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Biotech, Medical devices, and Pharmaceuticals: regulatory information

Device Regulatory Process Charts and Approval Timelines Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical Patent Law European Medicines Agency FDA: Drugs portal International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering - articles, guides,... View Details

31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52164 forthcoming Explorations in Economic History Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude By: Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

prizes that are awarded to high-quality innovations may encourage future innovation. U.S. patent data indicate a 40% increase after 1851 in patenting for prizewinners compared with other exhibits. Results... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 22

most effectively stabilizes fluctuations under real external shocks. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-074.pdf Patent Trolls By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Summer 2020
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Tech Clusters

By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Patents

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Kaplan Harvard Business School Life Science Fellowship, Oxford Clarendon Scholarship, Commonwealth Scholarship and Gates Cambridge Scholarship. He is a co-inventor on one patent and had served on the editorial board of an international... View Details

Keywords: Biotech & Life Sciences;#43;#Healthcare;#75;#Venture Capital

March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
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Intellectual Ventures

By: Andrei Hagiu

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Keywords: Patents; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Revenue

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25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

business models used by patent intermediaries. A key conclusion is that platform-type intermediaries (that facilitate transactions without taking possession of assets) have struggled, whereas merchant-type intermediaries (that acquire... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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From Concept to Product: Meroë Morse and Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation, 1945–1969 | Baker Library

remarkably comprehensive archive includes research and development records, test photographs, advertising materials, film, corporate publications, legal and patent documents, cameras, and other Polaroid products. This exhibition is... View Details

28 Dec 2019
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Tech Clusters

Keywords: by William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

2020
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Tech Clusters

By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud

Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Patents

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Arjun holds multiple technology patents that have been cited as prior art by firms like Apple, AT&T and iRobot. He has also held several technology development and management positions in consumer and enterprise software companies... View Details

22 Aug 2011
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Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

often leading to new patents and companies—and at the same time producing a rich dataset for research. Comparing the list of winners for 100 years with databases of patent data from the British View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking inventors from historical U.S. patents to Federal Censuses between 1880 and 1940 and to regional economic aggregates. We provide a theoretical framework... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

innovative projects. Using unique data on travel, employment, and patenting for 1,315 inventors at the Indian R&D center of a Fortune 50 multinational, I find that intra-firm mobility in the form of short-duration business trips from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
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Intellectual Property and Strategy

By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier

Explores the role of intellectual property in firms' strategies. Explains the legal and strategic differences between patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and explores the multiple ways firms use these different legal protections to gain competitive... View Details

Keywords: Copyright; Patents; Trademarks; Competitive Advantage; Value

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May 1995
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By: David E. Bell

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Keywords: Patents; Decisions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Competition; Chemical Industry

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01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

Economic Journal Global Collaborative Patents By: Pekkala Kerr, Sari, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53563 The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Corporate Finance and Beyond By: Lerner, Josh, and Amit Seru Abstract—Patents and citations are powerful tools for understanding innovative... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne