# Developmental Entrepreneurship

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### Instructor(s)

Prof. Alex Pentland

### MIT Course Number

MAS.666 / 15.971

### As Taught In

Fall 2003

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Lecture notes
- Projects and examples

## Course Description

This class surveys developmental entrepreneurship via case examples of both successful and failed businesses and generally grapples with deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. By drawing on live and historical cases, especially from South Asia, Africa, Latin America as well as Eastern Europe, China, and other developing regions, we seek to cover the broad spectrum of challenges and opportunities facing developmental entrepreneurs. Finally, we explore a range of established and emerging business models as well as new business opportunities enabled by developmental technologies developed in MIT labs and beyond.

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## Course Collections

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### Cross-Disciplinary Lists

- Entrepreneurship Courses
- Environment Courses

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- Entrepreneurship
- Economics > International Development

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