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      • October 1985
      • Background Note

      Compensation Planning for Entrepreneurs

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
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      Stevenson, Howard H. "Compensation Planning for Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-090, October 1985.
      • September 1985
      • Background Note

      Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and John R. Van Slyke
      Describes the thought process an entrepreneur should undergo before committing to a course of action. Covers understanding the opportunity--assessing the critical skills, resources, relationships, and approvals--developing an action plan; forming a business entity;... View Details
      Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Framework; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Resource Allocation
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and John R. Van Slyke. "Pre-Start Analysis: A Framework for Thinking About Business Ventures." Harvard Business School Background Note 386-075, September 1985.
      • March 1985 (Revised November 1988)
      • Case

      Precision Parts, Inc. (A)

      By: William A. Sahlman
      Contains a description of a decision confronting two entrepreneurs in mid-1981. They are considering purchasing a small manufacturer of precision electromechanical parts. Among the issues in the case are the following: 1) Should Taylor and Grayson buy Precision Parts,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Cost vs Benefits; Investment Return; Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Risk and Uncertainty; Outcome or Result; Manufacturing Industry
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      Sahlman, William A. "Precision Parts, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-131, March 1985. (Revised November 1988.)
      • February 1985 (Revised January 1989)
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      Introduction: Instructor's Manual: New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Introduction: Instructor's Manual: New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 385-200, February 1985. (Revised January 1989.)
      • June 1984 (Revised July 1999)
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      Securities Law and Private Financing

      By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
      Describes the issues an entrepreneur faces in the process of raising private funds, and the securities laws which impact the process. Based in part on a note by R.E. Floor of the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar. View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Laws and Statutes; Private Equity; Financing and Loans
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      Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Securities Law and Private Financing." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-164, June 1984. (Revised July 1999.)
      • Article

      Swedish Entrepreneurs in Manufacturing Firms and Their Sources of Information

      By: D. A. Leonard
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Ventures; Information; Manufacturing Industry; Sweden
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      Leonard, D. A. "Swedish Entrepreneurs in Manufacturing Firms and Their Sources of Information." Research Policy 13, no. 2 (April 1984): 101–114.
      • 1982
      • Chapter

      Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs

      By: R. M. Kanter
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Power and Influence; Business or Company Management
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      Kanter, R. M. "Power and Enterprise in Action: Corporate Middle Managers as Entrepreneurs." In Work and Occupations: Autonomy, Power and Control, edited by M. Cantor and P. Steward. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 1982.
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      A History of Green Entrepreneurship

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones
      This research recovers the history of the entrepreneurs and firms who developed green or “sustainable” businesses, identifies the multiple motivations behind their strategies, explores the clustering of green business in specific locations, and shows how the concept of... View Details
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      Bringing Individuals Back In: The Effects of Career Experience on New Firm Founding (forthcoming Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      In this paper (with Scott Shane) the link between the career experiences of potential entrepreneurs and the decision to found a new firm is explored. Because of methodological and theoretical obstacles, sociological research on organizational foundings has largely... View Details
      • Forthcoming
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      Confronting the Limits of Symbolic Actions: How Entrepreneurs Narrow the Presentation-Performance Gap

      By: Rebecca Karp and Siobhan O'Mahony
      Entrepreneurs often skillfully leverage symbolic actions to manage impressions and gain acceptance for their innovations. Impression management can generate interest, but also heighten expectations beyond an innovation’s capabilities, creating a gap between... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Innovation; Integration Strategy; Impression Management; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; Technology Industry
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      Karp, Rebecca, and Siobhan O'Mahony. "Confronting the Limits of Symbolic Actions: How Entrepreneurs Narrow the Presentation-Performance Gap." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 15, 2025.)
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      Digital Innovation and Transformation – MBA Elective Curriculum

      By: Feng Zhu
       

      Digital Innovation and Transformation is designed to equip students to confidently help conceive, lead and execute digital innovation initiatives and develop new business models for existing and insurgent organizations. The basic premise of the course... View Details

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      Enduring Success

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Harvard Business School graduates have achieved many different kinds of success as leaders of businesses, as entrepreneurs and in their public and private lives. After authoring or co-authoring 150 cases, serving on many corporate and non- profit boards, Howard... View Details
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      Entrepreneurial Failure

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Most startups fail. Why? Are there recurring patterns that can be anticipated and avoided? If entrepreneurs fail, how can they do so in ways that leave their reputations, relationships, and integrity intact? And, how can they learn from the experience, heal, and... View Details
      Keywords: Startups; Entrepreneurship; Failure
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      Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

      By: Tarun Khanna

      Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time.  Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing... View Details

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      HBS Startup Bootcamp

      By: Martin A. Sinozich

      The Startup Bootcamp is an immersion program for first-year HBS MBA candidates that uses a leaning-by-doing approach to build skills required as an early stage entrepreneur. View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Entrepreneurial Journey; Entrepreneurial Financing
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      How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages (with Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Selin Sayek)

      By: Laura Alfaro
      The empirical literature finds mixed evidence on the existence of positive productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a novel mechanism, which emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling... View Details
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      Hybrid organizing

      By: Julie Battilana

      While historically the commercial and social sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, over the last 30 years we have witnessed a blurring of the boundaries between these two sectors. In an effort to account for this transition, Professor Battilana’s second... View Details

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      Investing for Impact

      By: Archie L. Jones

      The Field Course: Investing for Impact was born out of the efforts of HBS students and faculty in the spring of 2020 and offered for the first time in fall semester of 2021.

      This course seeks to help students understand why certain... View Details

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      Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)

      By: Shawn A. Cole

      This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details

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      Launching New Ventures—Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners (Executive Education)

      By: William R. Kerr
      Starting up a new venture amid rapid change is fraught with challenges. Whether you are starting a new business, launching a new business line, or building an entrepreneurial culture within a small-to-midsize company, this program provides a new perspective and core... View Details
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