Entrepreneurial Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

he was, and wondered why I had asked. Well, I told him of some rules of thumb I have been working on to isolate entrepreneurial opportunities in a recession, and this question was meant as a test for one of the rules. I knew of several... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Feb 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

entrepreneurial journey, where he discovered a city of “outsized opportunities,” a small town masquerading as a big city, where serendipitous connections occur more easily than in larger metropolises: “We say, ‘It could only happen in... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

The role of government in Africa must be to establish an "investor friendly" environment, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili, a panelist at the Africa Business Conference's debate on "Government and the Enabling Environment." As View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Ben Steiner

consultants involved in business-process outsourcing to India. Ben gained experience in health care and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. “My interests became focused on affecting change through for-profit ventures,” says Ben. Empowered by View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

poverty by the country’s growing economy, Palaniappan Chidambaram (MBA ’68), India’s finance minister, predicted in a speech at HBS in October. However, India remains a land of vexing contrasts and contradictions, with enormous inequities... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

focus on how to successfully manage the financial aspects of smaller firms. We explore the difficulty of growing these firms and explore which business models are more likely to succeed. And, of course, we explore how these businesses View Details

12 Aug 2015
News

Alphabet--the Pros and Cons

Keywords: Google; Alphabet; business structure; technology

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

"But I think what we've all found is that there is a place for venture capital that plays a profound role in helping build, that participates in situational coaching and hands-on partnering with an entrepreneurial team to make... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

Profile

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

out, are often underestimated and even overlooked, but they all display an inner strength that wins the day. For Marcelo, a young woman born in the Philippines, the road to entrepreneurial success was marked by moments of doubt from... View Details

17 Sep 2024
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

professionally? How has it empowered you to embark on an international entrepreneurial journey? My classroom experiences deeply influenced my career aspirations. Courses like Global Climate Change, Cities Structures & Climates, Africa... View Details

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Entrepreneurs Promise Signers - Alumni

right for them. This commitment is an affirmation of the importance of HBS in their entrepreneurial journey and of their desire to ensure that the School remains the preeminent institution for educating leaders. Kavikrut (MBA 2013), OYO... View Details

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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Managing and Innovating in Financial Services Course Number 1509 Professor David Scharfstein Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Course Content Financial services firms play a critically important role in the global economy. They View Details

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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD DEC View Details

29 Jul 2013
News

Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers

greater impact through entrepreneurship. Bill Sahlman's Entrepreneurial Finance course helped me gain the self-awareness that maybe this was more of a personality fit than I thought." Cuffe owes another debt... View Details

Keywords: wine; wine making; wine importing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2010
News

Slum for Sale

area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as lucrative and socially View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

the impact on national prosperity that a vital entrepreneurial climate can have. In the long run, the significance of these policies looms much larger. Much of the discussion in the book has focused on specific policies and analyses. From... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
News

Lerner Honored for Research

Said Lerner: “Research in entrepreneurship has made great strides, and I am fortunate to be part of the HBS Entrepreneurial Management Unit, whose more than thirty faculty members have led the School to a preeminent position in this... View Details

Keywords: awards; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets

Monique Maddy (MBA 1993) is focusing her entrepreneurial energies on connecting the world's poor to global commerce through their cell phones. In 2007 she launched Ezuza, a Mexico City–based mobile money company that focuses on the... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the age of 15 he began to buy and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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