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- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (TN)
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
Teaching Note for 611057. View Details
- January 2011
- Teaching Note
The Travails of Rubber: Goodyear or Badyear? (TN)
By: Tom Nicholas
Teaching Note for 808118. View Details
- May 2002 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Marketing Antidepressants: Prozac and Paxil
By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman
Describes the marketing of Prozac and Paxil, two of the best-selling mental health drugs in history. Set in 2001, several months before the expiration of Prozac's patent, Eli Lilly (Prozac's manufacturer) and GlaxoSmithKline (Paxil's manufacturer) must decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Product Positioning; Competition; Ethics; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
Moon, Youngme E., and Kerry Herman. "Marketing Antidepressants: Prozac and Paxil." Harvard Business School Case 502-055, May 2002. (Revised October 2005.)
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies. We assess the effect on participating firms' innovative performance, comparing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
more neutral over time, not more extreme, and, remarkably, the largest such declines are found with contributors who interact with articles that have greater biases. We also find some significant differences between Republicans and Democrats. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710408-PDF-ENG C.K. Claridge, Inc James K. SebeniusHarvard Business School Case 910-045 Sued for patent infringement, chemical manufacturer C.K. Claridge (CKC) tries to design a settlement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 1999 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (G)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Katharina Pick. "Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (G)." Harvard Business School Case 400-012, July 1999. (Revised December 2005.)
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that LBOs decrease... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
technology that is not being used by one of its businesses within three years of its patent date is automatically made available for license to others—including competitors. This may have an additional side benefit: P&G businesses now... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
patents nor copyright to protect its technology. The company even allows its designers to use its software when they do independent work. The case encourages a discussion of the role of intellectual property rights in safeguarding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
lines. We model and show empirically that exploration R&D does not scale as strongly with firm size as exploitation R&D. The resulting framework conforms to many regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
with manufacturers, although asking a manufacturer not to sign with Amazon, for example, might be a tough sell. In cases where the third parties develop products themselves, as is the case with many mobile apps, companies may be able to stave off platform competition... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
fund the launch of nearly all start-ups. The founders' current income, cash reserves, credit card capacity, and "mortgagable" assets account for most of the early stage capital in the United States.2 Other forms of non-cash entrepreneurial investments include... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
pressured circumstances, such as a layoff, are also less likely to be innovation-driven. These firms tend to underperform in creating patents or bringing breakthrough ideas to market because they often prioritize existence and survival... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
employment structures within 319 large employer firms and top patenting firms during the period between 1995 and 2008. Many firms bring in immigrants through the firm-sponsored H-1B visa, the largest program for temporary skilled... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
The result would be improved deal process design in MBOs and improved capital formation in the economy overall. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50980 Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
on California and Silicon Valley, we exploit Michigan's inadvertent reversal of its non-compete enforcement legislation as a natural experiment to investigate the impact of non-competes on mobility. Using the U.S. patent database and a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: What's the Next 'Big Thing' in Finance?
“Office Hours” series. During “Office Hours,” HBS experts field questions from Instagram users, responding through short videos. Cohen studies finance and innovation, producing research and courses about topics including fintech, asset pricing, View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
in the Asia-Pacific region," said Hooper. "To be a major global player, you have to take part in this market. My biggest challenges in Asia are currency devaluation, government price rollbacks, and patent infringements—but we'd... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details