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2023
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The Harvard USPTO Patent Dataset: A Large-Scale, Well-Structured, and Multi-Purpose Corpus of Patent Applications

By: Mirac Suzgun, Luke Melas-Kyriazi, Suproteem K. Sarkar, Scott Duke Kominers and Stuart Shieber

Innovation is a major driver of economic and social development, and information about many kinds of innovation is embedded in semi-structured data from patents and patent applications. Though the impact and novelty of innovations expressed in patent data are difficult... View Details

Keywords: USPTO; Natural Language Processing; Classification; Summarization; Patent Novelty; Patent Trolls; Patent Enforceability; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science

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February 2016 (Revised March 2017)
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Regulating Radio in the Age of Broadcasting

By: David Moss, Marc Campasano and Colin Donovan

When the Titanic tragically sank on April 15, 1912, potentially life-saving help was delayed as a result of failures in radio communication. In part as a result, Congress moved swiftly to regulate radio, passing the Radio Act of 1912 four months later. Although at... View Details

Keywords: Radio; Regulation; Communication Technology; Government Legislation; History; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

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01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

order, take for granted that he will buy. Say to him "Mr. Blank, what color shall I make it?" or "How soon do you want delivery?" ... Take out your order blank, fill it out, and handing him your pen say, "Just... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

07 Jul 2021
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Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

its value when it loses trust, at least in the short term. Meanwhile, a 10 percent increase in trust leads to 0.8 percent more economic growth. “People think trust is an airy-fairy concept that’s nice but not essential, and it’s not,” Gupta says. “It’s that moment when... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Fellowship and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Grant to conduct research on diversity and social stigma within organizations. Alexandra earned her BA at Wesleyan University, graduating as a valedictorian in 2004.... View Details

13 Aug 2020
Blog Post

The U.S. Job Search for International Students

students to get work visas at larger companies? The most common, and sought after, long-term skilled visa category in the U.S. is the H-1B Temporary Specialty Worker classification. H-1B visas do require sponsorship from the employer and are View Details

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

PublicationsHow Will You Measure Your Life? Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon Publication:HarperBusiness, forthcoming Abstract In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Eric von Hippel

10 Dec 2009
Working Paper Summaries

State Owned Entity Reform in Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership

Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury & Tarun Khanna

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HBR Classics - Alumni

Discovering Your Authentic Leadership , Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, and Diana Myer Do You Play to Win or Not Lose , Heidi Grant Halvorson, E. Tory Higgins Level 5 Leadership - The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve ,... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Nicholson Cerritos High School Cerritos, CA CA 49 of 65 Christie Pacheco Los Gatos High School Lost Gatos, CA Subjects: American Government, College Prep/Honors U.S. Government, World History CA 50 of 65 Adam Pinkerton Arcata High School Arcata, CA CA 51 of 65 Omar... View Details

17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

PublicationsUncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business Authors:Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming An abstract is not available at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

to lose money if they grant price discounts in-store to inquiring customers—although some will do so to appease an angry customer or through a sense of fairness. In some cases, however, self-matching is the best strategy to earn higher... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

02 May 2017
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First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

Farre-Mensa, Joan, Deepak Hegde, and Alexander Ljungqvist Abstract—We provide evidence on the value of patents to start-ups by leveraging the random assignment of applications to examiners with different propensities to grant patents.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them

Keywords: by Kevin J. Murphy & Michael C. Jensen

Trust

Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... View Details

30 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

“overhead-free” group, recipients were told that a donor had given a grant to cover all the overhead costs associated with raising money for the project. The results were significant. In the control group, 336 out of 10,000 letter... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

change behavior? And usually it is a collaborative process. So for example, in myeloma, we had to start by attracting scientists to the field at the MMRF. If we had to do grant funding and get them in, but then we didn't understand the... View Details

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

personal, business, management, and financial risk before granting or denying the loan. Because these applications had already been processed in real life, the researchers knew whether each one had been accepted for a loan, and which of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

participants also vary depending on whether participants have elected the undergraduate credit option or have enrolled in the non-credit version of the program. More information is available on the Payment & Financial Aid page . Are there View Details

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