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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder

When she became a new mom, Allison O’Kelly (MBA 1999) wanted to have more flexibility in her life, and realized that other parents did as well. As founder and CEO of Mom Corps, O’Kelly turned a personal challenge into a profession. As a mom of three boys, she leads a... View Details
  • August 2006 (Revised June 2015)
  • Background Note

Female Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Countries

By: Geoffrey Jones and Alexis Lefort
Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in developing countries. There are higher rates of female entrepreneurship in developing countries than developed countries, but necessity is often the main driver in lower income countries. Explores the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Developing Countries and Economies
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  • 23 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

tempered with great caution," says Chakravorti. "The entrepreneurs who can capture the limited resources have the potential to do well. Shortage and adversity are powerful stimuli for focusing the mind." At HBS, Chakravorti teaches and writes on View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • July–August 2021
  • Article

Lowering the Bar? External Conditions, Opportunity Costs, and High-Tech Startup Outcomes

By: Annamaria Conti and Maria P. Roche
We assess the heterogeneous impact of economic downturns on individuals’ decisions to bring high-technology ideas to the market in the form of new ventures. We thereby examine how worsening labor market conditions influence individuals’ opportunity costs of starting... View Details
Keywords: Necessity Entrepreneurship; Economic Conditions; Recessions; High-tech Startups; Opportunity Costs; Entrepreneurship; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Business Startups; Information Technology; Performance; Labor
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  • 2009
  • Book

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed and What to Do About It

By: Josh Lerner
In response to the financial crisis, governments are being far more aggressive in intervening to promote economic activity, a trend that shows little tendency of alleviating. This book looks at the experiences of governments in encouraging entrepreneurs and venture... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Policy; Business and Government Relations
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  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

give back to open source in various ways.” These results add substantial weight to the arguments that open source advocates have been making for years, Nagle says: Open source supports the entire modern economy and has become an irreplaceable View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

New Urban Order

expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
  • 07 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

markets we want to create, given options of illegal file-sharing and copyright infringement," says Anteby. "Any arena where there are concerns that entrepreneurship would place us in a situation where we're not entirely... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
  • Web

HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

Forman 24 OCT 2023 | HBS Case What do Steve Jobs and Sarah Breedlove have in common? Through a series of case studies, Robert Simons explores the unique qualities of visionary leaders and what today's managers can learn from their journeys. View Details
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Business School professors—former Medtronic chairman and CEO Bill George, economist and entrepreneurship expert Bill Sahlman, and innovation and strategy authority Rosabeth Moss Kanter—to offer their thoughts on some of the year's most... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

peer-reviewed publications. As I seek to transform this research into clinical impact, I believe that biotechnology entrepreneurship can amplify the reach of our scientific discoveries by bringing them directly to patients in need.... View Details
  • Web

Skydeck - Alumni

education system Carbon's Second Act A startup employing nature's C02 recycling model—and the necessity of sweeping, speedy scaling Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains Scaling carbon capture in Southwest Wyoming Can We Really Engineer a... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Derek Ferguson

for Daddy’s House and other charities devoted to children’s education.) A broad revenue base is a necessity in a business hammered by illegal Internet downloads. “It’s had a tremendous impact,” Ferguson says, describing the 20 to 30... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Crisis and Creativity

fundamental decisions for any business: where to play, how to deliver, and how to win. Where to Play. Entrepreneurs must target downturn needs such as superior value relative to existing players or provide good substitutes for the View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Making Finance Personal

Cook Main article: Where Innovation Rules Necessity may be the mother of invention, but as Scott Cook (MBA 1976) can attest, an unhappy spouse can be a powerful prompter of innovation. Spurred by the complaints of his wife, Signe Ostby... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 06 Jan 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

Training Course in Personnel Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

opportunity for women and this seemed like a good opening for them," she asserted. 5 The program began in the waning years of the Depression, and Stedman understood the value of professional training for women as "an economic necessity of... View Details
  • Web

Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets

watched a short video of Yusuf Hamied discussing the necessity of incremental innovation in the pharmaceuticals industry in the 2000s. Lively discussion then ensued, moderated by HBS Professors Tarun Khanna, Srikant Datar, and Geoffrey... View Details