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- March 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
By: Willy Shih, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki and Courtney Hyland
Gordon Zong is trying to teach Chinese universities and research institutes how to do effective technology transfer and IP licensing, but he is trying to do it in an environment with weak property rights and an underdeveloped support infrastructure. As the managing... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Patents; Knowledge Management; Law Enforcement; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; China
Shih, Willy, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki, and Courtney Hyland. "Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 611-057, March 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
is a fundamental building block of everyday technologies. The increasing importance of FOSS throughout the economy became critically apparent in 2014 when the Heartbleed... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
focused on building a strong regional presence in Latin America. Even if Telefónica has to sell its assets, or itself, its regional position will command a high price. Keep Your Eye on the Ball. A big deal takes lots View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
long tail! Carl Størmer: There's an interesting question, too, about whether the seeds for your jump to the next S-curve are there in your past work, and how you might find and build on that. If you study Milestones, an album Miles made... View Details
- Summer 2016
- Article
Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View
By: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu
The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production model to produce and disseminate knowledge. While several prior studies have shown that the open-content production model can lead to high-quality... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Internet and the Web; Balance and Stability; Operations; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Dissemination
Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu. "Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View." Information Systems Research 27, no. 3 (September 2016): 618–635.
Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity
We live in a dynamic economic and commercial world, surrounded by objects of remarkable complexity and power. In many industries, changes in products and technologies have brought with them new kinds of firms and forms of organization. We are... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
dealt out public works projects—worth more than $250 billion annually—to construction companies. Long-standing collusion between officials and the industry had discouraged competition and excluded outsiders from winning bids. Even after... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
finding solutions for high unemployment in outmoded manufacturing industries, which was a situation that contributed to political and social unrest in the region. “It was one of the first applications of the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
startup with twelve locations across the country. From setting the vision to managing construction build outs, crafting pitches to navigating permits, and having meetings in closets to seeing Ever/Body’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines
whole, Greater Boston, and beyond. First came the establishment of the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem, and now construction of the Science and Engineering Complex is well... View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) is the chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening public education through grants and advocacy. The foundation’s mission aims at ending... View Details
- 14 Oct 2015
- HBS Seminar
Scott Stern, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
- July 2017 (Revised March 2019)
- Technical Note
The Future of Mobility: Economic, Environmental, and Social Implications
By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
This technical note explores how advancements in technology are fundamentally transforming how consumers interact with mobility. Transformation is being driven by three independent trends: the emergence of affordable electric vehicles, the development of autonomous... View Details
Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Automobile Manufacturing; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Mobility; Inequality; Electric Vehicles; Ride-sharing; Ambidexterity; Transformation; Disruption; Change; Technological Innovation; Transportation; Equality and Inequality; Auto Industry; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Distribution Industry
Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "The Future of Mobility: Economic, Environmental, and Social Implications." Harvard Business School Technical Note 118-008, July 2017. (Revised March 2019.)
- 04 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship
Stan’s responsibilities include anticipating the end-user’s experience, gathering the resources needed for development, and building a business model to understand the value of the investment for the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Distinct Yet of a Piece
Their office locations range from the summit of a skyscraper in Boston to the front seat of a pickup truck in Oklahoma. Their workdays may be dedicated to helping build... View Details
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
Does the federal deficit matter? Oceans of ink track and report this monster tally (current estimates for fiscal year 2006 stand at $260 billion), yet Jerry Green of Harvard Business School and Laurence J.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The art of thinking creatively
Gerald W. Schwartz’s (MBA 1970) endeavors to enhance education at HBS are visible in the very halls he once traversed. On a mission to introduce thought-provoking artwork into the main classroom buildings at the School, Schwartz hopes to... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Teradyne and HP forced their organizations to focus on these new technologies. The CEOs of both companies got involved, creating separate, financially autonomous divisions for the projects to ensure that the technological breakthroughs... View Details
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
different groups all over the world—while still maintaining a cohesive message. Agitators must also organize and launch a collective action against the status quo; innovators must build a coalition of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
poverty," she says, "I realize how incredibly rich I am." She and her husband also support the care of their son Bobby's siblings in Nepal, and Shuster-Haynes is helping raise funds to build a pediatric wing... View Details