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- March 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Next Street, LLC
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Next Street Financial, LLC was a modern merchant bank that provided high quality advisory services and capital to small- and mid-sized inner city businesses. Next Street was a for-profit business that aimed to increase the growth, profitability and success of its...
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Development Economics;
Entrepreneurship;
Capital;
Commercial Banking;
Investment Funds;
Urban Development;
Financial Services Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Next Street, LLC." Harvard Business School Case 211-094, March 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II
By: Daniel P. Gross
This paper studies the effects of the USPTO's patent secrecy program in World War II, under which over 11,000 U.S. patent applications were issued secrecy orders that halted examination and prohibited inventors from disclosing their inventions or filing in foreign...
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Invention Secrecy;
Invention Disclosure;
Trade Secrecy;
Secrecy Orders;
Cummulative Innovation;
Wold War 2;
Patents;
National Security;
History;
Innovation and Invention;
Outcome or Result;
Intellectual Property;
Policy;
Commercialization;
United States
Gross, Daniel P. "The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-090, May 2019. (Revised May 2019. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25545, May 2019)
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
correctly report that they click fewer advertisements, controlling for the number of advertisements they actually click. Results are most pronounced for commercial searches and for users with low income, low education, and little online...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
March 2016 Early Observers Re: The New Space Race A nice overview, but what was neglected was the important contribution of earth observation (remote sensing) technology and spin-off ventures to the current array of commercial space...
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Uncas A. Whitaker
Whitaker built the world’s largest manufacturer of electrical devices and connectors. His company was instrumental in the development of miniature components and advanced computer technologies which have been incorporated into literally thousands of business operations...
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Computers & Electronics
Alex Civetta
Alex advises companies on the intersection of law and business, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, technology transactions, and negotiation. He represents startup companies on all matters from formation through exit, and he regularly handles licensing agreements,...
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Legal
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
through it, because my family was absolutely mortified.” In 1989, out of the remains of a bankrupt commercial electric company for which she worked, Cataldo started City Lights Electrical Company. The company grew modestly while she was...
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- March 2015 (Revised February 2022)
- Supplement
CV Ingenuity (B): Epilogue
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Andrew Otazo
Duke Rohlen used a lea-nfunding, iconoclastic strategy for his start up for a drug eluding balloon for peripheral artery disease. His giant competitors were first movers. Did Duke obtain the funding he sought? How did his DEB fare versus that of his competitors?
The...
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CV Ingenuity;
CVI;
Drug Eluting Balloon;
DEB;
Drug Eluting Stent;
Angioplasty Balloon;
FoxHollow;
Medical Device;
Medical Device Startup;
Premarket Approval;
PMA;
Lutonix;
Stellarex;
LEVANT;
ILLUMENATE;
Clinical Trials;
Peripheral Arterial Disease;
PAD;
Healthcare Startups;
Covidien;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Business Startups;
Commercialization;
Strategy;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States;
Europe
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Andrew Otazo. "CV Ingenuity (B): Epilogue." Harvard Business School Supplement 315-087, March 2015. (Revised February 2022.)
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
concluded that alternative packaging solutions weren’t as green as they purported to be if they didn’t perform well in their main function: storing and preserving the food they contained. Recognizing they would need to use plastic packaging if they were to market a...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 31 Jan 2022
- News
Michael Trejo Brings Business Back to the Valley of the Sun
bring back to my community,” he explained to the magazine. “It was time to come home.” Trejo is now president and CEO of Standard Printing Company, a commercial trade printer located in an industrial Hispanic neighborhood of Phoenix. The...
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Lawrence J. Ellison
Ellison founded the second largest software company in the world – building the first commercially viable relational database. Oracle applications power more business-to-business and administrative systems than any other software...
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Computers & Electronics
Robert P. Luciano
Luciano generated top-level financial performance while streamlining Schering’s business operations. He divested Schering’s non-healthcare related business lines and was one of the first pharmaceutical executives to recognize the potential for biotechnology. His early...
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Healthcare
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
and threats to Unilever's global business in 1978 based on the commercial and political challenges faced by three of its subsidiaries, Lever Brothers in the United States, Hindustan Lever in India, and United Africa Company in West...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dana Letterbook, 1867–1869 — New Directions – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
correspondence while in Hong Kong and Shanghai. It is a particularly valuable addition to Baker Library’s extensive collections documenting the China Trade, not only as a commercial record but also as a personal commentary on life in...
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Olive Ann M. Beech
In 1932, Beech assisted her husband in forming the Beech Aircraft Corporation, and within a short time, the company prospered and dominated the market for privately-owned small, commercial planes. Beech Aircraft was also an important...
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Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Launches Alumni Survey
access to our alumni by any commercial organization,” explains Lampe. “Although we had made exceptions for journalistic surveys in the past, the increasing scale of these activities, their lack of rigor and meaning, and their clear View Details
- Profile
Jordan Amadio
school—it's the best training for using science to help society." To be most productive, however, Jordan believed he needed to take an additional step. "We need physician researchers who can commercialize lab advances; who can...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Venture Competition, is currently in use by more than 1,500 companies. Callida Energy CEO Raphael Carty (MBA 1983); Founded 2013 Reducing energy waste in commercial buildings and improving comfort through app-based surveying and learning...
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- Web
Introduction - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
olvwork490160 On September 18, 1934, a stunning exhibition sponsored by the National Alliance of Art and Industry (NAAI) and the Photographic Illustrators, Inc. opened in the gallery of New York City's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The show featured 250 works by the top...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Going Green at HBS
“scale” that has accumulated inside pipes that conduct hot water for heating. With pipes cleared, hot water (heat) flows more efficiently, creating significant savings for industry. The students met in a new course called Commercializing...
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