Publications

27 Aug 2018

HBS Entrepreneurship Information Session in New York City

This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates who are interested in entrepreneurship. During the session attendees will learn about the resources at HBS for aspiring and current entrepreneurs and our engaged community of student... View Details

April 2015
Teaching Note

Yara International: Africa Strategy

By: Michael Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo

Leading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Tanzania; Agriculture Reform; Africa; Tanzania

2009
Chapter

Entrepreneurship and the History of Globalization

By: G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani

In this article, we build on the recent efforts of scholars to reintroduce entrepreneurship into the research agenda of business historians. We examine the value and limitations of adapting recent social scientific theories and methods on entrepreneurship to research... View Details

Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; Resource Allocation; Research; Entrepreneurship; Cognition and Thinking; Growth and Development Strategy

2018
Book

Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

By: Tarun Khanna

Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and institutional protections as their counterparts in the West will fail. To succeed, they need to build trust within the existing structures—and this book shows how it's... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Trust

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November 2005 (Revised November 2011)
Background Note

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Fall Term 2011: Course Outline and Syllabus

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Robert F. Higgins

Provides an overview of the second-year MBA elective course Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment

9 AM – 9 AM EST, 14 Nov 2018

HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: November 14, 2018 - December 12, 2018 View Details

February 1993
Supplement

Otis South Africa (C)

By: Michael Beer

Relates Otis South Africa's management actions in their efforts to transform the company. Students will be asked to judge the effectiveness of the corporate change programs instituted by management. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Judgments; Business or Company Management; Performance Effectiveness; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa

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Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

research. Mr. Burgstone also serves as Faculty Chair and Adjunct Professor of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. Earlier in his career he was co-founder... View Details

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

Kosaluchi (Luchi) Nwokeneche-Mmegwa (MBA '20) is from Lagos, Nigeria and graduated with a degree in Public Policy from Princeton University. Prior to HBS, Luchi worked in investment banking and private... View Details

Video

Entrepreneurship - the HBS Way

16 Aug 2017

HBS Entrepreneurship Information Session in New York City

This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates who are interested in entrepreneurship. During the session attendees will learn about the resources at HBS for aspiring and current entrepreneurs and our engaged community of student... View Details

June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
Case

South Africa – a 'Just Energy Transition'

By: Richard Vietor

South Africa, like most other countries, is in the process of reducing its carbon emissions to comply with COP26 and, hopefully, reach net zero emissions by 2050. However, because South Africa relies almost wholly on coal (93%) for electricity, and on coal for... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Economic Development; Climate Change; Coal Mining; Emission Reduction; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Law; Labor and Management Relations; Labor Unions; Natural Resources; Energy Policy; Energy Sources; South Africa

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Entrepreneurship | MBA

founders, joiners, or investors activate their ideas and build their ventures to drive global impact. Rock Center for Entrepreneurship New Venture Competition An annual opportunity for students to pitch their concepts and get feedback,... View Details

June 2002 (Revised November 2005)
Case

Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa

By: Debora L. Spar

In the final years of the 20th century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought under control through a... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Health Pandemics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Africa

February 2002 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Remaking the Rainbow Nation: South Africa 2002

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Debora L. Spar and Katherine E. Cousins

In April 1994, the world witnessed a political milestone in South Africa. After decades of repression and racial segregation, South Africa's black majority came to power at last, as the African National Congress (ANC), led by the celebrated Nelson Mandela, rode into... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Race; Political Elections; Economic Growth; Business and Government Relations; South Africa