Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2021
Teaching Plan

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Amy Klopfenstein

This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?” HBS 820-098. The case explores the tension between two different financing and expansion plans for a startup, and explores issues related to business model pivots and industry... View Details

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18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

team to what is actually going on. Effective customer selection requires segmenting a market based on the benefits that customers receive and perceive in the product or service. It focuses on buyers:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

what did your panel presenters and speakers identify as main themes in the colloquia's mission to "illuminate and deepen the connections between creativity, entrepreneurship and successful organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

June 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Blue Man Group: Creativity, Life and Surviving an Economic Meltdown

In 2008, Blue Man Group's three co-founders are facing the prospect of losing not just a business but a way of life they have built together. The case follows the story of Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton as they pursue their creative passion and build the... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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12 May 2015
Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

artistic merit therein. The crowd identified breakout theater hits the experts sometimes ignored, but also backed a box office bomb. ©iStock.com/jganser "Crowdfunding has enabled a democratization of access [to funding]," Nanda says in... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

or high potential markets that are $10 billion in size in any given year." The bigger the company becomes, he pointed out, the more important it is that the company lays... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

the emerging superportable market would be huge, and HP engineers thought they could leverage existing intellectual property in drive design from their high-end 2.5"... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

strategy would be a very risky move Ryan Raffaelli: We often define radical innovations as "competency-destroying," meaning that they render all related products and services in the same market category... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

of where markets have failed, the idea of venture philanthropy clicking is a little hard for me to buy into. Venture philanthropy has to come of age and reorient itself by defining what measures of social return it is looking for. View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

strategy that actually emerges can be very different. A lot of our book is about understanding (a) that realized strategy is often different from intended strategy, and (b) there are forces that shape strategy View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

the Internet economy. It shares certain features with other incubators—mainly, it fosters a spirit of entrepreneurship and offers economies of scale. But its key distinguishing feature is its ability to give start-ups preferential access... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

22 Sep 2020
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Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

paper was published in 2019. "We find that startups founded by individuals most sensitive to labor market conditions display lower financial and innovative performance than startups founded by... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
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Sometimes Success Begins at Failure

ideas that have been rejected internally. VCs are adept at crafting business models for emerging technologies, and they can experiment with nascent technologies in emerging... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough; Health; Pharmaceutical

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

entrepreneurship in general. “The presence of female business owners within a local community is likely to weaken cultural beliefs disassociating women from commercial activity,” the researchers write. “We... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2015
First Look

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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

engineering Koning’s research might be sobering to the cities and institutions that invest in startup-focused events and programs in the hopes of stirring innovation and prosperity. Even if a fledgling... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Feb 2009
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The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

capital firms, the boards of directors, and the outcomes of these start-ups. “One lesson that emerges from our analysis is to find an experienced (and successful) partner!” One current project examines the value of boards of directors... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

23 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

Before launching new products, entrepreneurs are often filled with doubt: Will their ideas successfully take off in the marketplace—or will they fall flat? To cut down on uncertainty, creators can post their inventions on platforms such... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Mar 2020
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How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

the Trump Administration authorized $7 billion in disaster loans for small businesses affected by COVID-19. The program helps businesses in states that have declared emergency... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

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