Patenting - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Oct 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Robots in the Boardroom

advantage for companies–if they know how to use it. Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires? Computers make better hiring decisions than managers when filling simpler jobs. Research Papers Some Facts of High-Tech PatentingThis study details the growth of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

communities, gain While this setup has clear benefits for employees, it also benefits corporations: When employees can work from anywhere, they tend to exhibit greater company loyalty, he says, perhaps imbued by a sense of independence and respect. His research at the... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

27 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

teachers. There's Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram yoga in America, who has aggressively fought to patent his approach to traditional yoga style. Then there is the former model and ballet dancer Tara Stiles, who isn't particularly... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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Tsedal Neeley | About

work worldwide, as well as her patented software simulation on global collaboration . Prior to her academic career, Tsedal spent a decade working for companies like Lucent Technologies and The Forum Corporation in various roles, including... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

those jobs earn. Many participants came to the program with advanced degrees and even holding patents but little, if any, work history. Pisano explains that many of those candidates wouldn’t make it through the interview process or... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Corporation. All existing and pending patents were transferred to the new corporation. 17 Wheelwright left the company in the early 1940s, but stayed on as a member of the Board of Directors until 1948. In addition to Polaroid Day Glasses... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

get these reports immediately, so you can actually fine-tune an online campaign in real time." Law is the cofounder of Russell Reynolds Global Internet Practice. He previously served as founder and CEO of an interactive brand marketing consultancy, where he... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Patent System Is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What To Do About It (Princeton University Press, 2004), with Adam Jaffe, was selected by The Economist as one of the Best Business and Economics Books of the Year. Erik Stafford :... View Details

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

assigned his patents to La Cellophane Societe Anonyme, a French company formed for the sole purpose of marketing the invention. In 1923, the company licensed to DuPont the exclusive rights to make and sell cellophane in the United States.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

31 Jan 2014
News

Body, Heal Thyself

reaching into the billions. Then one evening he got a call from Noubar Afeyan, managing partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, a venture capital firm that started Moderna, asking Bancel to swing by the company's Boston office and take a look at the latest data coming in... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

person’s performance be tracked, and what factors will be evaluated to determine success? Evaluation measures could include sales or revenue goals, the number of patents filed or products launched, or customer satisfaction levels. 3. Who... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

its promising commercial release of instant photography the following year. Polaroid outsourced the manufacture of the negative to Kodak, but would keep the production of the positive in-house. In the ensuing months, Polaroid's legal team continued to apply for View Details

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Judges - Alumni

Prior to Now, she co-founded Nourish, a patented children's product that was distributed through traditional and online retail channels. Lara Co-Authored the best selling book, "Level Up: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding your Business... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Firm Foundation

Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

divide, and to look instead at the hidden role of the supply chain economy in powering innovation and employment. It’s not surprising that most economists have focused on manufacturing when it comes to innovation. “It’s where the majority of View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

December 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Zespri

By: Jose B. Alvarez and Mary Louise Shelman

Grower-owned Zespri is the sole exporter of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit outside of Australia and New Zealand. Facing growing international competition, Zespri invested in consumer branding and innovation, which has led to new types of kiwifruit that taste better and... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Brands and Branding; Cooperative Ownership; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; New Zealand

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October 2004 (Revised March 2005)
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Langer Lab, The: Commercializing Science

By: H. Kent Bowen, Alex Kazaks, Ayr Muir-Harmony and Bryce LaPierre

Professor Robert Langer's laboratory at MIT is the source of an unusually large number of published papers, patents, and technology licenses to start-up and established companies in the biomedical industry. Explores Langer's leadership and other factors that create a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Research and Development; Patents; Innovation Leadership; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Education Industry