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  • February 2019
  • Article

The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Do Yoon Kim
Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors in cross-border transfer of knowledge previously locked within the cultural context of their home regions.... View Details
Keywords: Skilled Migration; Ethnic Migration; First-generation Migrant; Cultural Context; Knowledge Flows; Knowledge Reuse; Knowledge Recombination; Recombinant Creation; H1B Visas; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Dissemination; Immigration; Ethnicity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Intellectual Baggage of Ethnic Migrant Inventors: Transfer and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
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 inventors in cross-border transfer of knowledge previously locked within the cultural context of their home regions.... View Details
Keywords: Skilled Migration; Ethnic Migration; First-generation Migrant; Cultural Context; Knowledge Flows; Knowledge Reuse; Knowledge Recombination; Recombinant Creation; H1B Visas; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Dissemination; Immigration; Ethnicity
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    The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders

    Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the knowledge they bring to host firms. We study the role of first-generation ethnic migrant inventors in cross-border transfer of knowledge previously locked within the cultural context of their home regions.... View Details
    • June 2023
    • Article

    How New Ideas Diffuse in Science

    By: Mengjie Cheng, Daniel Scott Smith, Xiang Ren, Hancheng Cao, Sanne Smith and Daniel A. McFarland
    What conditions help new ideas spread? Can knowledge entrepreneurs’ position and develop new ideas in ways that help them take off? Most innovation research focuses on products and their reference. That focus ignores the ideas themselves and the broader ideational... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation Adoption; Natural Language Processing; Knowledge; Science; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Analytics and Data Science
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    • December 2002
    • Article

    Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction

    By: Riitta Katila and Gautam Ahuja
    We examine how firms search, or solve problems, to create new products. According to organizational learning research, firms position themselves in a unidimensional search space that spans a spectrum from local to distant search. Our findings in the global robotics... View Details
    Keywords: Problem Solving; New Products; Organizational Learning; Uncertainty; Organizational Research; Knowledge Management; Robotics; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Effectiveness; Innovation Adoption; Strategy; Product Design; Business Processes; Product Development
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    • July 2018
    • Article

    Does Copyright Affect Reuse? Evidence from Google Books and Wikipedia

    By: Abhishek Nagaraj
    While digitization has greatly increased the reuse of knowledge, this study shows how these benefits might be mitigated by copyright restrictions. I use the digitization of in-copyright and out-of-copyright issues of Baseball Digest magazine by Google Books to... View Details
    Keywords: Digitization; Economics Of Innovation; Wikipedia; Intellectual Property; Copyright
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    • 04 Mar 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Determinants of Individual Performance and Collective Value in Private-Collective Software Innovation

    Keywords: by Ned Gulley & Karim R. Lakhani; Video Game; Web Services
    • 23 Nov 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

    Knowledge is codified using a "people-to-documents" approach: it is extracted from the person who developed it, made independent of that person, and reused for various purposes. Ralph Poole,... View Details
    Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting
    • 12 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

    Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
    • 02 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

    Knowledge editor, Sean Silverthorne, Iansiti and MacCormack discuss their findings.Silverthorne: Although many large companies have been swamped by so-called disruptive technologies, Microsoft has remained at the top of its game for more... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Feb 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 23

    leading players in these clusters are multi-location firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide. Strong internal links across locations allow these firms to leverage knowledge for... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Password Managers | Information Technology

    impacts existing LastPass accounts that were obtained through Harvard can also be found on Harvard University's Knowledge Base . Privacy Notice: Please be aware that this offering will require you to create a private vault within the HU... View Details
    • 27 Feb 2025
    • Blog Post

    IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant

    Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2022
    • News

    Case Study: Glass Half Full

    concedes. But glass is a rare material that, while energy-intensive to create, can be reused literally for centuries. Given that, he sees a unique opportunity to build a storied brand with the potential to become a lasting household name.... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
    • 20 Feb 2025
    • Blog Post

    IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

    Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
    • 12 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

    inventors increases the rate of codification of herbal knowledge at U.S. assignees by 4.5%. Our identification comes from an exogenous shock to the quota of H1B visas and from a list of entities exempted from the shock. We also find that... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 06 Apr 2023
    • Blog Post

    Circularity in Denmark

    products that precisely match the toys we all grew up with. Just an hour south in Bjerringbro, world-leading pump manufacturer Grundfos is preparing to start closing the loop on physical waste with their Take Back Program. This program yields a dual benefit by View Details
    • 06 Mar 2025
    • Blog Post

    IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

    Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
    • 06 Feb 2018
    • First Look

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

    exogenous shock to the quota of H1B visas and from a list of entities exempted from the shock. We also find that ethnic migrant inventors are more likely to engage in reuse of their prior knowledge, whereas inventors from other ethnic... View Details
    • 26 Aug 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

    When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology