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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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NKT Photonics A/S: Doing Business at the Technological Frontiers
Torben Pedersen; Githa KurdahlCase IVEY-9B16M055-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTo improve its profitability, NKT Photonics A/S (NKT), a small Danish company operating in the global photonics industry, was getting ready to undertake the commercialization process of its highly advanced optical fibre technology. NKT’s chief executive officer (CEO) was considering two options for accomplishing this goal: (1) establishing strategic partnerships with system integrators in order to gain access to commercial customers, or (2) repos...Starting at €8.20
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Nokia: From In-house to Joint R&D
Marcus Moller Larsen; Torben PedersenCase IVEY-9B11M114-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis case describes the organizational and strategic challenges of outsourcing research and development (R&D) activities from Denmark to China. Nokia Denmark was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of the Nokia Corporation and contained the largest Nokia R&D unit, concentrating on the development of mobile phones, outside Finland. In 2007, Nokia Denmark received instructions from corporate headquarters to drastically increase the number of mobile pho...Starting at €8.20
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S - Exploiting Global R&D Synergies
Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B09M079-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyWith a change in management in 2005 came a radical reorganization and the announcement of several new strategic initiatives. Among the initiatives was the establishment of the Vestas Technology research and development (R&D) business unit with an aim of achieving global leadership in all core technology areas and, consequently, strengthening the core competence for the company. By 2008, Vestas had succeeded in setting up a global R&D network with...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