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in innovative companies around the world. THE Rock 100 Alumni New Venture Competition Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program YouTube Channel Executive Education Given the importance of innovation and View Details

03 Jun 2014
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HourlyNerd Inks Deal to Expand Client Base in Middle East, Africa

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 2010 (Revised January 2011)
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Public Education in New Orleans: Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship

By: Stacey M. Childress and James Weber

After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in August 2005, the state had taken over 102 of the 118 public schools in New Orleans and shifted the management structure from a “single school system to a system of schools.” Entrepreneurs from the region and around the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Governance; Natural Disasters; Education; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; New Orleans

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Initiative encourage innovation to address the large-scale issues that beset society. Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Our long tradition of research in Entrepreneurship goes... View Details

12 Jul 2019
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The Power of Entrepreneurship

started IGNIA because of the power of entrepreneurship to really bring change into an economy, into a country, into a business community. “Especially in a country like this, the disparities are so big. We... View Details

Keywords: Finance

06 Jun 2019
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Blavatnik Family Foundation Gift and Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship Announced

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Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship. Founder applications will be evaluated based on the clarity and strength of the problem hypothesis, current status and milestones, strength of customer discovery findings, clarity and strength of key assumptions, and evidence of commitment. Students... View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 21 Aug 2019
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HBS Online 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: August 21, 2019 - September 18, 2019 View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EST, 23 Jan 2019
HBS Online

HBS Online 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: January 23, 2019 - February 20, 2019 View Details

30 Jan 2008
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Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Ramana Nanda

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Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

By: Brian L. Trelstad

Combining the tools of philanthropy, business and advocacy (or mission, margin and mandate), social entrepreneurs have tackled long-standing societal issues like teacher training, college access, global public health, renewable energy and sanitation. Social... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Social Enterprise; Civil Society or Community; System

2014
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Entrepreneurship Reading: Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures

By: William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and James McQuade

"Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures" introduces students to the key issues involved in the financing of entrepreneurial enterprises. The Reading begins by examining how business models shape external financing requirements. It then contrasts the choice to bootstrap... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

Middle East & North Africa Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including... View Details

2015
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Meaney and Technology for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Renee Vuillaume

Two Valmont Industries (an international leader in infrastructure products and services) colleagues, Robert (Bob) Meaney and Richard Berkland hoped to improve the lives of small and medium-sized farmers in the developing world through modern irrigation technology. In... View Details

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17 Oct 2013

Prospective Student Lunch: Entrepreneurship

The HBS Entrepreneurship Club invites prospective applicants to join us on campus for an informal lunch. During the lunch, students will discuss resources at HBS around Entrepreneurship. (Note: Lunch is not provided but is available for... View Details

August 2018
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Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard

Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-040. View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Ecotourism; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Travel Industry; Africa; Botswana

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From Coast to Hinterland: Fiscal State Formation in British and French West Africa, c. 1880–1960

By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg

This chapter contrasts and compares the ways different colonial states in West Africa developed local fiscal capacity. We show that per capita revenues were higher in the more commercialised coastal export economies than in remote parts of the interior. We argue that... View Details

Keywords: Fiscal Capacity; Public Debt; French West Africa; British West Africa; Geography; History; Africa

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