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September 2010
Teaching Note

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate (TN)

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Keywords: Value; Patents; Corporate Strategy; Competition; Research and Development; Lawsuits and Litigation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services

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

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

05 Aug 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

three decades. The same has been true for the number of brain-related patents granted, which is a marker of commercialization potential.” But here’s the bad news, says Amadio: “There are still an estimated 2 billion people worldwide who... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2009
News

Crisis and Creativity

during an economic downturn. My colleague, HBS associate professor Tom Nicholas, has found that while the pace of patent applications slowed during the Great Depression, some contrarians pressed ahead with innovation, including DuPont... View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Philadelphia printers conduct first successful strike for increased wages 1787 United States Constitution adopted 1790 William Pollard is issued the first patent for a machine that roves and spins cotton 1794 Eli Whitney View Details

22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

and the University of California, Berkeley were in the middle of a contentious patent dispute over which entity controlled a breakthrough gene editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9. With CRISPR-Cas9, scientists might soon be able to cure... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 24

August 2013 Journal of Political Economy Standard Essential Patents By: Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole Abstract—A major policy issue in standard setting is that patents that are ex-ante not that important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

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

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

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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

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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

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

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

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Field Course: Managing Family Wealth: A FIELD Immersion - Course Catalog

Under 40 Business School Professor in 2017 by Poets & Quants, and a top teacher at Harvard by CNBC. Dr. Cohen frequently advises government organizations in the US and abroad, including the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, United States View Details

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

These results provide the first empirical demonstration of the influence of guilt on sense of control and risk-taking, extend previous theorizing on guilt, and more generally contribute to our understanding of how specific emotions influence cognition and behavior.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Article

Discussion of "Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States" by David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat, and Arvids A. Ziedonis

By: Josh Lerner

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Education; Information Technology; Patents; Law; Communication; United States

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Did Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great Depression?

By: Ramana Nanda and Tom Nicholas

We find a negative relationship between bank distress and the level, quality, and trajectory of firm-level innovation during the Great Depression, particularly for R&D firms operating in capital intensive industries. However, we also show that because a sufficient... View Details

Keywords: Great Depression; R＆D; Bank Distress; Patents; Research and Development; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Banking Industry; United States

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05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

pending patent case involving VMware and Microsoft and integration challenges associated with EMC's decision to spend $3 billion to acquire two other software firms based in California. The case raises issues surrounding deal protection... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
Background Note

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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