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- August 2013
- Technical Note
Raising the Level of Abstraction
By: Willy Shih
This technical note discusses abstraction as a way of generalizing a process or component for wider application. By hiding complexity inside a module, abstraction enables system designers to think at a higher level. This lowers entry barriers to using (and reusing) a... View Details
Keywords: Abstraction; Modularity; Commercialization; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; United States; Asia; Europe
Shih, Willy. "Raising the Level of Abstraction." Harvard Business School Technical Note 614-019, August 2013.
- February 2005 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
InfoVision (A): Technology Transfer at Georgia Tech
InfoVision illustrates university technology transfer through the choices of a graduating doctoral student. Also explores the challenges of working across the scientific, business, and legal disciplines in the Georgia Tech transfer program. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Transformation; Higher Education; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Research and Development; Education Industry; Georgia (state, US)
Fleming, Lee, Marie Thursby, and James Quinn. "InfoVision (A): Technology Transfer at Georgia Tech." Harvard Business School Case 605-064, February 2005. (Revised November 2006.)
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest
27. The winner of the business venture track, OsComp Systems, is commercializing an innovative technology that forces natural gas through pipelines at lower cost and with greater efficiency. The social venture track winner, Urban Water... View Details
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Shaping the Corporate Image | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
business, ideological and commercial interests of the factory owners.” 57 The powerful images commissioned by U.S. Steel document the story of the industrial advances, technological might, and human enterprise entailed in transforming raw... View Details
Marjorie M. Post
Under Marjorie’s leadership, Postum Cereal was expanded through acquisitions, which enabled her to take the company public. The company was eventually reorganized to form the General Foods Corporation, which remains one of the largest food conglomerates in the United... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
own money in outlets such as television commercials and billboards that are more frequently used for fast food than books. Patterson represents a supplier who builds a persistent demand and designs production to perpetuate that brand's... View Details
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
While trucks continue to rumble in and out of the container-cargo rail yard opposite the HBS parking lot, the depot's days are numbered. Adjacent to it, several blocks of low-rise commercial buildings are already history, demolished and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Saving lives through new vaccine technology
visiting lecturer at his Commercializing Science class, with whom he eventually cofounded the company along with three other partners. In 2012, Vaxess won the HBS Business Plan competition and Harvard’s President’s Challenge, followed by... View Details
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Encyclopedia of Associations | Baker Library
access only HBS Alumni In person access only Harvard Faculty, Students, and Staff Remote access available Visitors In person access only Please use our resources responsibly. We license resources for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study. View Details
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- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel Gary P. Pisano and Alison Berkley WagonfeldHarvard Business School Case 610-031 In 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Real Estate - Alumni
Giving Real Estate Giving Real Estate You can use a personal residence, vacation home, commercial property, or undeveloped land to make a gift to HBS. How It Works There are three ways to make a gift with real estate: Outright Gift: By... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
He Begs to Differentiate
three times the placing price. You had this financial bubble but it doesn't alter the fact that the underlying commercial activity - the way we live, the way we travel, the way we communicate - fundamentally changed as a result of the... View Details
Bert S. Cross
Cross spent over 40 years with 3M and was known as a “builder of businesses.” He successfully commercialized several new product lines including Scotchlite and Thermo-Fax copying machines. During his tenure, 3M expanded its international... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- Jan 2014
- Case
Rethinking Cities: Chicago on the Move
It is impossible to discuss national competitiveness without considering cities and the regions they anchor. Cities are transportation hubs, centers of commercial exchange, and the locus of lives. They thrive by the ways they connect to... View Details
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Jessica Mbaeliachi
to the Board of Directors, and key Enterprise Level strategic initiatives. She previously served as the company’s Head of Strategy and Operations for Intercontinental Markets, driving commercial strategy, brand planning and business... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Seeing glass in a new light
Mulpuri's leadership, View has pioneered the large-scale commercialization of architectural dynamic glass. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a new generation of window-glass nanotechnology that intelligently adjusts in response... View Details
- September 2020
- Case
Apple Bets on Augmented Reality
By: Rory McDonald, David Lane and Mel Martin
In 2020, augmented reality (AR) was still a nascent technology with blockbuster potential, one which Apple was actively developing as its iPhone franchise waned. But the emergence of AR was uneven, including the disappointing Google Glass and the unexpected viral... View Details
Keywords: Augmented Reality; Industry Structures; Product Development; Commercialization; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry
McDonald, Rory, David Lane, and Mel Martin. "Apple Bets on Augmented Reality." Harvard Business School Case 621-007, September 2020.
Donald J. Trump
Taj Mahal and Trump Castle in Atlantic City. Known for his intimidating negotiating tactics, especially his ability to win lucrative tax abatement deals, Trump has made fortunes in residential and commercial real estate. View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate