Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa
About
A group of G-Lab students worked with a company in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to develop a metric to measure the impact of the firm's advertising services. (Image courtesy of Diego Cavichiolli Carbone on Flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Simon Johnson
Prof. Yasheng Huang
Michellana Jester
MIT Course Number
15.389B
As Taught In
Fall 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Features
Course Description
15.389B Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa enables teams of students to work with the top management of global start-ups and gain experience in running, and consulting to, a new enterprise outside the United States. The focus is on start-ups operating in emerging markets throughout the world, with a special focus on Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The course combines an internship in a growing firm with in-class discussions of the issues and policies that affect the climate for innovation and start-up success around the world.
Special Features
15.389B is part of a two-section course and includes materials that cover entrepreneurship in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. 15.389A Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Asia-Pacific is also available on OpenCourseWare and covers topics pertinent to these additional regions.