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- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
of these relate to the complexity of these laws. The set of lawyers who understand these issues is unlikely to be large. While probably few are inclined to intentionally perpetuate an inefficient system, the substantial gains that they... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
ceiling for what you can accomplish together. This episode of Skydeck was edited by Jocelyn Gonzalez from PRX Productions with assistance from Craig McDonald at HBS. It is... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
World War II saw a massive invasion of America's own shores, with wave upon wave of returning veterans - along with their civilian countrymen - eagerly anticipating the fruits of peace and the comforts of "the good life," including consumer View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
goods rather than agriculture or services. Industrial exports increased as a percentage of total exports from circa 25 percent to 40 percent between 2007 and 2013. It is no coincidence that the largest increase in labor View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
gained broad support from a wide range of influential economists, lawmakers, and interest groups. In March 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (MBA ’70) proposed that the Federal Reserve be empowered as a... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212006-PDF-ENG IBM China Development Lab Shanghai: Capability by Design Willy Shih, Kamen Bliznashki, and Fan ZhaoHarvard Business School Case 611-055 When IBM shifted from a traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
They came from as far away as Nigeria and as close as Harvard Square, from industries ranging from banking to television. They were entrepreneurs who headed their own... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
clothing and accessories inspired by Hellenic heritage, was to source silks and embroidery from traditional craftswomen throughout the region, whose skills were no longer finding demand, and sell the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
in income while the bottom 80 percent lost that same $600 billion from 1979 to 2008. That translates into an average gain of $500,000 in annual income for each person at the top, while the bottom 80 percent... View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
using data from the recent redesign of the NYC High School match, which places approximately 90,000 students per year, we document that the extent of potential efficiency loss is substantial. Over 6,800 student applicants in the main... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
form of mindfulness that strategy has installed in the corporate brain above all others, it’s an ever-edgy awareness that other guys or gals are out there, trying to take your business, probably gaining on you, and that new miscreants are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
rate. Another was classic HBS: His venerable product was much more than just a magazine. As his classmates and professors assured him, The Nation was a “brand.” “We’re now a $10 million operation that’s been profitable the last two... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
"While companies might have an intended strategy, the strategy that actually emerges can be very different," says HBS professor Clark G. Gilbert. It is a topic that Gilbert and professor Joseph L. Bower have explored at length for a new book they have edited,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
result of my arrogance from 30,000 feet. I failed to get the other groups invested in the program. I completely fiddle-dee-deed the long-lead timetable. I delegated the entire project to a handsome but clueless assistant View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
"Step Change" by Julia Hanna. At Consoleya, a coworking space in Cairo's former French Consulate, multiple levels of meeting rooms and workspaces operate at capacity, from a ground-floor café to a rooftop deck. The scene—coders bent over... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
the leading firm would be costly and could lead to both companies charging less, explains MacKay. One surprise finding of the research was that firms with inferior pricing technology also benefit from this arrangement, so investments in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
organizations around the world are facing. RH: And every organization outside of health care is watching how hospitals like MGH think through this return to elective care. Educational institutions, large firms, any place with a large campus will benefit View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
At first blush, the two-year-old online start-up Groupon seems a bit audacious. For starters, there's the news that the deal-of-the-day website turned down a $6 billion acquisition offer from Google last month. Then there's the company's... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
legislative and regulatory calls for increased competition. The material entry of a third rating agency (Fitch) to the competitive landscape offers a unique experiment to empirically examine how, in fact, increased competition affects the credit ratings market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne