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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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Where Do Unreasonable Entrepreneurs Cluster: Social Entrepreneurs Around the World
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8015BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter provides a brief examination of where social entrepreneurs (gathered from the Schwab Foundation's worldwide list) are located around the world and why they cluster in particular countries and regions. 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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Lessons for Tomorrow's Leaders: Leading Sustainable and Scalable Change
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8016BC-EEntrepreneurshipIt takes courage to attempt the apparently impossible, but great innovators and entrepreneurs have embraced such challenges. In this chapter, the authors offer some guidance on what others can do to help support the work of social and environmental entrepreneurs and other change makers and provide some important takeaways for tomorrow's leaders. This chapter is excerpted from "The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Mar...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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Roots of Unreason, Sources of Power: The Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World
Elkington, John; Hartigan, PamelaBook Chapter HBS-8029BC-EEntrepreneurshipThe authors argue that during periods of extraordinary volatility, disruption, and change, the best place to look for clues to tomorrow's revolutionary business models is at the fringes of the current dysfunctional system. In this chapter, readers meet a new generation of social and environmental entrepreneurs-"unreasonable" people who are pioneering future markets where most would see nightmarish risks. This chapter is excerpted from "The Power...Starting at €8.20
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The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A), Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Fuller, Joseph B.; Raman, Manjari; Maruyama, DonaldTeaching Note HBS-819066-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 818089.Starting at €0.00
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Hot Chicken Takeover
Kerr, William R.; Raman, Manjari; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-819078-EEntrepreneurshipBy December 2018, entrepreneur Joe DeLoss's fried chicken company, Hot Chicken Takeover, has opened three restaurants in Columbus, Ohio using an unconventional employment model that helps people with criminal records get back on their feet. DeLoss is proud of the supportive employment environment he has cultivated, but wonders how to scale it beyond Columbus.Starting at €8.20
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Hot Chicken Takeover, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Raman, Manjari; Hull, OliviaTeaching Note HBS-820021-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note to case 819078Starting at €0.00