Entrepreneurship - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
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Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship

With the study of entrepreneurial management flourishing at HBS, the challenge to find and support new faculty and to fund curriculum development is more pressing than ever. Recently these needs were recognized by the Class of 1975 through its generous 25th Reunion... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

26 Sep 2012
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The 30 Year Decline of American Entrepreneurship

September 2020
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Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship

By: George Serafeim

Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques had spent the summer between their first and second years of their MBA program fund raising for their start-up venture capital (VC) firm, Harlem Capital Partners. Harlem Capital was founded upon the principle that addressing the... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital Firm Compensation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Financing; Black Entrepreneurs; Black Leadership; Black Inventors; Inclusion; Minority-owned Businesses; Race And Ethnicity; Race Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Diversity; Race; Gender; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; United States

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10 Jul 2018
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Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community

How I incorporated my experience in the Asian American community at HBS into co-founding Fish Sauce. Wilson Kyi (MBA '18) graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering and worked in consulting before making... View Details

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Law, Management and Entrepreneurship Course Number 1540 Senior Lecturer John Batter Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Exam Senior Lecturer John Batter Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Exam Note: No student who is in the JD/MBA program,... View Details

2022
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Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full

By: Tarun Khanna

India is celebrated for a resurgence of de novo entrepreneurship in recent decades. Entrants have engaged in creative risk-taking to provide market-based solutions for private or social needs despite not being scions of wealthy industrial or business families. In this... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Science; Policy; Investment

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24 Jan 2017
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Trump Nominee McMahon Vows to ‘Revitalize’ Entrepreneurship

October 2016 (Revised July 2017)
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Cultural Entrepreneurship

By: Rohit Deshpande and Annelena Lobb

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (LA Phil), under the leadership of Deborah Borda, had enjoyed great successes in the 2000s and 2010s, even as other U.S. orchestras faltered. The architecturally acclaimed Walt Disney Concert Hall had opened its doors. The... View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Arts; Music Entertainment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Los Angeles

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16 Sep 2014
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Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship to Host Peter Thiel

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Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism Course Number 1130 Professor Geoffrey Jones Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 sessions Exam with Paper option Career Focus The course will equip students with a deep understanding of why... View Details

2014
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Entrepreneurship Reading: Attracting Talent and Building Ecosystems

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carole Carlson

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April 1995
Teaching Note

Serengeti Eyewear: Entrepreneurship within Corning Inc. TN

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

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Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

April 2010
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Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner, David Scharfstein and Anna Kovner

This paper presents evidence of performance persistence in entrepreneurship. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are much more likely to succeed than first-time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. In particular, they exhibit... View Details

Keywords: Performance; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Market Timing; Competency and Skills; Success; Business Startups

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October 2008
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John and Andrea Rice: Entrepreneurship and Life

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence

Video of an interview conducted by Professor Howard Stevenson with John and Andrea Rice. It presents their views on their notions of career success, finding happiness in life, managing their competitiveness, their goals for the next ten years, and the pursuit of... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Success; Personal Development and Career; Opportunities; Happiness; Competitive Strategy

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Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Entrepreneurship (Doctoral)

By: Josh Lerner

Entrepreneurship—the formation and growth of new firms—is a complex phenomenon that has historically attracted relatively little academic attention. In recent years, however, scholars in a variety of disciplines have been devoting increasing attention to this topic.... View Details

24 Jan 2012
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Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness: Implications for Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia

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