Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,009) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,009) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 42 of 1,009 Results →
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

our sample period. Stock indexes can transform longstanding behavior via non-pecuniary channels. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53030 Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

The ethnic composition of U.S. inventors is undergoing a significant transfor ation—with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of U.S. innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual U.S. patent records to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

acquisition of Motorola by Google, the Microsoft-Nokia alliance, the rise of Samsung, and the extensive patent wars-each raised questions about how HTC could continue its upward trajectory. In a rapidly evolving and increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

literature on disability insurance does not account for this intertemporal channel, it may underestimate the total work-disincentive effect of SSDI. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49390 Working Papers View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

enabling a potential future competitor. The case setting is a lawsuit over a seemingly arcane issue: whether one of the co-owners of a key patent application is properly prosecuting the application. Understanding the issue requires... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

from Anywhere or Co-locate? Autonomy versus Learning Effects at the United States Patent Office This study of a real firm presents robust econometric evidence that "work from anywhere" organizational policies can have positive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

'Rooted' In Innovation

include a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and patented novel technologies for self-driving vehicles. “But I don’t want to just make an app that delivers Instacart items five seconds sooner. My career vision is to tackle difficult... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Rebooting Europe

percent in the next two years. Global patent filings from the EU also dropped to record lows, hovering at a dismal 5.8 percent of global filings in 2013. (In comparison, the United States was at 22.3 percent, China at 32.1 percent.) And... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos; European Union; Government; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

fifth box? 3) Consider partnering with local humane societies. For example, offer a reduced-cost first package after an adoption—the goal being to associate the joy of bringing a pet home with your product. — Laura Viaches (MBA 2008) Vertically integrate through a... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

components from related future technologies for use in their current-technology products. I use patent data to test whether automobile carburetor suppliers with higher levels of future-technology R&D activity are better at adapting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Morse and Polaroid’s Creative Ethos | Baker Library

text Victor McElheny, personal communication with Melissa Banta, June 21, 2024. back to text Paul Caponigro, Interview with Jennifer Quick, June 14, 2019. Polaroid Corporation Oral History Interview Collection. Caponigro remembers that Morse’s family had an interest in... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

The Business of Biotech

Another source of controversy and confusion is the patenting of genes and access to data from the human genome. "As a company, we believe that genetic information should be available to anyone for research purposes, and it is," says... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things

By: Frank Nagle
In 2019, a decade after co-founding Nexleaf Analytics, CEO Nithya Ramanathan faced an important decision that would impact the ability of the small, but growing, not-for-profit organization to thrive for another decade. Their sensor technologies and big data analytics... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Patents; Expansion; Information Technology; Health Industry; Information Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry
Related
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Made in the USA

Jim Knott's Aquamesh lobster traps set a new standard for durability, quickly supplanting the wooden traps used by generations of lobstermen. Chinese knockoffs failed to match Aquamesh's patented process. Will business leaders reconnect... View Details
Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 14 May 2014
  • News

(Re)moving the Needle

injector, which uses a "liquid needle" only 100 micrometers in diameter, delivers drugs through the skin at any location, at any desired depth and volume. "We believe our patented technology will transform the delivery of medicines and... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

Alumni Book Briefs

Responsibility of Power by Edward B. Atkeson (AMP 64, 1972) (Rowman & Littlefield) Beyond Justice (a novel) by Allen Dark (MBA 1972) (CreateSpace) Gaia's Limits Kindle Edition by Rud Istvan (MBA 1974) (Eloquent Books) Patent Valuation:... View Details
Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710408-PDF-ENG C.K. Claridge, Inc James K. SebeniusHarvard Business School Case 910-045 Sued for patent infringement, chemical manufacturer C.K. Claridge (CKC) tries to design a settlement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

a rewarding field for American Research and is particularly well suited for creative capital investment. . . . In specialized technical areas with products protected by patents and know-how, it is easier for small companies to compete... View Details
  • Web

Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising

chromolithography in the 1870s and 1880s opened the door to a flood of colorful creations. By that time the trade card’s popularity had made it one of the most widespread advertising formats—promoting everything from baby milk to pianos to View Details
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies. We assess the effect on participating firms' innovative performance, comparing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne