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- 30 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2013
Lemmens and Sunil Gupta provides a novel method for determining which customers to target in order to maximize the profit of a retention campaign. The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
Thomas W. Mastin
Mastin was instrumental in the development and commercialization of many of Lubrizol’s products, the world’s largest manufacturer of chemical additives for lubricants. Mastin was a published chemist who held over 20 patents for new... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Arnold O. Beckman
Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- May 2020
- Article
Inventor Gender and the Direction of Invention
By: Rembrand Koning, Sampsa Samila and John-Paul Ferguson
We study whether increasing the share of female inventors leads to more biomedical inventions that focus on the needs of women. After accounting for detailed disease-technology, disease-year, and technology-year fixed effects, we find that a 10 percentage point... View Details
Koning, Rembrand, Sampsa Samila, and John-Paul Ferguson. "Inventor Gender and the Direction of Invention." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 250–254.
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54888 Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting By: Webb, Michael, Nick Short, Nicholas Bloom, and Josh Lerner Abstract— : Patenting in software, cloud computing, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
Edward R. Stettinius
however, is most known for denouncing Diamond Match’s patent rights to the first nonpoisonous match making process, promoting safety by allowing the industry to have full access to the new technique. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
simulate counterfactuals, and develop tentative implications for pricing policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-034.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBT Plc: The Broadband Revolution (A) Harvard Business School Case 407-001 This paper proposes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
R&D organizations, a clear relationship emerges: more long-term incentives (e.g., stock options and restricted stock) are associated with more heavily cited patents. These incentives also appear to be associated with more patent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Côme Laguë (MBA 1993)
Côme Laguë (MBA 1993) founded his company, Zetta Research, to restructure patent portfolios and other intellectual property assets from closed startups, develop them, and resell them to companies that wish to unlock their potential. He... View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
recovered in key areas of economic activity. Consider patents as a proxy for resources devoted to innovation. In 1923 and 1924, patents registered in Japan fell by around one-third compared to 1922, the year... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
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Research Resources | Baker Library
management records, 1940–1996. Legal and Patent Records, 1905–2007 (Series II) Patent application files, legal office administrative files, patents, material gathered for legal trials, and records related to... View Details
Milton Bradley
Bradley created a business that has become synonymous with fun, family games. Initially marketing British games in the US, Bradley went on to patent a variety of new games including Zoetrope or “Wheel of Life” and Historoscope, a... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
John D. Nichols
promoted innovation, resulting in over 100 new product patents and line extensions. During his tenure as CEO, Nichols generated a tenfold increase in revenues from $450 million to $4.1 billion and regularly achieved 20%+ annual returns on... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Asa G. Candler
The breakthrough for Coca-Cola came shortly after the company was formed, when Candler realized the potential of his patent syrup not as a miracle drug, but as a simple soda fountain drink. Candler sent salesmen across the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Larissa Bifano
Larissa S. Bifano concentrates on patent and other intellectual property strategy, counseling, prosecution, diligence, and litigation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts. She... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—I study whether return migrants and their direct reports facilitate knowledge production and transfer across borders for multinationals. Using unique personnel and patenting data for 1,315 inventors at an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
management in sustainable investment funds has grown more than 40 percent. At the same time, the number of patents issued for green technologies has increased significantly. According to Cohen and his colleagues, 5,251 green View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
business than Democrats—and that partisan start-up gap significantly widens when Republicans take control of the presidency. Alignment with the president’s party also seems to impact the pace of innovation. A study of patent filings shows... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
transferring rents to multinational corporate patent holders headquartered in the world's most advanced countries, especially the United States. IPR advocates countered that improved IPR would spur innovation, and that even if this... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- June 1976 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Polaroid-Kodak
By: Norman A. Berg
Describes Kodak's long-awaited challenge to Polaroid in the field of instant photography. Provides technological and company background of both Polaroid and Eastman-Kodak and their respective product lines. Discusses Polaroid's claim that Kodak infringed on 10 Polaroid... View Details
Berg, Norman A. "Polaroid-Kodak." Harvard Business School Case 376-266, June 1976. (Revised March 1984.)