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- December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
PlaceWare: Issues in Structuring a Xerox Technology Spinout
Xerox has established a process to spin out technologies it develops that do not fit with its current business needs. To structure these "spinouts," a number of issues arise on how to treat people and intellectual property. PlaceWare is the first technology to go... View Details
Chesbrough, Henry W. "PlaceWare: Issues in Structuring a Xerox Technology Spinout." Harvard Business School Case 699-001, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- September 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Epic: The Future of Health Information Technology
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Brian L. Walker
How should the founder and leadership team of a health IT company with more than 45 years of market leadership prepare for the future, while navigating founder transitions and industry changes? Founded by Judy Faulkner in the late 1970s, Epic pioneered electronic... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Industry; Electronics Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Brian L. Walker. "Epic: The Future of Health Information Technology." Harvard Business School Case 325-028, September 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- August 2008
- Article
Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion
By: William R. Kerr
This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States
Kerr, William R. "Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion." Review of Economics and Statistics 90, no. 3 (August 2008): 518–537.
- 2017
- Gender Conformity & Nonconformity
Making Trans Visible With Technology
- August 2011
- Case
Ockham Technologies (A): Building the Team
By: Noam Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-ceo regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing development work. View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology
Wasserman, Noam. "Ockham Technologies (A): Building the Team." Harvard Business School Case 812-021, August 2011.
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Vision: A Unicorn Evolves
adopt new technology have been forced by circumstances to change their processes. “Outreach really created the category,” says Melissa Fisher (MBA 1998), who recently joined Outreach as CFO to help manage its rapid growth. She comes to... View Details
- 20 Mar 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870-1940
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Andrew Spadafora
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
Technology & Innovation Technology & Innovation December 2014 Article The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology... View Details
- September 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
Gokhan Hotamisligil is a star researcher at Harvard School of Public Health who has made groundbreaking discoveries linking fat cells, inflammation, and diabetes. He now wants to form a company to commercialize these discoveries. At the same time, Isaac Kohlberg, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Agreements and Arrangements; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University." Harvard Business School Case 808-073, September 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- September 2012 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
CoET: Innovation in Africa
By: Diego Comin, Diana Dimitrova and Yukiko Tsukamoto
Keywords: Innovation; Developing Countries; Technology Commercialization; Entrepreneurship; Africa; Technology Diffusion; Tanzania
Comin, Diego, Diana Dimitrova, and Yukiko Tsukamoto. "CoET: Innovation in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 713-021, September 2012. (Revised March 2015.)
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship in the HBS Community There are a multitude of entrepreneurship programs and resources available to students and alumni in the HBS and Harvard Ecosystem. While attending HBS, students have... View Details
- November 2004 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Jerry Rao: Diaspora and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy
Focusing on one entrepreneur, Jerry Rao, this case examines the international career paths of Indian business professionals and engineers since the development of public policies beginning in the 1960s to attract them to developed countries like the United States.... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Personal Development and Career; Opportunities; Information Technology Industry; India
Wadhwani, R. Daniel. "Jerry Rao: Diaspora and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy." Harvard Business School Case 805-017, November 2004. (Revised February 2008.)
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Using technology to find quality care
Care.com founder and CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998) is the driving force behind a technology platform that helps families find solutions to their caregiver needs. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Saving lives through new vaccine technology
negligible, the problem is that shipping vaccines requires expensive cold storage and distribution. The solution that Vaxess provides is a room-temperature-storage technology using silk proteins, which lowers costs and broadens... View Details
- December 1998
- Supplement
Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born
By: Ashish Nanda
The founding team of Vermeer Technologies, an entrepreneurial software start-up, discusses the opportunities and challenges confronting the company. View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish. "Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company Is Born." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 899-505, December 1998.
- Web
Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research
Science ; Digital Transformation ; Supply Chain Management ; Performance Improvement ; Entrepreneurship ; Product Development ; Customer Relationship Management ; Value Creation ; Information Technology... View Details
- November 2012
- Teaching Plan
The Langer Lab: Commercializing Science (TP)
By: Vicki L. Sato and Annelena Lobb
The Langer Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was a unique operation. Its head, Robert Langer, had always focused on selecting ideas to research that would have the greatest positive impact for humanity, and he encouraged an unusual... View Details
Keywords: Computers; Industry Evolution; Entrepreneurship; Intellectual Capital; R&D; Technology Transfer; Patents; Research and Development; Massachusetts
Sato, Vicki L., and Annelena Lobb. "The Langer Lab: Commercializing Science (TP)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 613-014, November 2012.
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound The Yes Julie Bornstein (MBA 1997), cofounder and CEO; former COO, Stitch Fix Jennifer Koen-Horowitz (MBA 1997), head of brand marketing and PR Vision: The Spotify of fashion Concept: The Yes builds a... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Game Time
technology is perfectly suited to do true 3D visualization for everything from education to health care,” says ten Cate. Inspiration: One common question ten Cate gets is whether Tilt Five’s tech will allow people to play the holographic... View Details