Pirates - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

early modern pirates in Asia can tell you as much about mercantile capitalism of the era as the activity of ostensibly regular merchants. He applied the same logic to hackers and data capitalists of today. In 1970s California, capitalist... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

file-sharing remains largely unexplored in academic research. Are There Established Practices For Preventing Ip Theft In Other Countries? Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood Hollywood's earnings in India have largely been... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

pirate it. The first category increases Windows' installed base without affecting sales. As a consequence, this group increases the value of Windows. And thanks to these pirates, Microsoft is able to set higher prices in the future... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

to this month's column, to "be bad actors with respect to copyright"? Is, as David Albert Newman suggests, " ... pirating intellectual property ... for the good of society ... (if) this is a correction to dysfunctional... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

and the western lab benefiting from that," Choudhury says of the findings. "It illustrates the mobility of human capital leading to knowledge transfer." Patents Without Pirates But the findings raised an uncomfortable... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

23 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?

a common misconception that people who buy niche products will have greater loyalty to them," Elberse says. "But I bet that the average viewer who likes to purchase classic black-and-white movies also tends to watch hits like Wedding Crashers and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

reluctant to meet them for fear of more idea-theft suits. Smarter government intervention might loosen these buyer’s participation constraints, Luo says. Related Articles HBS Cases: Branding Yoga Protecting against the Pirates of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

"Selling tickets isn't where the money is," says Higgins, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, a veteran venture capitalist, and an owner of the Portland Pirates hockey team. "Sports media content is such a big... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

HBS Working Knowledge readers want it all, judging by our all-time most popular articles. Here you'll find stories on everything from maintaining a professional image to writing a business plan, from how to market on social media to why music View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

rights that entrepreneurs eventually want, the legal stability that commerce craves, and the stability that society demands. For in the end, even pirates and pioneers want order. Once they have staked their claim or claimed their loot,... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518077 Harvard Business School Case 718-018 Piracy in Somalia (A) A Somali fisherman stands on a beach in early 2011, considering his options: should he embark in his tiny fishing vessel or join a nearby View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

set to become the highest grossing film ever in the U.S. and earn over $2 billion worldwide. Frozen had just surpassed $1 billion in box office to become Disney animation’s biggest success ever. In live action movies, Disney franchises, like View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

price $x vs. downloading from p2p." Of course, pirated content has been available prior to p2p networks. The cassette recorder, for example, allowed individuals to generate unauthorized copies and to illegally share copyrighted... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

online was going to take off. Had Apple opted for significantly higher prices for songs, more people might have stuck with or turned to pirated products. There is something to be said for letting people experience the advantages of a new... View Details