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15.389A

Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Asia-Pacific

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2010

Topics

  • Stylized view of entrepreneurship
  • The role of government in entrepreneurship: Singapore
  • Mixer
  • National government, international technology: China
  • The pressure to expand: China; Team dynamics
  • Intellectual property rights (IPR): India
  • National advantages in a global industry: India
  • Investing in Indonesia
  • International expansion: Indonesia
  • Working in a G-Lab project
  • Faculty meetings with teams
  • When bad teams happen to good people
  • Introduction to library research; Open Mike
  • Open Mike; Medical information
  • Travel logistics; Faculty meetings with teams
  • Fledgling company, fledgling economy: Vietnam
  • Making sense of the local environment: Vietnam
  • Session topic unavailable
  • Managing your G-lab internship
  • Conclusion
  • G-Lab Internship
  • Debrief and reflection session
  • Poster session
  • Submission of final deliverables

Readings

  • SES #: 1 · TOPICS: Stylized view of entrepreneurship · READINGS: McMillan, John, and Christopher Woodruff. “The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 16, no. 3 (2002): 153-70. ( PDF ) ↗
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  • SES #: 2 · TOPICS: The role of government in entrepreneurship: Singapore · READINGS: Vietor, Richard H. K., and Emily J. Thompson. “Singapore Inc.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-703-040, February 27, 2003.
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  • Quelch, John A. and Katherine E. Jocz. “Google in China (A).” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-510-071, January 10, 2010.
    Listed reading
  • Quelch, John A. “Google in China (B).” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-510-110, April 1, 2010.
    Listed reading
  • Talbot, David. “ China’s Internet Paradox .” Technology Review 113, no. 2 (2010): 62-7. ↗
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 5 · TOPICS: The pressure to expand: China; Team dynamics · READINGS: Anthony, Kevin, Roger Erdong Chen, Aaron Rackoff, and Wai Yan Wong. “PPS.tv and China’s Online Video Distribution Market.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources. Case: 08-074, July 29, 2008.
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  • SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Intellectual property rights (IPR): India · READINGS: Huang, Yasheng, and Harold F. Hogan, Jr. “India’s Intellectual Property Rights Regime and the Pharmaceutical Industry.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-702-039, February 21, 2002.
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  • SES #: 7 · TOPICS: National advantages in a global industry: India · READINGS: Kalegaonkar, Archana, Richard Locke, and Jonathan Lehrich. “Biocon India Group.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources. Case: 08-081, November 4, 2008.
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  • SES #: 8 · TOPICS: Investing in Indonesia · READINGS: Porter, Michael E., and Christian H. M. Ketels. “Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: 9-708-420, November 19, 2007.
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  • SES #: 9 · TOPICS: International expansion: Indonesia · READINGS: Carlisle, Erica, Chris Lin, Libby Putman, and Emily Sporl. “Mercy Corps and KeBal Healthy Food Carts: Sustaining and Scaling Up.” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources. Case: 10-106, September 26, 2010.
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  • SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Working in a G-Lab project · READINGS: 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.
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  • SES #: 12 · TOPICS: When bad teams happen to good people · READINGS: 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.
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  • McMillan, John, Christopher Woodruff, and Erin Yurday. “Entrepreneurship in a Harsh Business Climate: Reform-Era Vietnam.” Harvard Business School Case. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: IB45, March 28, 2003.
    Listed reading
  • McMillan, John, Christopher Woodruff, and Erin Yurday. “Note on Vietnam’s Business Climate.” Harvard Business School Case Note. Harvard Business School Publishing. Case: IB45, March 28, 2003.
    Listed reading
  • “Special Report: Vietnam.” The Economist 387, no. 8577 (2008): 3-16
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Making sense of the local environment: Vietnam · READINGS: Bowers, Andrew, Daniel Cook, Lori Simpson, and Stanley Yung. “PeaceSoft Solutions (A).” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. Case: 08-078, September 2, 2008.
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  • SES #: 22 · TOPICS: Managing your G-lab internship · READINGS: Dowd, Katherine, Patcharapa Yuu, and Theeradech Kay. “Kapanmed (A).” MIT Sloan School of Management Case. Case: 10-108, November 30, 2010.
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