Intellectual Capital And Property Issues - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China By: Fang, Lily, Josh Lerner, and Chaopeng Wu Abstract—Using a difference-in-difference approach, we... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

issue of responsibility to the community and who you are as a person.” Written in 1458 in Italy by trade merchant Benedetto Cotrugli, The Book of the Art of Trade recently received its first English... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Apr 2017
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Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51635 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital By: Ewens, Michael, Ramana... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2013
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contests. Industries discussed include energy, green technology, infrastructure and cities, and sustainability. In addition, the importance of fostering a collaborative online environment View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

February 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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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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06 Mar 2012
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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 from capital markets to tax treatment to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2012
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within markets: When sentiment is high, future returns are low on relatively difficult to arbitrage and difficult to value stocks. Private capital flows appear to be one mechanism by which sentiment spreads... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2011
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the trading of patents: brokers, non-practicing entities (NPEs), defensive aggregators, online platforms, auctions, and unique entities such as Intellectual Ventures. We discuss the fundamental causes for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

pay-off, no reward? Could it be driven, as some media reports have admiringly suggested, purely by intellectual fervor on the part of programmers, perhaps coupled with a noble desire to share and dispense... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

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 View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

27 May 2014
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and shapers of, beauty ideals. It uses case studies of three prominent firms to support the argument. During the nineteenth century, Coty and other French firms imagined Paris as the global View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2013
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designers must think about how to distribute property rights, people, and activities across numerous self-governing enterprises in ways that are advantageous for the group (ecosystem) as well as for the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

amount, including the licensing fee and an additional amount to recoup enforcement costs. Complicating the issue is that many infringement incidences in this context appear to be “uninformed,” that is the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

15 Dec 2003
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The New Global Business Manager

companies to allocate and control financial capital, and now we've got to completely change them so they can develop and diffuse intellectual... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

08 Nov 2011
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and allowing them to make riskier, more novel, investments. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-032.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsPatricia Gottesman at Crimson Hexagon Lena G. Goldberg View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2009
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The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

capital firms, the boards of directors, and the outcomes of these start-ups. “One lesson that emerges from our analysis is to find an experienced (and successful) partner!” One current project examines the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert