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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Working World
sending countries. What are the inbound effects of high-skill immigration for the United States? Legal immigrants represent about 14 or 15 percent of the workforce, but our studies of patent data show that ethnic names [primarily Indian... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
counsel in guiding this then-young MBA student in both these directions—six entrepreneurial start-ups and then a seventh one that is green to boot! The seventh, GreenEarth Cleaning, owns 140 patents in 42 countries and after 12 years is... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
with numerous visits to the Library of Congress and the Patent Office. "I had to buy over 1,000 pieces of glassware to describe and photograph. After the company closed, I was able to go through old sales, production, and financial... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
three decades. The same has been true for the number of brain-related patents granted, which is a marker of commercialization potential.” But here’s the bad news, says Amadio: “There are still an estimated 2 billion people worldwide who... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
include a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and patented novel technologies for self-driving vehicles. “But I don’t want to just make an app that delivers Instacart items five seconds sooner. My career vision is to tackle difficult... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
Another source of controversy and confusion is the patenting of genes and access to data from the human genome. "As a company, we believe that genetic information should be available to anyone for research purposes, and it is," says... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
potential fertility with her ob-gyn, Tariyal was told that she could come back for a clinical workup after she had tried and failed to conceive for a year. Determined to give women more agency over their health, Tariyal cofounded NextGen Jane in 2014 with View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
working on the exact same concept for years. “Multiple patents had been filed,” says Nolan. And after the Nest launch in 2011, they had to watch as the now-ubiquitous brand somehow got people excited about home heating again, became a... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
injector, which uses a "liquid needle" only 100 micrometers in diameter, delivers drugs through the skin at any location, at any desired depth and volume. "We believe our patented technology will transform the delivery of medicines and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Responsibility of Power by Edward B. Atkeson (AMP 64, 1972) (Rowman & Littlefield) Beyond Justice (a novel) by Allen Dark (MBA 1972) (CreateSpace) Gaia's Limits Kindle Edition by Rud Istvan (MBA 1974) (Eloquent Books) Patent Valuation:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
from their purchases. Revenue models anchored on the ownership of products, they argue, are patently inferior. Bertini and Koenigsberg explain that advances in technology have made it possible for firms to collect “impact data” that tells... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Khurana spent The inventor of a patented research method that analyzes consumers’ subconscious thoughts and feelings, HBS professor Gerald Zaltman believes that 95 percent of consumers’ thinking occurs in their unconscious minds.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
of the tax system (including the corporate side) is patently unfair and riddled with special benefits for those with access to decision makers. Unfortunately, it is this latter point that makes reform of the system so difficult and makes... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
needs. That took me a long time to understand, and it cost me a lot of money. It is why I believe what I believe. I don't want to repeat mistakes." Dumon is more than someone with a formulaic approach to designing new products. He has another, larger mission. The... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
investment in math and physical sciences. Moving on to challenges Merck has faced, Gilmartin explained that new drug discovery tools have increased the speed at which its competitors can introduce new products to the marketplace, even as View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
for Nourish, a patented line of spill-proof bottled water for infants and toddlers that we had already launched in airport shops and specialty stores. The product flew off the shelves. The national retailer and its distributor required... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
much more in common than they have that’s different, so “go wider.” If you get it right, Alex, you’ll be very successful. —Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is the founder and co-CEO of Omnizare Imaging. He is the author of more than 30 patents and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
research and for universities to strive to disseminate new knowledge and liberate it from unnecessarily restrictive patents and licensing. Indeed, many of the ideas Pisano has advanced over the years are being adopted by the biotech... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
firm owned a number of patents and was the inventor of the first portable welding machine. But it stood out in other ways, too. While Lincoln, a nonunion shop, offered no benefits, it provided guaranteed employment, had an employee... View Details