Publications

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

This rate, while manageable, could benefit from stricter cleanroom practices and further automation to reduce rework costs and enhance overall efficiency. A broader concern is the lack of intellectual property or unique product... View Details

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

watches, especially the stainless-steel sports models, had dramatically increased, resulting in a supply shortage worldwide. This case study examines the high-end watch industry and discusses an organization’s objective and related... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

2+2 Program?During my final semester at HBS, I had the opportunity to write a case titled Cannabis: Growing Profits for Real Estate with Professor Charles Wu. In it, we examined how the shifting regulatory and economic landscape of cannabis was affecting View Details

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

many of the enterprises we study, in industries such as telecommunications, healthcare, consumer products, agribusiness, semiconductors, education, and automobiles. Course Overview This course prepares Harvard Business School students for... View Details

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

organizations in private industry could learn from the example of Data.gov to the extent of unlocking data from individual silos in their firm even though data remain protected within firewalls. HBS assistant professor Karim R. Lakhani,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

May 2014 (Revised July 2016)
Case

RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (A)

By: Willy C. Shih and Gregory Dieterich

This case examines the early history of the color television receiver market and the global consequences of an historic 1958 consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice that opened RCA's patents to licensing by domestic competitors royalty-free. This externality... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Patents; Rights; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Business History; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; United States; Japan

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

Abstract Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else), differentiating the economy from society... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

British Parliament replaced common land with private property--a process that prompted better management and made Great Britain the leader in the Industrial Revolution. I then began to think about the relationship over time between new... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni Are Integral to HBS

past year, they both jumped at the chance. “We made an effective team. Carrie is an esteemed educator and one of the world’s leading professors of African history, and I’m an alumnus who has been working in business in Africa across a number of View Details

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

26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

effectiveness of groups, how perceivers use group properties to inform their judgment, and the contextual and individual differences that allow some perceivers to be more accurate. Across seven studies, we present consistent evidence that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

knowledge, can and did revitalize companies quickly. Corporate board members, please take note! The impact of our classmates also can be seen across the globe. Raymond Kwok's astute management of Hong Kong–based Sun Hung Kai Properties... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

November 1995 (Revised February 1996)
Case

Monsanto Company: The Coming of Age of Bio-Technology

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr

Monsanto has one product, Roundup, accounting for 30% of company net income and is going off patent. How should the company position itself and its products in the future? View Details

Keywords: Patents; Product Positioning; Strategic Planning; System Shocks; Biotechnology Industry

November 1978 (Revised October 1989)
Case

Amicon Corp. (B)

Details the negotiation between Amicon and three potential licensees, Jackson, Maynard-Smith and Behrstein. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Patents; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry

November 2001
Case

Lakeside

By: Michael A. Wheeler

This case presents an ethical choice: How should a prospective buyer respond when a homeowner quotes a price that the buyer knows is significantly below market value? The case describes a private transaction in which the prospective seller is fully competent mentally... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Price; Negotiation Process; Property; Risk and Uncertainty; Real Estate Industry

May 2009
Article

Intellectual Property, Architecture, and the Management of Technological Transitions: Evidence from Microsoft Corporation

By: Alan David MacCormack and Marco Iansiti

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Information Technology; Transition; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

initiative with domestic, international, and U.N. fronts; and 3) launching a new venture requiring internal, capital-raising, licensing, and industrial partnering deals. The need to negotiate multiple, related deals is not new to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2023
Article

Innovation on Wings: When Do Nonstop Flights Matter for Global Innovation?

By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Do Yoon Kim and Wesley Koo

We study whether, when, and how better connectivity through nonstop flights leads to positive innovation outcomes for firms in the global context. Using unique data of all flights emanating from 5,015 airports around the globe from 2005 to 2015 and exploiting a... View Details

Keywords: Nonstop Flights; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Patents; Research and Development; Air Transportation Industry

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April 1996 (Revised March 1997)
Case

Jason Bosworth

By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.

Jason Bosworth is a real estate investor who wants to purchase apartments for a $300 million limited partnership in which he is the general partner. This case is part of a negotiation game simulation that includes Sunshine Villas, Silver Lane Apartments, and Major... View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Property; Negotiation Tactics; Partners and Partnerships; Management; Real Estate Industry