Publications

Educators

1997
Book

Matsushita Leadership: Lessons from the 20th Century's Most Remarkable Entrepreneur

By: J. P. Kotter

Keywords: Leadership; History; Japan

August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Jake Becraft and Strand Therapeutics: The Making of an Entrepreneur

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Ananya Zutshi

Jake Becraft, a PhD student at MIT disillusioned in pursuit of his dreams of becoming an academic, serendipitously finds himself discussing the potential commercial applications of his work with Tasuku Kitada, his former postdoctoral research mentor. The two decide to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business or Company Management

Educators

2014
Book

Entrepreneurial Finance: Finance and Business Strategies for the Serious Entrepreneur

By: Steven Rogers and Roza Makonnen

Whatever business you run or plan to launch, Entrepreneurial Finance provides the essential tools and know-how you need to build a sturdy foundation that will support it for many years to come.
Entrepreneurial Finance, Third Edition, offers potent... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financial Strategy; Business Strategy

2006
Book

Growth-Oriented Women Entrepreneurs and Their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective

By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and M. M. Hart

Keywords: Growth and Development; Gender; Entrepreneurship; Research; Perspective

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

2011
Chapter

A Fine Balance: Chinese Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Historical Perspective

By: Elisabeth Koll

Keywords: History; Entrepreneurship; China

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

School Professor Rembrand M. Koning. Like party guests who refuse to mingle, entrepreneurs tend to gravitate toward people they already know at these programs, especially if they participate as a team, diminishing the learning potential.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

2005
Dissertation

The Role of Immigrant Scientists and Entrepreneurs in International Technology Transfer

By: William R. Kerr

Keywords: Information Technology; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Science; Trade

17 Feb 2016
Cold Call Podcast

The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs

Keywords: Re: Nancy F. Koehn

2001
Book

Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust From Wedgwood to Dell

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships

Research Summary

The Early Evolution of Business Groups: A Study of Diversification and Spinoffs by Vietnam's First Generation of Entrepreneurs

This study, done in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Central Institute for Economic Management, examines the experience of 95 successful Vietnamese entrepreneurs first surveyed in 1999. The project aims to build and analyze... View Details

January – March 2006
Article

The Use of Bootstrapping by Women Entrepreneurs in Positioning for Growth

By: Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart

Keywords: Growth and Development

2004
Working Paper

The Use of Bootstrapping by Women Entrepreneurs in Positioning for Growth

By: C. G. Brush, N. M. Carter, E. J. Gatewood, P. G. Greene and Myra M. Hart

2003
Conference Paper

Founder Power and Pay for Outcomes: Cash Compensation and the Entrepreneur

By: Noam Wasserman

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Compensation and Benefits

Teaching Interest

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

March 2022
Article

Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in the Field

By: Reshmaan Hussam, Natalia Rigol and Benjamin N. Roth

Identifying high-growth microentrepreneurs in low-income countries remains a challenge due to a scarcity of verifiable information. With a cash grant experiment in India we demonstrate that community knowledge can help target high-growth microentrepreneurs; while the... View Details

Keywords: Microentrepreneurs; Community Information; Field Experiment; Loans; Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Financing and Loans; Information; Mathematical Methods; India

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2003
Book Review

Review of Back Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China by Kellie Tsai

By: Doug Guthrie