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  • February 2011 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

Brazil: Leading the BRICs?

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich and Aldo Musacchio
Brazil's new president, Dilma Rousseff, had announced plans to sustain GDP growth above 5% annually and continue the country's leadership role among emerging economies. Between 2003 and 2010, Brazil benefited from strong economic growth and stable policies under the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Intellectual Property; Infrastructure; Economic Growth; Trade; International Relations; Economic Systems; Globalization; Corporate Strategy; Brazil; Russia; India; China; United States
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  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

requires that students consider sources of competitive advantage that arise from the companies' markedly different business models. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709409 International View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
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  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

hamper the growth of the Android platform may have merely shifted the sales to weak IP countries. This study sheds light on the emerging patent enforcement strategy literature by highlighting the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Non-competes Push Talent Away

was 0.677). Furthermore, the Michigan emigrants primarily were moving to states that did not enforce non-competes. While the results supported the brain drain hypothesis, the researchers worried that they might be skewed by View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 01 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

The House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement met recently to hash out concerns related to the H-1B program, one of the most controversial of foreign visa topics in the United States. At issue was a stubborn question that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy. Using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we first show that patenting in renewable energy remains highly concentrated in a few large energy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

granted a U.S. patent for a "flying-machine," which changed the industry irrevocably. While American manufacturers diverted resources from science and technology to patent wars and legal disputes,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

Outcomes By: Schupbach, John, Amitabh Chandra, and Robert S. Huckman Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52228 Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment By: Appel, Ian, Joan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

pattern when it came to strange-sounding management titles and overtime laws. He found a “strong” association between enforcement actions by the US Department of Labor’s hours and wage division and complaints stemming from management jobs... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 18 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

we now teach in several classes at HBS. Fortunately for the world, California does not enforce non-compete agreements. Senz: How might the end of non-compete agreements change the tech landscape? Wu: First, without non-compete agreements,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Acquisition (4) Knowledge Dissemination (5) Knowledge Management (40) Knowledge Sharing (14) Knowledge Use and Leverage (11) Knowledge (68) Labor and Management Relations (3) Labor (136) Law Enforcement (2) Lawfulness (1) Laws and... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

affects each of Porter's Five Forces as well as the resources and capabilities of the firm. The availability of patents may be key to deciding what barriers to entry exist. The enforceability of covenants... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

Patents are granted on a country-by-country basis (with a single application available for the European Union). In the United States, if an invention is sold or made public, there's a year's grace period to file a View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 24 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

patent protection. Improvement in the enforcement of patent rights. Improvement in the administration of the patent system. On paper, fifteen of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 21 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

Goldberg and Chad M. CarrHarvard Business School Note 311-020 Under the U.S. Patent Act, a patent owner has a statutory right to exclude others from engaging in the unauthorized production, use, sale, or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2010
  • Teaching Note

Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for 610085. View Details
Keywords: Patents; Production; Situation or Environment; Law Enforcement; Lawsuits and Litigation; Information Technology; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry; Semiconductor Industry
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  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

a way for managers to balance the analytical side of their work with the human side and find a sound way forward when analysis falls short. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50601 forthcoming Patent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

Political Influence of Voters' Interests on SEC Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political influence as a response to voters’ interest in employment levels is reflected in the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

change initiatives-Predictability, Teaming and Open Communication, and Results Only Work Environment-that alter the structure and culture of work in ways that enable better work and better lives. August 2013 Tax Administration Review Randomized Tax View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne