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- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
Werker's study. "Legal rights were weaker, it took more time to register property [and] more money to start a business, and there were higher corporate taxes and informal payments to government... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Web
2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA
their guests on Harvard property or as a part of any Harvard activity are violations of HBS policy as well as the law. Possession, use, or distribution of certain non-prescription drugs, including marijuana, amphetamines, heroin, cocaine,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
Means, whose 1932 book The Modern Corporation and Private Property has been lauded as the most important business book of all time, our paper unveils new research on the legal framework underpinning fiduciary duty around the world. In the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect IP.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
on their own tacit knowledge, and intellectual property rights are vague. And because firms are usually so small, they are very dependent on alliances, but each firm joins an alliance via its own little... View Details
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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
new friends right away when they stopped in to see what smelled so good. Everyone who tried my ramen really loved it, and that inspired my decision to launch a ramen business in Boston.” “ Most restaurant owners can cook, but they don’t... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
University. CIBER sponsored the study, which will be released on April 16th. Among the preliminary findings is that most companies are not deterred by security or intellectual property concerns when considering outsourcing moves to Asia,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
inefficiencies and capitalize on its innovation: strengthening antitrust and intellectual property rights enforcement; improving the legal infrastructure (e.g., producing more business law attorneys);... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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 licensing, but he is trying to do it in an environment with weak... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
technologies allow information to flow seamlessly and invisibly across national borders, they make it very difficult for governments to do many of the things to which they have grown accustomed. Governments can't patrol their physical territories in cyberspace; they... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
PublicationsHas the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Publication:The... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Analytics-Performance-Operations-Management/dp/0133039439/ Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right Authors:Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
Sites Program, which helps New York’s churches and synagogues renovate interiors, replace roofs, and restore stained glass windows. “It’s the only nonprofit in the nation that tries to meet the needs of historic religious properties on a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
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present tangible ways in which it can do so (and why).” What I’m Reading “A brilliant materials scientist takes us through the remarkable histories and properties of the world around us, from self-healing concrete to the molecular... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
property with a market price and opportunity cost. Rights are matters for regulation, assets are matters safely and usually better left to markets. Framed in these terms, here is the problem with regulation.... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
strong complementarity, but it can arise for other reasons as well. Transaction cost economics and property rights theory advise that strong complements should be placed under unified governance, for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
sought to bring under its banner key intellectual property (IP) from the nascent field of stem cell technology. As such, iZumi would need to acquire the rights to several groundbreaking scientific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
Strategies for protecting and developing intellectual property The emergence of an increasingly powerful middle class and its impact on the consumer market and corporate social responsibility Audience This course is suitable for any... View Details
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
reformulated in light of the new data, methodology, and findings presented in this study. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsReal Blue? Viagra and Intellectual Property View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
They focused on utility patents, or new or improved useful products that grant the inventor exclusive commercial rights for up to 20 years. To qualify, patents needed to list at least one US inventor. What they found was a huge spike in... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne