Entrepreneurial Managers - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

disinclined to conform to assumed gender stereotypes by working on beauty. The fashion industry, which is also huge, suffers from the same lack of attention from management researchers. Q: You write, "Beauty emerges as an industry which... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Academics - Health Care

entrepreneurial health care ventures that respond to the massive opportunities created by the escalating cost and uneven quality and access of health care systems globally. Students prepare a business plan, which uses the framework of... View Details

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Courses - Private Capital Project

Robert F. White FALL; Q1Q2 Entrepreneurial Finance (EF) is a course that serves as a guide for managers in the investment and financing sectors of entrepreneurial environments.... View Details

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

This was my favorite case in my favorite class, Entrepreneurial Management, taught by Professor Howard Stevenson. The protagonist learned the hard way that she had to plan to manage growth and,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

meanwhile, managed a startling recovery from its five-year slump. The company’s third-quarter sales increased by more than 5 percent over last year, and in August online revenue showed especially high growth of a whopping 41 percent—the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

13 Dec 2019
Blog Post

All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell

HBS, Julia was fortunate to have Professor Toby Stewart for the required course called The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM). She also particularly enjoyed an Elective Curriculum (second-year) class called... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Administration Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980), MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice 2:45–4:00 p.m. Entrepreneurial Solutions to World Problems Moderator: William A. Sahlman (MBA 1975, PHDBE 1982),... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

Essentials Professor William Sahlman Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by August 21 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

management," says Cespedes, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School. "But far fewer confront a basic fact: Companies typically spend much more money and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

President’s Innovation Challenge Black New Venture Competition (BNVC) Build Entrepreneurship and Tech Skills: Tech Club & CAML club workshops/seminars Rock Center and i-lab workshops HBS Course notes on the Harvard Business Publishing Site The View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

participants. The Forum consists of 3 in-person days on the HBS campus, followed by a series of virtual sessions with HBS faculty and other distinguished speakers. Participants should plan to attend all sessions of the Forum. Certificate in School View Details

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

product should have been, says HBS entrepreneurial management professor Thomas R. Eisenmann. In his new MBA course, Launching Technology Ventures, Eisenmann introduces students to the idea of the lean... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

January 2008
Article

Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus

By: Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange

Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local. Individuals launch firms and, if successful, expand their enterprises to other locations. But new firms must start somewhere, even if their businesses are conducted largely or exclusively on the Internet. Likewise,... View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business Startups; Development Economics; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Taxation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business Processes; Expansion; Internet

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09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

implications,” says Stanton, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in HBS’s Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “But just setting up a mentoring program that assumes people will come... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

people—particularly star performers—making major career transitions to management. As firms have become leaner and more dynamic, new managers have described a transition that gets more difficult all the time. But the transition is often... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

single year. This paper first documents that moves between paid work and self-employment are common and consistent with experimentation to learn about entrepreneurial earnings. This pattern motivates estimating the expected returns to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

collision between these two different operating models and ways of solving a consumer problem. On the one hand, you have a more traditional firm with traditional human resource management. In the other model, you have software solving that problem with a bunch of View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2023
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

industry compared to other sectors. “The level of uncertainty is so high for cannabis entrepreneurs. The challenges are quite unique. ” Though entrepreneurial success stories abound in the nascent market of cannabis products, the sector... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Hellman Family Fellowship awards for research excellence. Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Unit Head, Entrepreneurial Management Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of... View Details

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

support the change, and evaluating the change implementation). We examine this relationship using data from 89 clinical managers at the United Kingdom National Health Service who implemented change projects between 2003 and 2004. Our... View Details