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- January 1996
- Background Note
Creativity and Innovation in Organizations
Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kinds--from entrepreneurial start-ups to well-established enterprises. This note describes the varieties of creativity in... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Creativity
Amabile, Teresa M. "Creativity and Innovation in Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-239, January 1996.
- June 2018
- Case
Relax (Boston): Innovating and Growing an Entrepreneurial Business
By: Paul Marshall and Carole Carlson
The Relax case traces the history of a massage services company from its founding in 2007 to mid-2017, when it is considering the best strategy for growth and an acquisition. The company's owner and top managers wonder how the firm should reorganize to cope with the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Acquisition; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Design
Marshall, Paul, and Carole Carlson. "Relax (Boston): Innovating and Growing an Entrepreneurial Business." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-523, June 2018.
- Teaching Interest
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems
By: Tarun Khanna
What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details
- 2014
- Chapter
Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Reasoning in Entrepreneurial Theory and Research
By: G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani
This chapter draws on theories of entrepreneurship and history to explore the ways in which historical processes play an integral role in entrepreneurship. It builds off the plea by Joseph Schumpeter for an active exchange between historical approaches and theories of... View Details
Jones, G., and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Reasoning in Entrepreneurial Theory and Research." Chap. 8 in Organizations in Time: History, Theory, Methods, edited by Marcelo Bucheli and R. Daniel Wadhwani, 192–216. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
- 2011
- Book
Getting to Giving: Fundraising the Entrepreneurial Way
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence
Getting to Giving is based on Stevenson's many years as a donor, fundraiser and entrepreneur. The book offers practical techniques and real life stories, and brings passion and humor to the art and science of asking for money. Topics included in the book... View Details
Keywords: Fund Raising; Fundraising; Non-profit Management; Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Stevenson, Howard H., and Shirley M. Spence. Getting to Giving: Fundraising the Entrepreneurial Way. Belmont, MA: Timberline LLC, 2011.
- 2008
- Article
Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States
By: Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman
Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors' behaviors, procuring organizations' roles in increasing donations remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Behavior; Programs; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Ventures; Health Testing and Trials; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; For-Profit Firms; Organizations; Training; United States
Anteby, Michel, and Mikell Hyman. "Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States." Social Science & Medicine 66, no. 4 (2008): 963–969.
- March 2017
- Article
Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital
By: Y. Sekou Bermiss, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald and Emily Cox Pahnke
This paper investigates the social context of entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as... View Details
Keywords: Signals; Social Salience; Venture Capital; Higher Education; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Investment
Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald, and Emily Cox Pahnke. "Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 3 (March 2017): 545–565.
- March 2020
- Technical Note
Intrapreneurship: Leading Innovation Efforts in Established Organizations
By: Karen G. Mills and Annie Dang
“Intrapreneurship” is the use of entrepreneurial management techniques within established companies to create new environments that foster innovation. Mature firms have consistently faced risk of elimination from competitors, shifting consumer preferences, and... View Details
Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Innovation; Corporate Venture Capital; Accelerators; Incubators; Lean Startup; Hypothesis Testing; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Framework; Disruption
Mills, Karen G., and Annie Dang. "Intrapreneurship: Leading Innovation Efforts in Established Organizations." Harvard Business School Technical Note 820-096, March 2020.
- April 2011
- Case
The Sandbox: Creating a Bottom-Up Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Lynda M. Applegate, Rhea Ghosh and Amar Kumar
Discussion of new model of Social Enterprise that applies the venture capital model to social enterprise. View Details
Ghosh, Shikhar, Lynda M. Applegate, Rhea Ghosh, and Amar Kumar. "The Sandbox: Creating a Bottom-Up Entrepreneurial Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 811-053, April 2011.
- May 2013
- Case
Kaiser Permanente: Innovating to Transform Healthcare
By: Lynda Applegate
This case enables discussion of organizational and industry transformation. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Strategy; Organ; Entrepreneurship; Management; Competitive Strategy; Behavior; Leadership; Health Industry; United States
Applegate, Lynda. "Kaiser Permanente: Innovating to Transform Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 813-184, May 2013.
- June 2010
- Case
The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Edward Watson
The case describes the founding and evolution of the Shaw Group through acquisition. The case is set at the time that the company is redesigning its business processes, organization, and information technology infrastructure to support aggressive growth and increased... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Information Technology
Applegate, Lynda M., and Edward Watson. "The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 810-135, June 2010.
- 2012
- Article
Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models
By: Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana and Julian Cardenas
In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a global sample of 200 social entrepreneurial organizations to develop a typology of social entrepreneuring models. This typology is based on four possible forms of capital that can be leveraged: social, economic,... View Details
Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas. "Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models." Special Issue on Social Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics 111, no. 3 (December 2012): 353–373.
- January 12, 2023
- Article
Progressive Decentralization: A High-level Framework
By: Jad Esber and Scott Duke Kominers
We explain a high-level framework for designing for future decentralization up front, and offer some guidance about when and how to do so. The guidelines apply to both web3 projects and more traditional organizations. View Details
Keywords: Crypto Economy; Cryptocurrency; Decentralization; Decentralized Autonomous Organizations; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurial Management; Organization Behavior; Organization And Management Theory; Organization Form; Organizational Structure
Esber, Jad, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Progressive Decentralization: A High-level Framework." a16zcrypto.com (January 12, 2023).
- 2010
- Working Paper
When Open Architecture Beats Closed: The Entrepreneurial Use of Architectural Knowledge
This paper describes how entrepreneurial firms can use superior architectural knowledge to open up a technical system to gain strategic advantage. The strategy involves, first, identifying "bottlenecks" in the existing system, and then creating a new open architecture... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment Return; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Design; Organizational Design; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "When Open Architecture Beats Closed: The Entrepreneurial Use of Architectural Knowledge." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-063, February 2010. (Revised July 2010, October 2010.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Networking Frictions: Evidence from Entrepreneurial Networking Events in Lomé
By: Stefan Dimitiadis and Rembrand Koning
Spatial proximity between firms plays a crucial role in entrepreneurship by creating knowledge spillovers, enabling resource sharing, and sparking productivity gains. Building on these insights, research has explored whether institutions and organizations can engineer... View Details
Dimitiadis, Stefan, and Rembrand Koning. "Networking Frictions: Evidence from Entrepreneurial Networking Events in Lomé." Working Paper, February 2023.
- 2016
- Article
Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners
By: Andy Wu
We study information aggregation in organizational decision-making for the financing of entrepreneurial ventures. We introduce a formal model of voting where agents face costly tacit information to improve their decision quality. Equilibrium outcomes suggest a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Angel Investors; Organization Design; Voting; Group Decision-making; Information; Strategy; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Financing and Loans
Wu, Andy. "Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2016): 189–194.
- 23 May 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
The Entrepreneurial Journey of China’s First Private Mental Health Hospital
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
the more eclectic business careers of the last few decades. His entrepreneurial journey culminated (at least temporarily) in the sale of his electric toothbrush company to Procter & Gamble for almost a half-billion dollars. Not bad... View Details
- June 1999
- Article
Interorganizational Endorsements and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Ventures
Stuart, Toby E., Ha Hoang, and Ralph Hybels. "Interorganizational Endorsements and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Ventures." Administrative Science Quarterly 44, no. 2 (June 1999): 315–349.
- February 2015 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners
By: Joseph B. Fuller, David J. Collis and Matthew G. Preble
Josh Golomb, president and general manager of DaVita Rx (Rx), was about to meet with Kent Thiry, CEO of Rx's corporate parent, DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita), in August 2013. The two would discuss whether Golomb should lead a new DaVita venture, Paladina... View Details
Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Startup Management; Startup; Strategic Positioning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States
Fuller, Joseph B., David J. Collis, and Matthew G. Preble. "Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners." Harvard Business School Case 315-046, February 2015. (Revised June 2017.)