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  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

patent pools has questioned conventional thinking about the need for strong patent laws to encourage innovation. Other studies have shown that independent inventors continued to play a major role in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

labeling of bioengineered foods. Another source of controversy and confusion is the patenting of genes and access to data from the human genome. "As a company, we believe that genetic information should be available to anyone for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 09 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 9

assessing the startup health care company's 2014 marketing plan. On December 31, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a silk protein technology that, when added to vaccines, reduced or removed the need... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2013
  • Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

in frequency and complexity as the virtual model spreads and takes root. Apple is in the extraordinarily uncomfortable position of suing one of its major suppliers, Samsung, for alleged patent infringement. And now, with Rana Plaza and... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

of its operating income, while P&G has a policy of licensing any patented technology not in use in one of its own businesses within three years. Q: What are the benefits for a business actively following an open innovation paradigm?... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

into how individuals learn directly from their prior experience and indirectly from the experiences of others. The Litigation of Financial Innovations Authors: Josh Lerner Publication: Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 06 Jan 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

nations. Who would benefit most from stringent guidelines? Presumably, countries that spend the biggest proportion of their gross domestic product on new ideas, those whose stream of patents is greatest, and those in which the atmosphere... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • April 2010
  • Teaching Note

The DiagnoFirst Opportunity (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen
Teaching Note for [309112]. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Patents; Cash Flow; Venture Capital; Negotiation Deal; Health Care and Treatment; Opportunities; Law; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Europe
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Pozen, Robert C. "The DiagnoFirst Opportunity (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 310-118, April 2010.
  • 01 Nov 2016
  • First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

America Innovation Network By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and William R. Kerr Abstract— Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2018
  • Case

Yatooq: Longing for Arabic Coffee

By: Mark Roberge, Gamze Yucaoglu and Samer Al-Rachedy
As one of the few female entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, Lateefa Alwaalan had been trying to produce the perfect cup of Arabic coffee for over a decade. In 2007, she began testing various coffee blends, which she later branded Yatooq, the Arabic word for “craving” or... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Sales; Entrepreneurial Selling; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Barrier To Entry; Business Start-ups; Yatooq; Entrepreneurship; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Strategy; Patents; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Adaptation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Asia
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Roberge, Mark, Gamze Yucaoglu, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "Yatooq: Longing for Arabic Coffee." Harvard Business School Case 819-075, November 2018.
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

"You can be unique, the only company that has this product or service. You have a patent for Lipitor, and you get to make a lot of money," she explained. "Or you have tightly held complementary assets. Look at Coca-Cola.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities
  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

on average, more valuable—they are more clinically effective; have higher patent citations; lead to more revenue and to higher stock market value. Using variation in the expansion of Medicare prescription drug coverage, we show that firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2006
  • Other Unpublished Work

The RAD-Patent-LRD Mapping Project

By: William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu
Keywords: Patents
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Kerr, William R., and Shihe Fu. "The RAD-Patent-LRD Mapping Project." United States, Bureau of the Census Technical Paper , U.S. Bureau of the Census, January 2006. (Summary version published in The Journal of Technology Transfer.)
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

sector. Pisano proposes more vertical integration, fewer but closer long-term collaborations, and quasi-public corporations. In academia he calls for more cross-disciplinary research and for universities to strive to disseminate new knowledge and liberate it from... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

this without a patent or a copyright. In theory, anyone could try to horn in on his territory. Surely some are trying; there are no formal barriers to entry. Rovell's competitive advantage is his reputation. Foster A Reputation For... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

Lauder Companies with global packaging as a key responsibility, Caracappa had to assess a recent proposal he had received from a small French company that had patented a packaging innovation. The innovation could save the Estée Lauder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy
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Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 721-001, January 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
  • March 2017 (Revised February 2025)
  • Case

Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation

By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew G. Preble
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Polaroid first invented—and then continuously reinvented—the field of instant photography. Under the leadership of its mercurial founder Edwin Land, the company regularly released new instant cameras and films, often... View Details
Keywords: Instant Photography; Company History; Change Management; Disruption; Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Intellectual Property; Patents; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew G. Preble. "Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 817-107, March 2017. (Revised February 2025.)
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