of View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

developing world as well. With HBS associate professor Mukti Khaire and doctoral student Alexandra Feldberg, McGinn is looking at a 30-year period of change in India driven, in part, by self-employed women entering into the country's View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

the sweet spots. A systematic application of such a method also helps create a credible signal to the other side of the market that provides entrepreneurial capital. Such signals are essential for the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

after leaving HBS and have continued their entrepreneurial journey in the marketplace. Will this year’s new ventures follow in their footsteps? You be the judge. Here’s a quick look at the traditional and social enterprise business plan... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

At age 26, Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69) planted the seed of a great idea in inhospitable British soil. With three HBS classmates, he cofounded a consulting firm to advise entrepreneurial businesses. Admittedly, it was a risk. Entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Apr 2000
News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

Lauren Love (MBA '95) and Rena Clark (MBA '90). Harvard University professor Cornel West, author Les Brown, and David Steward, CEO of St. Louis based Worldwide Technologies, were featured speakers. A new element of this year's conference was the View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

25 Jun 2018
Blog Post

The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”

“But I didn’t want a large, established organization – I already had that experience at Morgan Stanley,” Aaron explains. He wanted to experience something more dynamic with a fast-growth and an entrepreneurial culture where he could work... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

22 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

Assistant Professor William R. Kerr teaches the required first-year MBA course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, in addition to Executive Education courses at Harvard Business School. One of his core research areas is the role of immigrant... View Details

Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer

12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

more likely to use equity in the transaction, and buy companies in a related industry. The market tends to react more negatively to the announcement of the acquisition of a venture capital-backed company, but the long-run stock View Details