Patenting - Publications - Faculty & Research

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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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

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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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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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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