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2015
Working Paper

Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures

By: Josh Lerner and Greg Rafert

Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changing allocations of property rights on investment in new firms. We focus on the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S., which narrowed the protection enjoyed by content creators (e.g., movie... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Copyright

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2012
Other Unpublished Work

Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Copyright Scope on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures

By: Josh Lerner and Greg Rafert

Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changes in copyright scope on investment in new firms. We begin by analyzing the investment effects of the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S. and court rulings in France and Germany on venture... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Investment; Business Startups; Copyright; France; Germany; United States; European Union

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31 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

economic works in history. Its messages of industry and frugality also found an audience through phonetic spelling and cartoons that appeared on anything from a child’s mug to a popular broadside. Examples of these early editions can be... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

splashed with evocative pictures of the after-effects of too much sugar, like a man’s bulging belly, an insulin needle inserted into a stomach, and a mouthful of decaying teeth. “We were working with a graphics team and they had these stock photos and clip art View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

need for quiet submission is exaggerated by today's difficult economy, where millions of people have lost their jobs and many more worry that they might. A Dilbert cartoon poignantly expresses how pointless—and perilous—many people feel... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

28 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior

pencil-and-paper maze to each student, in which the goal was to help a trapped cartoon mouse find its way out. In some mazes, a picture of a piece of cheese sat outside the exit, next to a hole in the wall where the mouse could escape.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

serve, so he joined the Red Cross and went overseas as an ambulance driver. In Paris, he found purpose in chauffeuring military command officers around the city to meetings. Disney brought to this endeavor a keen sense of fun and theater: He covered his green military... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

all of the values that hackers share, but they tend to agree on at least one thing: Respect must be earned and cannot be derived from position. There are three big challenges that I identified.—Siobhán O'Mahony Much of what is funny about Dilbert View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

There's a classic cartoon plot device that represents a struggle with temptation. A tiny angel pops up on the conflicted character's left shoulder, urging him to follow the path of righteousness. A tiny devil sits on his right shoulder,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

10 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

unprofessional, it featured red font and a pixelated cartoon devil. Other participants received a deliberately professional-looking survey titled "Carnegie Mellon University Executive Council Survey on Ethical Behaviors," which sported... View Details