Intellectual Property Institutions - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

PhD. in biochemistry, said that even though issues regarding intellectual property and patent rights are ever more complicated by new discoveries, the language of the court remains very broad. However, there... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

industries. Research funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sowed the seeds for the internet and advanced computer graphics. And massive investments by the National Institutes of Health in biomedical research,... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

08 Sep 2022
News

Learning Curve

established a board about five years after its founding, she served as chair. While Melcher couldn’t see the future of the Joy School clearly, she knew she wanted to build something that would outlast its founders: “It didn’t matter how big the school was; it needed to... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Preparing Global Leaders

Kim Wahl (MBA 1987) Kim Wahl (MBA 1987) credits the case method with providing training that has helped him address difficult and unexpected business challenges. “The two years that I spent at HBS shaped me intellectually and provided me... View Details

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

Gurun, and Scott Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

Kevin McCall (HBS MBA '81), president and CEO of Paradigm Holdings, LLC, a Massachusetts-based owner and operator of multi-tenanted office buildings. McCall described the process of locating and developing a property as completely... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

Tata & Sons helped revolutionize business practices in India. From instituting the eight-hour work day and paid leave to providing a retirement gratuity, Tata's policies created a standard to which other companies—and eventually... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

corporate executives, government officials, and journalists, for allegedly spreading false rumors online about the market’s stability. And in a turnabout, authorities also announced they will not institute more interventions to rescue the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

22 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

the School into three priorities, he offered insights into work that is underway on the role of business in society, digital innovation, and reimagining learning. "I don't think there is another institution other than business and free... View Details

2014
Working Paper

Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna

Since the 1990s, several Western firms have filed patents based on medicinal herbs from emerging markets, evoking protests from local stakeholders against 'bio-piracy'. We explore conditions under which firms and local stakeholders share rents from such patents. Our... View Details

Keywords: Rents From New Technology; Local Stakeholders; Herbal Patents; QCA; Fuzzy Set Analysis; Qualitative Case Studies; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Patents; Emerging Markets; Health Care and Treatment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

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01 Dec 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

partnering with the county (which sold each property for $13,500), the city (which released the liens), and mission-driven developers, Hello Housing is creating two dozen new affordable homes for sale, deeded to ensure they’ll stay that... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

among historians and scholars from other disciplines who are taking a historical approach to their work has demanded intellectual leadership. Al Chandler has provided that leadership for more than forty years. Early in his career, he... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

Evidence from Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We provide theoretical and empirical evidence on the evolution and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of France hosted 250 alumni and guests at the Institut de France for the HBS European Alumni Summit, held October 21–23. The conference, titled Re.Invent: Leadership for Sustainable Future, featured... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Student-Profile

Yueran Ma

partly because the universities here are the leading research institutions in the world. I started getting involved in research in college and really loved it. It was a natural next step after college to pursue a Ph.D. to keep working on... View Details

January 1996
Case

Outrage in Cyberspace: CompuServe and the GIF Patent

By: Josh Lerner and Benjamin Conway

CompuServe, an online services vendor, informs its software developers that they must enter into a licensing agreement to use the popular GIF compression. CompuServe claims that it is forced to do so because Unisys is enforcing its patent rights in this area. Others... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry

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12 May 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting on the JD/MBA Experience

through commercial litigation or transactional M&A work. Harvard was my first choice because I had an outstanding undergraduate experience there and because Harvard's JD/MBA program combines both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School -- two View Details

14 Feb 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

is business." This powerful idea paved the way for the new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an View Details