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Company Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. Wharton Technology The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania shares its intellectual... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

School's investment in its doctoral programs creates intellectual capital with widespread effects. After receiving their degrees, most graduates of the DBA and Ph.D. programs go on to influential faculty... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

conventional venture capital fund, creates two-thirds of its portfolio startups in-house; the Black List, a highly anticipated annual publication in Hollywood that ranks the year’s unproduced scripts based on nominations from hundreds of... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

recipient of the 2021 Mary and Jim Lawrence Fellowship for contributions in enhancing the intellectual environment of the Carlson School of Management at University of Minnesota. Antonio Moreno : Finalist for the 2021 Management Science... View Details

February 2024
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AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney

The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early... View Details

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15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate. Chandler placed the issue of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

senior associate dean John Quelch stated on the occasion of his death. "He was an intellectual provocateur but one whose insights were grounded in a profound understanding of practice." The author or coauthor of numerous... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

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HBS - The year in Review

School's educational programs; Intellectual ambition for widespread impact; Internationalization to build global knowledge, Inclusion to enhance culture and community, and Integration with Harvard University. Srikant Datar became Dean on... View Details

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

of intellectual property theft by foreign competitors grows and secrecy becomes a more attractive strategy for firms to protect and capitalize on their innovations, this question is becoming increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Feb 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Patent Trolls and Small-Business Employment

Keywords: by Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Elena Simintzi

14 Apr 2014
News

The Puzzle of Life

"I think the human race is beginning to unravel what life is," says Andrew Farquharson (MBA 1999). "I find that intellectually fascinating." His interest, and a desire to make a difference, led Farquharson to the life sciences industry,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; crowdfunding; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Mar 2008
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One-on-One with Jim Breyer

Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel Partners. He figured he’d stay a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1997
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Peter Wendell (MBA '76)

opportunities." The key to any new venture, Wendell explains, is usually the quality of the people driving it. In 1982 Wendell cofounded Sierra Ventures with what then felt to him like a huge sum: $16 million. Today Sierra has almost a half billion dollars in committed... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Joint Venture

In this issue of the Bulletin, our focus is on HBS’s “intellectual ambition.” Since its founding in 1908, the School has been committed to creating and disseminating intellectual capital that will help... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2017
Working Paper

Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment

By: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa and Elena Simintzi

We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the... View Details

Keywords: Patent Trolls; Patents; Small Business; Employment; Venture Capital

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01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action

the Valley's "Band of Angels," a group of entrepreneurs who are recycling their capital and energies into new ventures. This month the Center's first two intellectual products will make their debut in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy

explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

Reviving Entrepreneurship

New enterprises don't exist in a vacuum: They rise or fall depending on myriad contextual factors, all of them interrelated, and all of them affected by government policy. U.S. lawmakers must carefully consider the effects of interventions in at least 12 areas, ranging... View Details

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Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog

success; optimizing capital efficiency; legal and intellectual property development; regulatory considerations. Industry Challenges and When to Get Help - when should you worry about regulatory concerns? Who... View Details

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Patrick Connolly

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my life before business school, I was a concert pianist and music theorist-disciplines that require truly deep, vertical expertise. My decision to attend HBS was consciously designed to broaden my View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

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