Publications

Research Summary

By: Myra M. Hart

Professor Hart is currently conducting research on women entrepreneurs pursuing high growth strategies. Hart is a member of the Diana Research Group, a team of five professors who have collaborated in an on-going investigation of the unique oppportunities and obstacles... 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

Educators

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

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

you either have to have money or position," she said. The glass ceiling is real, she added. "Money is what you need to change the world. We get both power and position when we get money. All of us have knowledge." Much of what View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

because all the venture capitalists and engineers and other founders are mostly men,” Koning says. “If you want a platform that is more diverse, then you need the larger ecosystem to be more diverse.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

December 8, 2017
Article

Why Many Women Social Entrepreneurs Avoid Commercial Models

By: Matthew Lee, Stefan Dimitriadis, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Julie Battilana

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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

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

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

landscape look like for women? Myra Hart: Let's start with, "Who do women entrepreneurs know and who knows them?" In spite of the fact that women are very good at... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

March 7, 2018
Article

Women Entrepreneurs Are More Likely to Get Funding If They Emphasize Their Social Mission

By: Matthew Lee and Laura Huang

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

While many characteristics that mark a successful entrepreneur are gender blind, being a woman does make a difference, and recognizing and utilizing those differences is an equally important quality to cultivate when building a new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

Professor Mukti Khaire's challenge to management students is lofty, even by Harvard MBA standards. Don't just change the way people live, change the way they think. Change culture. In her new elective course, Creative High-Impact Ventures: View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

January 2003
Article

Women Entrepreneurs Who Break Through to Equity Financing: The Influence of Human, Social and Financial Capital

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

Keywords: Human Capital; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Gender; Capital; Equity

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

nature," the strengths and possibility of a given person or enterprise, leaders must also be able to see an individual or organization's weaknesses. And the case points to these aspects of Shackleton and the expedition as well. I've taught this case twice so far:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

Educators

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

For high-powered executive women, the HBS program Women Leading Business: An Executive Forum offers a unique opportunity to discuss strategy, examine problems, and explore solutions. Below Professor Myra Hart shares her vision of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Bridgit: Persevere or Pivot?

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

In late 2012, Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake, two young women in their final year of college, founded Bridgit, a technology startup that developed solutions to simplify vital but laborious processes within the construction industry. In the Fall of 2013, after months... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Co-founders; Women Executives; Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Research and Development; Competition; Construction Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Canada

Educators