Technology Commercialization - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel Gary P. Pisano and Alison Berkley WagonfeldHarvard Business School Case 610-031 In 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2012
News

In Memoriam

approachable—even humble—exemplifying in everything he did the true sense of what it means to be a teacher.” An authority on the management of technology and innovation and an HBS faculty member for 41 years, Richard Rosenbloom (MBA 1956,... View Details

Keywords: obituraries; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Alex Civetta

Alex advises companies on the intersection of law and business, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, technology transactions, and negotiation. He represents startup companies on all matters from formation through exit, and he regularly... View Details

Keywords: Legal

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

appropriate TAM, leverage synergies, and hopefully increase likelihood of becoming profitable. It realizes that the technology it developed for India also has relevance in other markets that share India’s climatic conditions and large... View Details

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

and fellows’ companies funding has quadrupled. It is gratifying to be a part of the program’s tremendous growth and mentor next generation entrepreneurs who contribute to society by commercializing groundbreaking View Details

11 Nov 2021
Blog Post

ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

war zones around the world. Brandon Tseng calls it “self-driving technology for defense.” The long-distance, 2.8-pound quadcopter drones, running on Shield AI’s Hivemind software, can navigate through buildings without a pilot, streaming... View Details

15 May 2020
News

New Menu

trajectory of these young food businesses, in addition to all the potential pitfalls. Big Ideas Ventures focuses on the transition points as a company moves from product to a commercial kitchen and beyond. "We dedicate a lot of our time... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

automotive company Aptiv for the first autonomous commercial rollout in 2018. To date, customers have logged about 25,000 driverless rides and awarded them an average of 4.94 out of 5 stars. (A human pilot and copilot tag along, both to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

beginning when its drivers are matched with a paid fare and throughout the duration of that fare. So drivers often don’t buy their own commercial insurance, opting instead to stick with personal insurance. However, in most cities, Uber... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

was its reasoning? It argued that the marketplace has changed because new technologies — such as cable, the Internet, and satellite TV — facilitate new and diverse sources of information and content. The competition they provide, the FCC... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

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Can China Lead?

Can China sustain its remarkable emergence of the past 35 years? Surely No, for multiple reasons. China will be a leader, but not the leader. Professor McFarlan will talk about both the challenges and opportunities for those seeking to do business with and within China... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

Wilson believes this heightened understanding of humanness will "ultimately be a positive development," leading to breakthroughs in diplomatic, social, and commercial activity. Another panelist, MIT professor Sherry Turkle, an expert in... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Bridging Domains

knowledge sharing across Harvard will spark multidisciplinary consideration of societal issues brought on by the rapid development and commercialization of technology and science. “I believe Harvard is well... View Details

23 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 23

Massachusetts landfill. By summer 2010, Davis's team was poised to take the next big step in building a successful clean-tech company. It was time to take the company's technology to market, identify customers willing to pay, and scale... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

low return. He also offered strategic pointers for companies immersed in the field. Suddenly, with the ability to monetize IP, there was a new freedom.— Gary P. Pisano At moments during Pisano's talk, titled "The Biomedical Revolution: From Scientific Promise to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology; Technology; Technology

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

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24 Apr 2014
News

Crowdfunding capital for small business

James ("Brad") McGee (MBA 1987) cofounded iCrowd to bring entrepreneurs together in online communities to network and to help provide the financial and commercial resources businesses need to thrive. He launched the crowdfunding website... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Academic Cross-Pollination

at Hewlett-Packard for seven years and holds two patents in integrated-circuit testing, admits it was anything but inevitable that he would end up at HBS. “I was interested in science and technology policy at the Kennedy School, and I... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Arjun Goyal

pitched Foresight to HBS Business Angels, an alumni investment group, and have high hopes for the annual New Venture Competition. “On a commercial level,” Arjun explains, “Foresight is innovative in the way it applies new View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

business and commercial development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It will revolutionize how medicine is practiced," he states simply. "Right now the doctor listens to your heart with a stethoscope and maybe... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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