Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught  In 2000, The Entrepreneurial
Manager was introduced into the required first-year MBA
curriculum. The course—and its presence in the first year—marked
an important milestone in the evolution of teaching
entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.  New Business
recently gathered Howard H. Stevenson, the Sarofim-Rock
Professor of Business Administration (pictured, above center);
Paul W. Marshall, the MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management
Practice and course head for The Entrepreneurial Manager (above
left) ; and Richard G. Hamermesh, senior lecturer and instructor
for the course (above right), to discuss the general evolution
of entrepreneurial instruction (and inspiration) at HBS and the
philosophy that underpins The Entrepreneurial Manager.
Highlights from the discussion, moderated by Mike Roberts,
executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies, follow.  We've
been teaching entrepreneurship at HBS for over 50 years. What
are some of the basic tenets of the approach we've