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- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 09 Dec 2019
- News
Why Immigrants Make Great Entrepreneurs
- December 1998
- Article
Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France
By: Tom Nicholas, Elisa Boccaletti and James Foreman-Peck
A popular explanation for the supposed "delayed industrialisation" of the nineteenth century French economy has been the inappropriate attitudes and actions of the managerial classes and family firms. To address these claims we model the supply and demand for... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Performance; Economy; Management; Success; Opportunities; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Saving; Higher Education; Training; Demand and Consumers; France
Nicholas, Tom, Elisa Boccaletti, and James Foreman-Peck. "Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France." European Review of Economic History (December 1998).
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
presentations. Kawasaki's wry observations of the current business scene were relayed with self-deprecating humor and great panache. His list of the "Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs" included: In year three, we're going to do $75 million... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 07 Jan 2013
- News
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
- 2016
- Working Paper
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs
By: Gareth Olds
This paper explores how eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamps Program) affects firm formation. Using a variety of identification strategies, I show that expanded SNAP eligibility in the mid-2000s... View Details
Olds, Gareth. "Food Stamp Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-143, June 2016.
- Research Summary
Immigrant Policymakers and Entrepreneurs
Since completing his prize-winning biography of Joseph Schumpeter in 2007 and his book, American Business since 1920 in 2009, Professor McCraw has been working on two new books about immigrants who came to the United States and became important policymakers... View Details
- June 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi has created the leading high end jewelry company in the Middle East, Erum Jewelry, based in her home town of Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. She believes Erum has the potential to be a world player similar to Cartier and Chopard. How should she expand... View Details
Keywords: Gender Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Al-Khubar; Middle East
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Harvard Business School Case 809-166, June 2009. (Revised July 2009.)
- 03 May 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Can a Social Entrepreneur End Homelessness in the US?
Keywords: Re: Brian L. Trelstad
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
LeBron James Helps Young Entrepreneurs In 'Cleveland Hustles'
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
into electricity. The Jacobs Wind Energy Company would soon be a major player in creating machines that would electrify rural areas across America, and eventually be sold on all five continents. “We've lost the plot of these View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Attn: Alumni Entrepreneurs
In February, for the third annual Alumni New Venture Contest, HBS clubs worldwide will judge business plans from teams led by HBS alumni. Regional winners will participate in educational, mentoring,... View Details
Keywords: contests
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
who was raised in Ethiopia and understands the market quite well. And so through her, we're able to access women entrepreneurs and women CEOs that we want to work with. “Our prime minister recently achieved... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural... View Details
Keywords: Female Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Inclusion; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Racism; Sexism; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Innovation and Invention; City; Culture; Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women." Harvard Business School Case 321-083, October 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- 31 Dec 2010
- News
Entrepreneur for the World Award
- 2024
- Working Paper
Advice and the Bayesian Entrepreneur
By: Susan Cohen and Rembrand Koning
Bayesian entrepreneurship starts from the premise that entrepreneurs’ beliefs guide their theorizing, experimentation, and choices (Agrawal et al., n.d.). Since each entrepreneur has unique beliefs based on their own set of past experiences, cognitive ability, and... View Details
Cohen, Susan, and Rembrand Koning. "Advice and the Bayesian Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-029, November 2024.
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
What do a health food manufacturer, an infectious-diseases specialist and a content-management expert have in common? Answer: All are women, all are entrepreneurs. And by virtue of being women and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- News
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Wynton Marsalis, Entrepreneur
erudition and humor in discussing famous entrepreneurs in music, from Richard Wagner to Duke Ellington, and his own entrepreneurial experiences as an aspiring musician and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
Martignetti, who is a mentor in HBS’s Rock Accelerator program. Philanthropy and community service are priorities for Martignetti. He is an active volunteer in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay... View Details