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- 18 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry
- November 1997
- Case
Borden Ranch: Balancing Private Property Rights and Social Interests in Ag
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Don Daniels and Diane Richmond
Angelo Tsakopoulos wanted to convert grazing land to crop agriculture. He received different advice from different government agencies and became involved in legal battles. View Details
Keywords: Property; Social Entrepreneurship; Rights; Agribusiness; Social Issues; Interests; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., Don Daniels, and Diane Richmond. "Borden Ranch: Balancing Private Property Rights and Social Interests in Ag." Harvard Business School Case 598-069, November 1997.
- March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Intellectual Ventures
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for 710423. View Details
- April 1999
- Case
General Property Trust
By: Peter Tufano
In 1994 General Property Trust, an Australian property investment trust, was anticipating future cash needs beyond those that the Trust could fund with internal cash flows. The managers of the Trust were considering a novel financing structure whereby it would sell... View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Australia
Tufano, Peter, and John C Handley. "General Property Trust." Harvard Business School Case 299-098, April 1999.
- December 2001
- Article
Enforcing Property Rights Through Reputation: Groups in Mexico's Early Industrialization, 1878-1913
By: Noel Maurer and Tridib Sharma
Keywords: History; Rights; Groups and Teams; Reputation; Property; Developing Countries and Economies; Mexico
Maurer, Noel, and Tridib Sharma. "Enforcing Property Rights Through Reputation: Groups in Mexico's Early Industrialization, 1878-1913." Journal of Economic History 61, no. 4 (December 2001): 950–973.
- 12 Feb 2025
- Video
Who owns it? The Ownership Project on how property rights shape business
- March 2014
- Module Note
Property Rights and Policy Authority: Institutions and Institutional Change in Emerging Markets
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane
Iyer, Lakshmi. "Property Rights and Policy Authority: Institutions and Institutional Change in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Module Note 714-045, March 2014.
- February 2020
- Case
Intellectual Ventures Update 2020
By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
After raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture (IV) was confronted with a changing legal environment. After a number of important legal decisions, including the Supreme Court's so-called "Alice" decision, IV had to shift strategy. IV sold off... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Business Model; United States
Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Intellectual Ventures Update 2020." Harvard Business School Case 720-438, February 2020.
- April 2013
- Supplement
AIG and the American Taxpayers (B)
By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
Explores the decision faced by AIG's board on whether to join shareholder and ex-CEO Maurice Greenberg's lawsuit against the U.S. government. The suit, argued by super-lawyer David Boies (of Bush v. Gore and California Gay Marriage fame), claims that in September 2008... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Financial Policy; Property Rights; Financial Institutions; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Insurance Industry; United States
Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "AIG and the American Taxpayers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-125, April 2013.
- 28 May 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures
- June 2013 (Revised February 2016)
- Teaching Note
The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?
By: Willy Shih
Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and... View Details
- Summer 2013
- Article
Strategic Management of Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach
By: William W. Fisher III and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
In many organizations, the R&D, strategy, and legal functions are poorly integrated. As a consequence, firms miss opportunities to create and exploit the value of intellectual property. Functional silos are one reason for the lack of integration. More important,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Management; Strategic Management; Legal Aspects Of Business; Licensing; Law; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Management; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy
Fisher III, William W., and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Strategic Management of Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach." California Management Review 55, no. 4 (Summer 2013): 157–183.
- March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
IP Intermediaries & Intellectual Ventures
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for 710423 and 711486. View Details
- 2024
- Article
Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway
By: Mateo Aboy, Cristina Crespo and Ariel Stern
Moderate-risk medical devices constitute 99% of those that have been regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since it gained authority to regulate medical technology nearly five decades ago. This article presents an analysis of the interaction between... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Safety; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Aboy, Mateo, Cristina Crespo, and Ariel Stern. "Beyond the 510(k): The Regulation of Novel Moderate-Risk Medical Devices, Intellectual Property Considerations, and Innovation Incentives in the FDA’s De Novo Pathway." Art. 29. npj Digital Medicine 7 (2024).
- 2010
- Chapter
Property Rights for Foreign Capital: Sovereign Debt and Private Direct Investment in Times of Crisis
By: Louis T. Wells
Keywords: Property; Rights; International Finance; Capital; Sovereign Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Crisis
Wells, Louis T. "Property Rights for Foreign Capital: Sovereign Debt and Private Direct Investment in Times of Crisis." Chap. 12 in The Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2009-2010, edited by Karl Sauvant, 477–504. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Winter 2013
- Article
The New Patent Intermediaries: Platforms, Defensive Aggregators and Super-Aggregators
By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
The patent market consists mainly of privately negotiated, bilateral transactions, either sales or cross-licenses, between large companies. There is no eBay, Amazon, New York Stock Exchange, or Kelley's Blue Book equivalent for patents, and when buyers and sellers do... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Platforms; Intermediaries; Aggregator; Patents; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Distribution Channels
Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. "The New Patent Intermediaries: Platforms, Defensive Aggregators and Super-Aggregators." Journal of Economic Perspectives 27, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 45–66.
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
respondents, warrant additional regulatory intervention. Paula Thornton asks, "Does it [the loss of intellectual property to rapid responders] really matter? ... In many cases IP is overutilized as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- July 2002
- Article
The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Contracting
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
Ideas are difficult to sell when buyers cannot assess an idea's value before it is revealed and sellers cannot protect a revealed idea. These problems exist in a variety of intellectual property sales ranging from pure ideas to poorly protected inventions and reflect... View Details
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Contracting." Review of Economic Studies 69, no. 3 (July 2002): 513–531. (Harvard users click here for full text.)