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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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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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Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company (Spanish version)
Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-803S13EntrepreneurshipInvestigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments and responsive customer service--and, especially, the creation of a strong brand. Also devotes considerable attention to how Schultz built the Starbucks organization, examining the...Starting at €8.20
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Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist
Dwojeski, Anne E.; Grundy, William; Helms, Erica; Miller, Katherine; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-807145-EEntrepreneurshipMadam C. J. Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights movement, her company gave employment to thousands of African-American women and marketed its products around the world. Madam Walker was active in the social and political causes of her day, and used her position as a successful ent...Starting at €8.20
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Oprah Winfrey, Teaching Note
Koehn, Nancy F.; Besharov, Marya; Miller, KatherineTeaching Note HBS-808018-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note to (803-190).Starting at €0.00
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Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century
Koehn, Nancy F.; Besharov, Marya; Miller, KatherineCase HBS-808019-EEntrepreneurshipThe case explores the opportunities and challenges confronting Starbucks in the early 21st century. For more than 15 years, Starbucks has grown swiftly and successfully, helping create a large, dynamic market for specialty coffee, building one of the world's most powerful brands, and forging a new business model based on industry disrepair and responsible global citizenship. In 2008, Starbucks leadership faces a range of issues--inside and out of...Starting at €8.20
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Bono and U2, Teaching Note
Koehn, Nancy F.; Legris, ElizabethTeaching Note HBS-811091-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 809148.Starting at €0.00
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Transformation and Renewal (Spanish version)
Koehn, Nancy F.; McNamara, Kelly; Khan, Nora N.; Legris, ElizabethCase HBS-315S04EntrepreneurshipTransformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how Schultz and his team saved Starbucks from near-collapse, by both executing a deep, comprehensive return to its core values and, at the same time, investing in a range of new products, customer experiences and ...Starting at €8.20
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Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century (Spanish Version)
Koehn, Nancy F.; Besharov, Marya; Miller, KatherineCase HBS-809S11EntrepreneurshipEl caso explora las oportunidades y desafíos que enfrenta Starbucks en el siglo 21 temprano. Desde hace más de 15 años, Starbucks ha crecido rápidamente y con éxito, ayudando a crear un mercado grande y dinámico de los cafés especiales, la construcción de una de las marcas más poderosas del mundo, y el establecimiento de un nuevo modelo de negocio basado en mal estado de la industria y la ciudadanía global responsable. En 2008, el liderazgo de St...Starting at €8.20