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Topics: Economics-Economic SystemsEconomics-Economic SystemsEntrepreneurship-Social EntrepreneurshipBusiness Ventures-Business OrganizationBusiness Ventures-General“To use economic terms, there are diminishing marginal returns to data-dumping in your answers.”
— HBS professor emeritus John Kotter, author of Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, on avoiding overuse of facts and figures. (Harvard Business Review faculty blog, December 6, 2010)
“The variety, nuance, and humanity of the Middle East…are being obscured.”
— Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, lamenting negative stereotypes of the Middle East, in a keynote address at Burden Auditorium. (Harvard Arab Weekend, November 18, 2010)
“Grocery store shelves and brand websites are filled with stories of humble beginnings and noble struggles against overpowering adversaries, providing underdog narratives for consumers.”
— HBS assistant professor Anat Keinan describing the market power of “challenger brands.” (Financial Times, November 22, 2010)
“The ability of entrepreneurs to provide solutions to social problems, identifying efficiencies in an economic environment, and finding creative solutions to them is the next growth story for emerging markets.”
— HBS professor Tarun Khanna on private-sector engagement in social entrepreneurship. (Times of India, January 4, 2011)
“The concept of shared value tries to focus on the tremendous opportunity to create economic value through the creation of social benefit.”
— University Professor Michael Porter, describing a new take on capitalism. (Harvard Business Review video, January 5, 2011)
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