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Entrepreneurial Management

Recent Publications

Books

Amabile, Teresa M., and Steve J. Kramer. The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Harvard Business Press, 2011.

Jones, G. Beauty Imagined. A History of the Global Beauty Industry. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch, eds. El Impacto Histórico de la Globalización en Argentina y Chile: Empresas y Empresarios (The Historical Impact of Globalization in Argentina and Chile: Enterprises and Entrepreneurs). Buenos Aires: TEMAS - Grupo Editorial, 2011.

Lerner, Josh, and Mark Schankerman. The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development. MIT Press, 2010.

Lerner, Josh, and Antoinette Schoar, eds. International Differences in Entrepreneurship. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Tedlow, Richard S. Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--and What to Do About It. Penguin Group, Inc., 2010.

Published Papers and Book Chapters

Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology." Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4, no. 1 (March 2011): 116-121.

Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "The Power of Small Wins." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).

Carroll, Glenn R., and Magnus Thor Torfason. "Restaurant Organizational Forms and Community in the U.S. in 2005." City & Community 10, no. 1 (2011): 1-25.

Cespedes, Frank V. "Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations." In Handbook of Business to Business Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Company, 2011.

Cespedes, Frank V., and Michael Wong. "Selling to Many Countries--Within the U.S." MIT Sloan Management Review 52, no. 1 (fall 2010).

Friedman, Walter A. "Leadership and History." Chap. 11 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Publishing, 2010.

Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?" In Rappaport Institute/Taubman Center Policy Brief. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010.

Ingram, Paul, and Magnus Thor Torfason. "Organizing the In-between: The Population Dynamics of Network-weaving Organizations in the Global Interstate Network." Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 4 (December 2010): 577-605.

Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups in Historical Perspectives." Chap. 3 in The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups, edited by Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, and James R. Lincoln. Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management Series. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Kerr, William R. "The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors." In Agglomeration Economics, edited by Edward Glaeser, 237-276. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and the Growth of Innovation Clusters." In The Innovation for Development Report 2010-2011, edited by Augusto Lopez-Carlos, 103-107. Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship." In Handbook on Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich, 88-103. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2011.

Khaire, Mukti, and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category--Modern Indian Art." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010).

Köll, Elisabeth. "A Fine Balance: Chinese Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Historical Perspective." In The People's Republic of China at 60--An International Assessment, edited by William C. Kirby. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2011.

Moneta, Giovanni B., Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel, and Steve J. Kramer. "Multi-Rater Assessment of Creative Contributions to Team Projects in Organizations." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 19, no. 2 (2010): 150-176.

Nanda, Ramana, and Tarun Khanna. "Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 19, no. 4 (winter 2010): 991-1012.

Nicholas, Tom. "Cheaper Patents." Research Policy 40, no. 2 (March 2011).

Nicholas, Tom. "Independent Invention During the Rise of the Corporate Economy in Britain and Japan." Economic History Review 64, no. 2 (August 2011).

Nicholas, Tom. "The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization." Explorations in Economic History 48, no. 2 (April 2011): 272-291.

Pekkala Kerr, Sari, and William R. Kerr. "Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey." Finnish Economics Papers 24, no. 1 (spring 2011): 1-32.

Roberts, Peter W., Mukti Khaire, and Christopher I. Rider. "Isolating the Symbolic Implications of Employee Mobility: Price Increases after Hiring Winemakers from Prominent Wineries." American Economic Review 101, no. 3 (2011): 147-151.

Sahlman, William A. "Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)." Economics, Management, and Financial Markets 5, no. 4 (December 2010): 11-53.

Torfason, Magnus Thor, and Paul Ingram. "The Global Rise of Democracy: A Network Account." American Sociological Review 75, no. 3 (2010): 355-77.

Wasserman, Noam, Nitin Nohria, and Bharat Anand. "When Does Leadership Matter? A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership." Chap. 2 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Publishing, 2010.

Working Papers

Abraham, Ronald, Felipe Kast, and Dina D. Pomeranz. "Insurance Through Savings Accounts: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment among Low-Income Micro-Entrepreneurs in Chile." Working Paper.

Falck, Oliver, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr. "From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival." Harvard Business School Working Paper 10-112, 2010.

Foley, C. Fritz, and William R. Kerr. "Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-006, August 2011.

Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell. "Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-027, October 2011.

Hellman, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman. "The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16922, April 2011.

Jones, Geoffrey, and Loubna Bouamane. "Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-112, May 2011.

Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-003, July 2011.

Jones, G. "Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-076, 2010.

Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina D. Pomeranz. "Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups and Peer Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device." Working Paper.

Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers. "Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-061, December 2010.

Khaire, Mukti, and Erika Richardson. "Medium and Message: The Role of the Media in Establishing Institutional Logics." Working Paper, 2011.

Nanda, Ramana. "Entrepreneurship and the Discipline of External Finance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-098, March 2011.

Nicholas, Tom, and Malhar Nabar. "Uncertainty and Innovation at the Time of the Great Depression." Working Paper.

Ozmel, Umit, David T. Robinson, and Toby E. Stuart. "Strategic Alliances, Venture Capital, and Exit Decisions in Early Stage High-tech Firms." Working Paper.

Pomeranz, Dina D. "No Taxation Without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax." Working Paper.

Torfason, Magnus Thor. "My Brother's Keeper: Patterns of Norm Violations in a Virtual World." Working Paper, 2011.

Wadhwani, R. Daniel, and Mukti Khaire. "Height Taken but Worth Unknown: Valuation as an Institutional Process." Working Paper, 2011.

HBS Course Materials

Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, and Ryan Johnson. "Internet Securities, Inc.: Path to Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 811-098.

Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, Ann Cullen, and Alexis Brownell. "Online Research Guide." Harvard Business School Note 811-095.

Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group." Harvard Business School Case 811-081.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., Alison Berkley Wagonfeld, and Lauren Barley. "Aardvark." Harvard Business School Case 811-064.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and David Kiron. "Aquion Energy." Harvard Business School Case 811-047.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., William A. Sahlman, and Evan Wade Richardson. "Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight." Harvard Business School Case 811-077.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Michael Sing Pao. "Dropbox: "It Just Works"." Harvard Business School Case 811-065.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Amit Jain. "Mochi Media." Harvard Business School Case 811-056.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., Jeffrey Bussgang, and David Kiron. "Predictive Biosciences." Harvard Business School Case 811-015.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Robert Cho Go. "Product Development at OPOWER." Harvard Business School Case 811-075.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Steven Carpenter at Cake Financial." Harvard Business School Case 811-041.

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lauren Barley. "Triangulate." Harvard Business School Case 811-055.

Ghosh, Shikhar, Lynda M. Applegate, Rhea Ghosh, and Amar Kumar. "The Sandbox: Creating a Bottom-Up Entrepreneurial Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 811-053.

Hamermesh, Richard G., F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil, Andrew Katz, Michael Morgan, and David LaBorde. "Computerized Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 311-061.

Hamermesh, Richard G., Josh Lerner, and Phillip Andrews. "U.S. Universities and Technology Transfer." Harvard Business School Note 812-016.

Jones, Geoffrey G., and Christina Lubinski. "Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism." Harvard Business School Case 811-060.

Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing New Ventures." Harvard Business School Note 811-093.

Khaire, Mukti, Elena Corsi, and Elisa Farri. "ABICI." Harvard Business School Case 811-085.

Khaire, Mukti, Gustavo A. Herrero, and Cintra Scott. "Globant." Harvard Business School Case 811-059.

Khaire, Mukti, Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo Sato. "GLOBIS." Harvard Business School Case 811-061.

Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Ramana Nanda, David Kiron, and Evan Richardson. "1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture." Harvard Business School Case 811-076.

Lassiter, Joseph B., and Evan Wade Richardson. "The Fox Islands Wind Project (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 811-051.

Lassiter, Joseph B., William A. Sahlman, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld, and Evan Wade Richardson. "Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity." Harvard Business School Case 812-035.

Nanda, Ramana, Sanjay Kumar Aggarwal, and Nilambaran Ganenthiran. "Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance." Harvard Business School Note 811-026.

Nicholas, Tom, Lindsey Marshall, and Charles Anthony Miller. "Narragansett Brewing Company." Harvard Business School Case 811-028.

Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "The Whiz Kids." Harvard Business School Case 811-042.

Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines." Harvard Business School Case 811-034.

Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Jeffrey Bussgang, and David Chen. "foursquare." Harvard Business School Case 711-418.

Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, Ann Leamon, and Lisa Strope. "Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 811-073.

Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid." Harvard Business School Case 811-013.

Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Tamara Obradov. "Gilt Groupe." Harvard Business School Case 811-049.

Sahlman, William A., and Elizabeth A. Kind. "Bling Nation." Harvard Business School Case 811-029.

Sahlman, William A., and Evan Wade Richardson. "The Changing Face of Angel Investing." Harvard Business School Case 811-046.

Sahlman, William A. "Risk and Reward in Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Note 811-036.

Sahlman, William A., and Evan Wade Richardson. "WiTricity: Electricity cuts the cord." Harvard Business School Case 811-045.

Tripsas, Mary, Amit Bhatia, and Anita M. McGahan. "Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts." Harvard Business School Case 812-032.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Julia-Dawn Irene Taylor. "Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR?" Harvard Business School Case 812-024.

Wasserman, Noam T., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Founder-CEO Succession at Acer." Harvard Business School Case 811-062.

Wasserman, Noam. "Ockham Technologies (A): Building the Team." Harvard Business School Case 812-021.

Wasserman, Noam. "Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-022.

Wasserman, Noam T., and Kyle Anderson. "Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making." Harvard Business School Note 811-068.

Wasserman, Noam T., Furqan A. Nazeeri, and Kyle Anderson. "Term Sheet Negotiations: A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach." Harvard Business School Note 812-028.

Individual faculty publication pages will contain the most current citations, as well as links to abstracts and full-text articles when available. Publications on this page are updated quarterly and may not be current. Only widely available course materials are listed.