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Democratizing Technology: Leading Sustainable and Scalable Change
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8019BC-EEntrepreneurshipIn this chapter, the authors study four clusters of entrepreneurs whose technological ventures will improve the future for a growing proportion of the burgeoning human population. This chapter is excerpted from "The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World"Starting at €8.20
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Tapping Financial Resources: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurship
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8027BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter explores some of the more interesting trends in resource mobilization for social and environmental ventures, spotlighting various entrepreneurs and their experience and lessons learned. This chapter is excerpted from "The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World"Starting at €8.20
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Infosys and TCL: Unshackling Indigenous Enterprise
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8048BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter examines how local entrepreneurs in China and India are building successful enterprises in very different ways, comparing the rise of one of China's leading companies, TCL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics, with the rise of Infosys, one of India's leading software companies, and a pioneer of off-shoring. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futur...Starting at €8.20
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Creating Successful Business Models: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurship
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8028BC-EEntrepreneurshipSocial and environmental entrepreneurs are learning to channel their convictions, boundless creativity, and ability to amass the necessary resources into building sustainable systems and structures that address the most pressing market failures of our time. In this chapter, the authors examine the three categories of business models that leading social enterprises seem to fall into, discussing the challenges and opportunities of each for mainstre...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Bridges: Linking China, India, and the West
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8035BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter describes the corporate success story of General Electric in linking China and India in corporate symbiosis, providing one blueprint for the West's re-engagement with China and India. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Film Stars and Gurus: Soft Power in Bollywood and Beyond
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8037BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter looks at how soft power-which arises from the appeal of a country's cultural and political practices-has won global influence for India, through the popularity of its film industry, international expansion by individual companies, and the soaring presence of yoga in the West, among other things. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Manna and Miasma: Meanderings Through the Chinese and Indian Financial Firmaments
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8049BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter illustrates how exchange does or does not occur in financial markets in China and India, profiling these countries' differing approaches to foreign investment and indigenous entrepreneurship. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20
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Changing the System: Leading Sustainable and Scalable Change
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8018BC-EEntrepreneurshipIn addition to science and technology, today's social entrepreneurs are exploring new approaches to governance, property rights, and market transformations. In this chapter, the authors look at some of the ways in which these entrepreneurs are working to change the system and suggest that mainstream companies that follow their lead have an opportunity to shape future market rules and get a jump on competitors. This chapter is excerpted from "The...Starting at €8.20
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Scaling Solutions: Leading Sustainable and Scalable Change
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8017BC-EEntrepreneurshipIn order to tackle the great challenges of achieving sustainable development, we need to learn how to scale and replicate the more sustainable solutions and mobilize collective effort in ways rarely seen outside of wars and space races. This chapter sounds the alarm for companies to plug into the ideas and actions of social and environmental entrepreneurs as they start to develop their own scale-up plans. This chapter is excerpted from "The Powe...Starting at €8.20
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Fiat and Fairness: Why China Can Build Cities Overnight and India Cannot
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8050BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter considers differing attitudes to private property in China and India, and the effects of these attitudes on economic growth. This chapter is excerpted from "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours"Starting at €8.20