CEE 45Q Social Entrepreneurship Startup

2003 Winter

References

Primary Sources for Reading Assignments

1. Domain Investigation, Development of Design Principles

• Mills, Evan and Steve Johnson. 2002. The Specter of Fuel-Based Lighting: A Dramatic Opportunity for Technology Leapfrogging in the Developing World. Issue Paper, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. July 5. (http://eetd.lbl.gov/emills/PUBS/PDF/FBL_1-pager.pdf)
• Irvine-Halliday, Dave, et al. Light Up the World: Nepal Light Project and Everest. (http://www.lutw.org/Images/Nepal_Light.pdf)
• Dees, J. Gregory. 2001. "Social Entrepreneurship" in Dees, J. Gregory, et al., eds. Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley. pp. 1-18.
• Kelly, Tom. 2001. "Innovation at the Top" and "The Perfect Brainstorm" in The Art of Innovation. New York: Random House. pp. 1-14, 53-66.
• Campbell, Sarah B., ed. 2002. Harvard ManageMentor on Running a Meeting. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing.
• Dees, J. Gregory. 2001. "Mastering the Art of Innovation" in Dees, J. Gregory, et al., eds. Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley. pp. 161-169.
• Kitzi, Jerry. 2001. "Recognizing and Assessing New Opportunities" in Dees, J. Gregory, et al., eds. Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley. pp. 43-62.
• Trull, Samuel G. 1963. "Strategies of Effective Interviewing." Harvard Business Review, January_February.
• Corey, E. Raymond, ed. 1990. "Field Interviews" in MBA Field Studies: A Guide for Students and Faculty. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing.
• Doering, Don S., et al. 2002. Tomorrow's Markets: Global Trends and Their Implications for Business. World Resources Institute, United Nations Environment Programme, and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. (http://www.wri.org/wri/business/tomorrows_markets.html)
• Prahalad, C.K. and Stuart L. Hart. 2002 "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid." strategy + business, First Quarter. (http://www.digitaldividend.org/pdf/bottompyramid.pdf)
• Herbst, Kris. 2002. "Enabling the Poor to Build Housing: Pursuing Profit and Social Development." Changemakers.net, September - October. (http://www.changemakers.net/journal/02september/herbst.cfm)
• Prahalad, C.K. and Allen Hammand. 2002. What Works: Serving the Poor, Profitably. World Resources Institute. (http://www.digitaldividend.org/pdf/serving_profitably.pdf)
• Doyle, Michael and David Straus. 1976. "How to Find Win/Win Solutions" in How to Make Meetings Work! New York: Berkley Books. pp. 55-59.
• Kelly, Tom. 2001. "The Makings of a Hot Group" in The Art of Innovation. New York: Random House. pp. 70-71.
• Herbst, Kris. 2003. "Compassionate Manufacturing: Doing Business with the Poor." Changemakers.net, January. (http://www.changemakers.net/journal/03january/herbst.cfm)
• Drucker, Peter F. 1985. "The Practice of Innovation" in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 21-36, 133-140.
• Moss Kanter, Rosabeth. 1999. "From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as Beta Site for Business Innovation." Harvard Business Review, May-June.

2. Development of Initial Design of Product and Business Plan

• Thomke, Stephan and Ashok Nimgade. 2000. IDEO Product Development. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 9-600-143.
• McGrath, Rita Gunther and Ian C. MacMillan. 1995. "Discovery-Driven Planning." Harvard Business Review, July-August.
• Collins, James C. and Jerry I. Porras. 1996. "Building Your Company's Vision." Harvard Business Review, September-October.
• McGrath, Rita Gunther and Ian MacMillan 2000. "Putting Discovery-Driven Planning to Work," "Managing Projects with Uncertain Outcomes," and "The Entrepreneurial Edge" in The Entrepreneurial Mindset. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. pp. 231-299, 337-343.
• Porter, Michael E. 1996. "What is Strategy?" Harvard Business Review, November-December.
• Rangan, V. Kasturi. 2002. ApproTEC Kenya: Technologies to Fight Poverty and Create Wealth. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, N9-503-007.
• Sahlman, William A. 1997. "How to Write a Great Business Plan." Harvard Business Review, July-August.
• Timmons, Jeffry A. 1999. "The Business Plan" in New Venture Creation, pp. 367-407.

3. Development of Final Design of Product and Business Plan

• Weston, Anthony. 2001. "Families of Moral Values," "Some Tradtional Ethical Theories," and "When Values Clash" in A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 68-116.
• Hart, Stuart L. and Clayton M. Christensen 2002. "The Great Leap: Driving Innovation From the Base of the Pyramid." MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall.

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