Innovation

A Lean Startup Approach to International Development

Large-scale planning isn’t the answer.

by

Serguei Netessine

and

Ioana Popescu

by

Serguei Netessine

and

Ioana Popescu

December 11, 2014

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Serguei Netessine is the vice dean for global initiatives and the Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a coauthor, with Karan Girotra, of The Risk-Driven Business Model: Four Questions That Will Define Your Company (HBR Press, 2014). Follow him on Twitter: @snetesin
Ioana Popescu is a Professor at INSEAD, where she holds the Strategy& Chair of Revenue Management.

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