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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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Buddha and Software: Old Links and New: Opportunities for Cooperation Between China and India
Khanna, TarunBook Chapter HBS-8036BC-EEntrepreneurshipThis chapter examines connections forged between China and India over the last two thousand years and moves into the present to consider recent efforts to create commercial and political links between the two countries. 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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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
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Avoiding Rocks and Hard Places: Your Gross Margin Model--Developing a Gross Margin Model that Will Generate Competitive Advantage
Mullins, John; Komisar, RandyBook Chapter HBS-5359BC-EEntrepreneurshipThere are five elements of any company's business model that determine whether a business or organization can survive and prosper: revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, working capital, and investment. If revenue is the lifeblood of a company, gross margin is the safety and security that is equally important. Generating adequate gross margins from your revenue ensures that there's money available to pay the rest of your company's costs. If e...Starting at €8.20
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It Takes Money to Make Money: Your Investment Model--Why Raising Less Money Is Better--Seriously!
Mullins, John; Komisar, RandyBook Chapter HBS-5370BC-EEntrepreneurshipFor most people who launch new ventures, it takes some up-front cash to open shop, and getting that cash is rarely easy. Investors worry about risk. Will the new venture make it in spite of the long odds? What is the potential return on their investment? As an entrepreneur, you are trying to figure out how to get started with as little investment as possible. Developing an investment model is a real challenge for most new ventures. But some compa...Starting at €8.20
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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, 4. What Goes Up, Can't Go Down
Christensen, Clayton M.Book Chapter HBS-1108BC-EEntrepreneurshipIn this classic bestseller--one of the most influential business books of all time--innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right--yet still lose market leadership. Christensen explains why mosStarting at €8.20