edXFreeCertificate Available

Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies

Harvard's Tarun Khanna on how entrepreneurship addresses social problems in emerging economies.

Harvard Universityโ€ขBy Tarun Khanna
4.6
(3,200 reviews)โ€ข120,000 students enrolled

About this course

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation can address complex social problems in emerging economies. Taught by Harvard Business School's Tarun Khanna, this course examines the role of markets and institutions, and how entrepreneurs identify opportunities and build solutions in contexts where formal institutions are often weak or missing.

Skills you'll gain

EntrepreneurshipSocial InnovationEmerging MarketsOpportunity IdentificationInstitutions

Syllabus

1
Problems and Opportunities in Emerging Economies
2
The Role of Institutions
3
Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities
4
Building and Scaling Solutions
5
Measuring Social Impact
Free

Certificate: $99

Go to Course
Duration6 weeks
Effort2-4 hours/week
Levelbeginner
LanguageEnglish
SubtitlesEnglish, Spanish

Related courses