Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa

Readings

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Stylized view of entrepreneurship	McMillan, John, and Christopher Woodruff. “The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 16, no. 3 (2002): 153-70. (PDF) Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. “The Secret to Job Growth: Think Small.” Harvard Business Review Magazine, July 2010.
2	Income inequality, social stratification and market opportunity at the bottom of the pyramid: The case of Brazil	Marulanda, Sergio, Belén Monedero, Diogo Santos and Fernando Tomé. “Beleza Natural: Choosing the Right Growth Model.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case, May 2006. Beleza Natural.
3	Mixer
4	Where are we in the global cycle?	“World Economic Outlook Update: Restoring Confidence Without Harming Recovery.” International Monetary Fund, July 7, 2010. Boone, Peter, and Simon Johnson. “Will the Politics of Global Moral Hazard Sink Us Again?” Chapter 10 in The Future of Finance. London School of Economics and Political Science, 2010, pp. 247-88.
5	Entrepreneurship diasporas; Team dynamics	Kerr, William, and Daniel J. Isenberg. “Take Advantage of your Diaspora Network.” Harvard Business School Note. Harvard Business School Publishing. Note: 9-808-029, August 15, 2007.
6	Global location decisions	Nanda, Ramana, and Toby Stuart. “KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-809-092, March 4, 2009.
7	Entering a market in flux	Barnett, Katie, Anand Mohanrangan, Teru Tanaka, and Yipeng Zhao. “Conexia: Entering the U.S. Market.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources. Case: 10-103, July 13, 2010. (PDF - 1.2MB)
8	Global sales strategies for ambitious entrepreneurs	Kuemmerie, Walter, and Chad Ellis. “Spotfire: Managing a Multinational Start-Up.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-899-078, October 12, 1998.
9	Inside the entrepreneurial ecosystem	Sahlman, William A. “Endeavor: Creating a Global Movement for High-Impact Entrepreneurship.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-810-049, September 28, 2009. Endeavor
10	Working in a G-Lab project	Lehrich, M. Jonathan, Paul John Paredes, and Ramesh Ravikumar. “Compsis at a Crossroads.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources. Case: 07-044, December 15, 2009. (PDF)
11	Faculty meetings with teams
12	When bad teams happen to good people	Lehrich, M. Jonathan, Jeff Kennedy, Anne Ma, Mike Reagan, and Tristan Wu. “Breakdown in Brazil.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. Case: 09-097, Rev. October 7, 2011.
13	Introduction to library research; Open Mike
14	Open Mike; Medical information
15	Travel logistics; Faculty meetings with teams
16	Faculty meetings with teams
17	Global environment for your projects	“World Economic Outlook: Recovery, Risk, and Rebalancing.” International Monetary Fund, October, 2010.
18	Local environment for your projects	Bowers, Andrew, Daniel Cook, Lori Simpson, and Stanley Yung. “PeaceSoft Solutions (A).” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. Case: 08-078, September 2, 2008.
19	Internationalization	Cuellar, Alejandro, Yvette Hau, Walter Lironi, and Diego May. “Color/9: Tatitos.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. Case: 09-090, March 2002.
20	Faculty meetings with teams
21	Faculty meetings with teams (cont.)
22	Managing your G-lab internship	Dowd, Katherine, Patcharapa Yuu, and Theeradech Kay. “Kapanmed (A).” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. Case: 10-108, November 30, 2010.
23	Conclusion
	G-Lab Internship
24	Debrief and reflection session
25	Poster session
	Submission of final deliverables