Entrepreneurship & Strategy IG

Unemployment Benefits May Not be so Beneficial to Would-be Entrepreneurs

By Sarah SteimerA period of unemployment may seem like the perfect time to experiment with starting a new business — but unemployment insurance (UI) benefits may actually deter people from…

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SMS PhD Chats: Planning Your Dissertation

Release date: December 6, 2021 Speakers: Anita McGahan (University of Toronto), Phanish Puranam (INSEAD), Samina Karim (Northeastern University), and Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota) Description: Following extensive discussions of job market issues, the SMS…

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E&S Insight Series: Founders, Joiners, and Entrepreneurial Human Capital

Release date: October 14, 2021 Speakers: Henry Sauermann Description: Entrepreneurship research has for a long time focused on founders – studying their motivations, human capital, and decisions. Recent work has…

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SMS PhD Chats: Job Talks and Visits

Release date: August 25, 2021 Speakers: Marie Louise Mors (Copenhagen Business School), Chris Rider (University of Michigan), Samina Karim (Northeastern University), and Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota) Description: As we head…

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E&S Research Seminar Series – How Founder Experience Shapes Entry Strategy

Release date: August 12, 2021 Speakers: Chris Tucci and Martin Ganco Description: Join the the SMS Entrepreneurship & Strategy IG for the second series of the E&S Research Seminars for…

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How Entrepreneurs Leverage Institutional Intermediaries

A key dilemma facing entrepreneurs is how to finance their ventures. While entrepreneurs in developed economies can seek VC or angel investment, entrepreneurs in emerging economies often need to pursue…

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Chen and Thompson on the replacement of founder CEOs

We study the causes and consequences of the replacement of founder-CEOs in a sample of 4,172 Danish start-ups. We propose that founder-CEO replacement is driven in part by mismatches between…

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The Lean Startup Method

Lean startup methodology has rapidly become one of the most common and trusted innovation and entrepreneurship methods by corporations, startup accelerators, and policymakers. Unfortunately, it has largely been portrayed as…

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Creating and Capturing Value From Freemium Business Models

Freemium business models are increasingly prevalent in the digital economy, yet very little is known about how freemium affects consumers’ perceptions of value and their willingness-to-pay. In this article, I…

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Martin Ganco – Work Context & Entrepreneurship

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