Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Our long tradition of research in Entrepreneurship goes back to the 1930's and 1940's with the “the father of venture capitalism,” General Georges Doriot, and Joseph Schumpeter’s theory of innovation as a process of “creative destruction.” Building on our intellectual roots, our scholars come from disciplines including economics, finance, sociology, strategy, business history, management, and social entrepreneurship. A number of our faculty come from practice as venture capitalists and start-up founders. We focus our research on the identification and pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities; domestic and international funding of entrepreneurial endeavors; innovation, particularly technological innovation in international ventures; the environments in which entrepreneurs make decisions; and social entrepreneurship. As our research contributes new insights, we are advancing the world’s understanding of complex entrepreneurial issues and helping to increase the entrepreneurial success of our students and practitioners worldwide.
Initiatives & Projects
The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative encourage innovation to address the large-scale issues that beset society.
EntrepreneurshipSocial EnterpriseRecent Publications
Threadless: The Renewal of an Online Community
- February 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
Brainlab: Imaging A MedTech Future
- February 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
AptDeco: Circular Economy Furniture Marketplace
- February 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
Lidya: Bringing Nigerian FinTech Innovation to Global Small and Medium Enterprises
- February 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
Yellow Digital Retailers, Ltd.: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
- February 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling
- January 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
Brigad: The Future of Work
- January 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria
- January 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent
- January 2021 |
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- Faculty Research
mPharma (A)
- January 2021 |
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- Faculty Research