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  • 05 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

manufacturers often discard the products sent to them by outside inventors without even looking at them. Because of their hurdle rate—the minimum return required on a contemplated investment—they probably don't have the time or resources... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gray

    Larissa Bifano

    Larissa was named to the PTAB Bar Association’s Inaugural Top 50 Women in PTAB Trials list. And in 2018, she was named to the Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly Top Women in Law list, noting she “helps inventors get protection for some of the... View Details
    Keywords: Legal
    • Fast Answer

    Patent search: Product-associated patents

    sans-serif;">roduct names rarely appear in patent documents  Product name may change  A patented technology may be used in many different products with different names Below are some tips for finding patents by product: Search the name of the... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2009
    • News

    Alumni Books

    Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2 by John Allen (MBA ’62) (Synergetic Press) This memoir chronicles the life of the inventor of Biosphere 2, a miniature Earth under glass and the... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2014
    • News

    Dressing by Number

    More Retail Revolutions Manufacturing Makeup on Demand Although it isn’t available yet, Mink, a 3D home printer that produces custom makeup, has already made serial inventor Grace Choi (MBA 2013) a cosmetics celebrity. Katrina Lake knew... View Details
    Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; cosmetics; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
    • 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
    • 01 Oct 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

    when making pricing decisions in the US syndicated loans market and mutual fund managers when making asset allocations near the time of an election. 3. Entrepreneurs and inventors influenced by politics Yet another study found that... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
    • 01 Dec 2001
    • News

    A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire

    mid-19th century. I selected individuals from different parts of the country who became true titans through the relentless pursuit of a vision or mission. My subjects either were inventors themselves or had leveraged technology in a new... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management
    • 01 Sep 2012
    • News

    Joint Venture

    inventors of entire industries (such as management consulting and venture capital) and as leaders in so many other areas, have provided rich raw material for academics to study, refine, and condense into “intellectual capital.” Building... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

      Alfred E. Mann

      Mann was a prolific inventor who developed many lifesaving medical devices including the rechargeable pacemaker which formed the basis of the successful Pacesetter company. Mann continued to perfect the pacemaker and developed other... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare
      • 20 Jun 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

      more calculations are needed to determine the relative effectiveness of nudging. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52754 The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age By:... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 27 Aug 2018
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

      iStock What do these people have in common? The daughter of former slaves, pioneers in the private space race, and oddball inventors who created the green business industry. They all overcame long odds to become great American... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

        Arnold O. Beckman

        measurement. In 1982, Beckman Instruments was sold to SmithKline Corporation for $1 billion, and in 1987, Beckman was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. View Details
        Keywords: Healthcare
        • 17 Aug 2015
        • News

        The Play Alchemist

        rely on dirty or dangerous energy sources like kerosene lamps and diesel generators. The Soccket is not unlike Matthews herself: a bundle of energy using play to change the world. Creating things seems to come naturally to Matthews, who has been an View Details
        Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
        • 04 Apr 2022
        • Research & Ideas

        Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

        They focused on utility patents, or new or improved useful products that grant the inventor exclusive commercial rights for up to 20 years. To qualify, patents needed to list at least one US inventor. What they found was a huge spike in... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne
        • Profile

        John Bracaglia

        technology," says John. Keynote speakers included David Ferrucci, the lead inventor behind IBM Watson, and Max Tegmark, an M.I.T. professor of physics and founder of the Future of Life Institute, an organization that, John says,... View Details
        Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech; CPG
        • 30 Jun 2009
        • First Look

        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
        • 11 Jun 2018
        • Blog Post

        Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

        to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market potential. Harvard's i-lab serves as the hub, providing fellows with space and the opportunity to join an entrepreneurial... View Details
        • 20 Dec 2004
        • Research & Ideas

        The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

        When lawyers fare better than inventors and entrepreneurs where U.S. patents are concerned, you know injustice is being done. The current system makes patents easier to acquire, sure, but renders them less prestigious as well, and less... View Details
        Keywords: by Ann Cullen
        • 06 Feb 2007
        • First Look

        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