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Leo H. Baekeland

In 1907, Baekeland invented a high-quality synthetic substance that would change the lives of individuals and businesses forever – plastic (called Bakelite). Products produced with Bakelite were considered to be synonymous with high... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

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Patent terminology: Prior art

What is prior art how it can be used in patenting? In order to ensure that an invention is new and non-obvious (and therefore patentable), patent examiners conduct a prior art search. In this context the term art is used as in the phrase,... View Details

Will K. Kellogg

Kellogg invented corn flakes and created a breakfast cereal empire. Practicing pioneering advertising techniques, he managed to change the American breakfast style. Today, the Kellogg Company carries on the tradition of innovative... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Mar 2009
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Alumni Books

how to become one of the winning companies: how to attack competitors’ lock-ins, make their success formulas obsolete, and create the space needed to invent formulas for success. He shows how disrupting your company is critical to reaping... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Paul V. Galvin

Creating the Motorola car radio, Galvin emerged as the premier producer of car radios in the 1930s. Galvin also invented the walkie-talkie, producing some 40,000 during World War II. In 1947, Galvin introduced the first practical... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Arthur V. Davis

Davis was at Alcoa when Charles Hall invented the process for producing commercial aluminum. While Davis was head of Alcoa, the company continued to discover new uses for aluminum, most notably in the field of aviation. Davis manufactured... View Details

Keywords: Metals

King C. Gillette

Gillette invented the safety razor, creating a new U.S. industry. In 1903, Gillette sold 51 of his razors and 168 blades. He increased these numbers dramatically so that by the end of the next year, he had sold 90,000 razors and 12.4... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation

long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to nearby fossil fuel sources. That... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

Arnold O. Beckman

Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Joseph P. Knapp

Knapp took control of his father's small printing operation and transformed it into a publishing empire. He established the American Lithographic Company in 1895 where he invented a multicolor six cylinder press. He used this press to... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

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Dream Realities - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

perspectives. Inventive angles, extreme close-ups, and manipulation of light and shadow could create a sense of movement, reveal new dimensions and textures, and transform the mundane and everyday into beautiful abstractions. Through... View Details

19 May 2016
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Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

invent a product, a large company can’t just swoop in and steal it and dare the little guy to fight it. NPEs claim they are protecting these little guys. Opponents, however, say they are exploiting imperfections in the legal system. Cohen... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2001
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Changing Student Life

around all over the place? It's clubs, it's all the things happening on your campus. We invented this service to put all this online." Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mascot Network, whose cofounder and chief strategy officer is Jason... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Information

01 Dec 2012
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Wang Papers to HBS

Important corporate records from Wang Laboratories and personal papers of the company's late founder and CEO, Dr. An Wang, were recently donated by his family to the Baker Library Historical Collections at HBS. Computer memory technology View Details

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

sustaining an innovative organization? A new book written with three coauthors attempts to answer the question of why some companies, such as Pixar, are able to invent continuously, while others aren't. “Conventional leadership won't get... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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T. J. Dermot Dunphy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Transcript (PDF) T. J. Dermot Dunphy, HBS 1956, was recruited by HBS friends Bill Donaldson, Dan Lufkin, and Richard Jenrette, founders of DLJ, to run a business they thought had potential given the right management. The company, Sealed Air, View Details

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Ananth Kasturiraman Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Skillist: Changing Hiring For Good Ananth Kasturiraman Caroline Fay 17 May 2018 Fun fact - the resume is about 500... View Details

Lammot du Pont

Under duPont’s leadership, researchers at duPont invented nylon, which revolutionized the textile industry. Researchers also discovered neoprene (the first general purpose synthetic rubber), Orlon and Dacron under duPont’s direction.... View Details