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24 Sep 2019

HBS Entrepreneurship Information Session in Paris

Join us to learn more about entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the entrepreneurship opportunities at HBS. You will have the... View Details

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

If entrepreneurs are born that way, then I must be the weird one out. Last weekend I was back in Wisconsin for a wedding, and my aunt asked me, "what's the hardest thing about starting your own company?" There were many ways I could have answered that... View Details

14 Jul 2020

Diverse Perspectives Series: Women in Entrepreneurship

Please join faculty member Allison Mnookin as she moderates a panel of HBS women making a difference in the entrepreneurship space. Learn about their experiences and how HBS has played a role in their journeys. View Details

27 Feb 2013
News

The curious phenomenon of dalit entrepreneurship

05 Aug 2016
News

Why entrepreneurship is on the rise

06 Apr 2016
News

Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

Courtesy of Flatiron Books Courtesy of Flatiron Books When Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) sat down to write Quench Your Own Thirst, published this month, he realized he had told these stories many times before—usually over a beer, preferably a Sam Adams. The founder and... View Details

02 May 2025
News

Funding Today, Entrepreneurship Tomorrow. Or Not.

15 Mar 2024
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Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Hosts First Annual Demo Day

December 1994 (Revised May 1999)
Case

3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Afroze A Mohammed

A middle-level division manager must decide whether he should support an investment request for a third attempt at launching a new product developed by a struggling business unit. Describes the long, difficult process by which the unit has developed the product--a... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Launch; Problems and Challenges; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry

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11 Nov 2022
Video

Pathways to Inclusive Entrepreneurship: The State of Inclusive Entrepreneurship

2014
Other Teaching and Training Material

Entrepreneurship Reading: Recognizing and Shaping Opportunities

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carole Carlson

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June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
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Mercy Corps: Global Social Entrepreneurship (B)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Afghanistan; Iraq

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22 Aug 2011
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Now Learn - Entrepreneurship at Harvard

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2012 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship: Honorable Mention

Core Curriculum in Entrepreneurship for Educators

Meeting the Challenge of Corporate Entrepreneurship

To be competitive, companies must grow innovative new businesses. Corporate entrepreneurship, however, isn't easy. New ventures face innumerable barriers and seldom mesh smoothly with well-established systems, processes, and cultures. Nonetheless, success requires a... View Details

September 1993 (Revised January 1997)
Case

Serengeti Eyewear: Entrepreneurship Within Corning, Inc.

By: David A. Garvin and Jonathan West

An entrepreneurial division within Corning, Serengeti Eyewear, has grown rapidly in its brief 10-year history. Now it must decide whether to launch a new line of sunglasses and take on the industry leader. The company has prospered by developing and cultivating... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Style; Competitive Strategy; Customer Relationship Management; Employee Relationship Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry

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