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  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with urban employment growth, but endogeneity bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near cities led to specialization in... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; City; Mining; Mining Industry; Pittsburgh
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  • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Jan 2021
  • Virtual Programming

Harnessing Entrepreneurship to Revamp Democracy

Can we solve big public problems anymore? HBS Professor Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) believes that a renewed entrepreneurial spirit can transform the public sector's response to big problems at all levels. One of our biggest challenges? Faith in the democratic process... View Details

    Africa Research Center Webinar Series: COVID-19: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps

    In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Harvard Business School (HBS) leadership urged faculty seeking to contribute to not overthink their engagement—to do what they could for whom they could. That hit home with HBS faculty member Euvin Naidoo.... View Details
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship

    By: Eleanor W. Dillon and Christopher T. Stanton
    Small business owners and others in self-employment have the option to transition to paid work. If there is initial uncertainty about entrepreneurial earnings, this option increases the expected lifetime value of self-employment relative to pay in a single year. This... View Details
    Keywords: Self-employed; Small Business; Business Earnings; Entrepreneurship; Ownership; Compensation and Benefits
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    • Article

    How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship

    By: Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca and Eva Boxenbaum
    As well as review the literature on the notion of institutional entrepreneurship introduced by Paul DiMaggio in 1988, we propose a model of the process of institutional entrepreneurship. We first present theoretical and definitional issues associated with the concept... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Framework; Research; Theory; Organizations; Management Practices and Processes
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    • April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
    • Case

    Entrepreneurship Goes Global: ResMed's Gamble

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Andrew N. McLean and Meg Glinska
    On the basis of its innovative medical device for treating sleep apnea, CEO Peter Farrell has made Australian-born ResMed a successful global company. But the company is struggling to implement a strategy to expand the device from its focused core market to a much... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Globalization; Innovation and Management; Management; Marketing Channels; Production; Expansion; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 17 Nov 2015
    • Webinars: Career

    Is Entrepreneurship Right For You?

    Are you considering pursuing an entrepreneurial career? Professor Tim Butler will share his latest research on the markers that differentiate entrepreneurs from non-entrepreneurs. Using the CareerLeader assessment tool, Professor Butler will demonstrate how your... View Details

      Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa

      This review article seeks to build bridges between mainstream African history and the more historically oriented branch of the ‘new’ economic history of Africa. We survey four central topics of the new economic history of Africa — growth, trade, labor, and... View Details
      • 28 Sep 2018
      • News

      HBS’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Names 2018-2019 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence

      • Aug 2011 - 2011
      • Conference Presentation

      Institutional Heterogeneity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Biodiesel Fuel Sector

      By: Shon R. Hiatt
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Business Ventures; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
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      • 31 Oct 2015
      • News

      Social networks, ethnicity and entrepreneurship

      • 02 May 2022
      • Video

      Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences: Course Overview with Senior Lecturer Satish Tadikonda

      • January–February 2017
      • Article

      Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship

      By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
      An increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is “acquisition entrepreneurship”—buying and running an existing operation. If you’re considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Planning
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      • Fast Answer

      Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship

      sustainability. ABI Proquest - articles from business and management academic and professional journals; including the intersection of education and entrepreneurship ERIC - A wide variety of journal and non-journal literature View Details
      • February 2017
      • Case

      Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising

      By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
      This case looks at entrepreneurship via franchising through the leadership of an African-American entrepreneur who owns almost 150 stores including Burger King, Pizza Huts, and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Her company is the largest female-owned franchise business in the... View Details
      Keywords: Giving And Philanthropy; Weather And Climate Change; Franchise Ownership; Family Business; Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Climate Change; Motivation and Incentives; Food and Beverage Industry
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      • 28 Jul 2021

      Life at HBS Chat: MBA Students in EdTech & Social Entrepreneurship

      Life At HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds and talk about how they have cultivated their personal and professional interests while at HBS... View Details
      • 05 Aug 2010
      • News

      Harvard Business School Names 2010 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows

      • 19 Jul 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Open Source Software and Global Entrepreneurship

      Keywords: by Nataliya Langburd Wright, Frank Nagle, and Shane Greenstein; Computer
      • 20 Nov 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

      Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
      • Fast Answer

      Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

      Filling the Gap: Underserved Markets in the Black Community  Use these resources to validate the need underlying your business idea. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu to schedule a consultation with a Baker librarian.  ... View Details