Technological Transfer - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2018
News

3-Minute Briefing: Rob Price (MBA 1997)

musicianship, they learn to cooperate, negotiate, and compromise; they learn courage, confidence, intuition, and presence. What excites us is that those skills are transferable to everything—from a classroom to a boardroom, operating... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Services

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Publishing) With Murder You Get Sushi: A Miss Information Technology Mystery by Diane Davidson (MBA 1980) and Mary Ann Davidson, collaborating as Maddi Davidson (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Destiny’s Child: Memoirs of a... View Details

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

improves communication and coordination, and sets up the possibility of knowledge transfer between them. The advancements accrued not just to individual radiologists, but to the outsourcing firm as well. Huckman explains what happens as... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial and Service Management and View Details

Keywords: by Staff

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

competition into one's own innovation system. Internal researchers must compete with external sources to meet the demands of the business, and business units must compete with outsiders to make use of available technologies. The net result of this competition is faster... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk William K.L. Fung (MBA 1972): E-Commerce and... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

Profile

Matthew Boys

eBay, he “crunched data about site users” for about nine months, then transferred to Skype as a business analyst. “It was a fun company to work for,” says Matt. “We had a flat hierarchy – you could talk to anyone in the company. We had... View Details

Profile

Jonathan Evans

philanthropy by connecting people, one by one, to ideas that spoke to them.” Over a period of three years, the organization grew. “We added staff, an office, then merged with DonorsChoose.org. I learned a lot about due diligence and operations. When I View Details

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

the recognition that no matter how much technology we have, how many PowerPoint slides we have, how many knowledge management systems we have, the fact of the matter is that people learn from experience. Simulation probably helps, but... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

Chai, Kamen Bliznashki, and Courtney HylandHarvard Business School Case 611-057 Gordon Zong is trying to teach Chinese universities and research institutes how to do effective technology transfer and IP... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Manufacturing commons are "webs of technological knowhow, operational capabilities, and specialized skills" that underlie many industries, universities, and the government. Also, see Professor Jim Heskett's conversation with his readers... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

06 Dec 2021
News

Tipping Point

debut in Target and Fresh Market stores. Kahawa 1893 is experimenting with using blockchain for transparency in the tipping process. It also is exploring whether cryptocurrency might allow for more efficient tipping in a cafe setting. The cost of View Details

Keywords: April White; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

"Is talent management portable?" That's the question asked and answered in a recent Harvard Business Review article discussing issues surrounding how top managers can transfer their skill sets to a new company. The... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

01 Oct 2000
News

Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

and Australia. And in June, Brier moved ("with Pat, my bride of 28 years") to London to a new position as chairman of Priceline.com Europe. "Rather than transfer the American template abroad," he observes, "we've created an organization... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK was selling its Synflorix vaccine (against pediatric pneumonia) at fixed prices even as it View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
News

Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success

Mustard Mills. The Plochman recipe for stone-ground mustard, for example, hasn't changed much in the last one hundred years, but the technology involved in making it demonstrates 21st-century expertise. "Things happen much more quickly,"... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)

Ideally, these companies can fund their projects with project finance since that has a lower cost of capital than venture dollars. However, infrastructure investors typically prefer established technologies that are derisked and have... View Details

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation