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  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-006.pdf The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors Author:William R. Kerr Abstract The ethnic composition of U.S. inventors is undergoing a significant transformation-with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

still the world's currency of choice. The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors Author:William R. Kerr Publication:In Economics of Agglomeration, edited by Edward Glaeser. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming. (Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

Prize, while not a traditional corporate brand, has a very high HQ. In their paper, Urde and Greyser explain the factors that make it so: History important to identity: The Nobel prizes are the legacy of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

inventions). Various factors can affect a company's inventive output, including the presence of inventors who work alone, the type of collaboration among those inventors who work in teams, the amount of team... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking U.S. patents... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
  • 20 Aug 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

place for original work.) If it weren't for NPEs, the argument goes, resource-rich companies would be free to steal ideas of small inventors without fearing retaliatory lawsuits—and this would poison the business environment. But critics... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors might differ from locals in terms of knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic migrant View Details
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-006 Public Entrepreneurship This course is rooted in the belief that there is a large opportunity for creating value and solving large public problems if there are more View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

is enough interest to go further? Which is the better strategy for young innovators? What are the pros and cons of each? Can the risks be measured and mitigated? “The pitch or spec dilemma touches any independent inventor looking to sell... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking
  • 17 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

JP(D) and foreign inventors JP(F) patenting in Japan. Source: Tom Nicholas, "The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization", Explorations in Economic History (2011, forthcoming). http://people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/Jmod.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 21 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

have owned started out as a disruptive company.— Clayton M. Christensen Copying the management best practices of leading firms isn't necessarily the answer, Christensen said. When inventors in the Middle Ages tried to invent a contraption... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 23

that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a particular ethnicity are associated with increases in the share of that firm's affiliate activity in their native countries. Ethnic innovators also appear to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

the financial analysts, and the commercialization of academic knowledge. Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment Authors:Matt Marx, Deborah Strumsky, and Lee Fleming Abstract Several scholars... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

Patent Secrecy Program in World War II By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract— This paper studies the effects of the USPTO's patent secrecy program in World War II, under which approximately 11,200 U.S. patent applications were issued secrecy orders that halted examination and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 30

multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a particular ethnicity are associated with increases in the share of that firm's affiliate activity in its native... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

Life after Clocky Elie Ofek and Jill AveryHarvard Business School Case 511-134 Gauri Nanda, the inventor of Clocky, the alarm clock that rolls off the bed stand and forces its owner to find it, has to make critical decisions regarding the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

with one another to innovate? To answer this question, the authors compiled a dataset identifying all coauthorship relationships of U.S. patent inventors from 1975 through 1999. That dataset revealed that the social network of innovators... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

inventors of the iPhone.     The Power of Presence at the Podium Amy Cuddy Running for office requires a lot of public speaking. But often, it’s what candidates aren’t saying that can make or break their campaigns. Take the case of Dan... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

century founding by Werner Siemens of the Siemens electrical business in Germany. Werner's dual role as inventor and entrepreneur is explored as he created one of the world's first multinational enterprises, whose growth initially rested... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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