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- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
2018 Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries By: Khanna, Tarun Abstract— Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
political consensus to make investments in the infrastructure that will lead to more effective use of these resources. There is a largely unrecognized opportunity for the private sector to engage in selective investments that consider these trends. Investors and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
social exchange that resembles the innovation process. Our research suggests that, under particular conditions, novel ideas can be generated and ambiguous contexts navigated without great foresight. Instead, entrepreneurs can arrive at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Gazette reports the news of his 42-inch, 40-pound striped bass, not his accomplishments as an Internet entrepreneur who sold his company, PlanetAll, to Amazon.com in 1998. Now Adams, his wife Megan Weeks Adams (MBA ’97), and their... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
physical intimidation, girls who were previously aspiring teachers or doctors become home-based entrepreneurs out of necessity. Kamila’s strength, persistence, and sense of duty to her family are heroically evident as she learns to sew in... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-070.pdf Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence Authors:Shon Hiatt and Wesley Sine Abstract Although entrepreneurs constitute a key... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
Aires: Editorial Miño y Davila, 2008 Abstract This article looks at wholesale and retail networks operating in Argentina in the early 20th century. Its first section describes the entrepreneurs involved in consumer product imports, while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
approach across multiple business units. Social Entrepreneurs as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Sekem Authors:Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana Publication:In Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
turbulent times. Ernest Shackleton Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill Today’s entrepreneurs would find the tasks involved in organizing and leading an Antarctic expedition in the early 20th century somewhat familiar. Koehn notes that the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
waited seven to ten years before setting up their own shops, today’s graduates are taking the plunge much sooner. In 1997, the first-ever HBS Business Plan Contest yielded a formidable number of participants and mobilized a strong contingent of View Details
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One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity
initiative. But what pleases us I think even more is the countless examples of efforts that individuals, teams, and groups have launched on their own. So affinity groups for staff, the THRIVE program in Executive Education, work by an alum in Brooklyn to help View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
These regions experienced long eras of foreign domination, dealt with extensive state intervention, faced institutional inefficiencies, and experienced extended turbulence. This article suggests that this context drove different business responses than in the developed... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur Harvard Business School Case 807-045 Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
Entrepreneurs Strategy, Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Joshua Lev Krieger Tough Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top L Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Herman B. "Dutch"... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
legendary impresario Charlie Finley was having trouble finding a radio station to broadcast his struggling team’s games, the young entrepreneur made his pitch. “I called Mr. Finley ten days before Opening Day, and we negotiated at first... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
the individual is ambiguously or unambiguously successful. Then, in a field experiment set in an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the failures of a successful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
heard entrepreneurs discuss how they can manipulate the LED lighting to create arugula with different flavor profiles, for example, even varying the spiciness. “But at the end of the day, how much does arugula really help if we have to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
resources are stretched very thin, we've had to become very entrepreneurial," Britt explains. "To generate income we license toy companies, retailers, and park operators to use our Sesame Street characters, and we publish are own educational magazines, for example."... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
Phirbol franchise was comprised of some 150 franchisees that had converted their small "mom-and-pop" shops into Phirbol-branded stores. Entrepreneurs Meghna Modi and Glenn Wong had launched the franchise in 2007, two years after... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
world and hope to bring such solutions to market in the coming years. HBS has a vibrant community of entrepreneurs that have not hesitated to support each other and I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity to grow alongside such... View Details