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- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
example, the current battle over the next-generation format for DVD. Will it be Blu-ray (Sony) or HD DVD (Toshiba)? Without an accepted standard in this case, and one does not appear likely, consumers will be forced to buy one format or...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
price. They may understand the importance of interpersonal interaction, of setting the atmosphere, and of thinking through offers and counteroffers. But their narrow focus on a battle of bargaining positions at the table can blind them to...
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by Anita M. Harris
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719437-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 619-019 Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo’s CEO, and web developer Chris O’Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo, a UK View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
battle (to get $700,000 minus legal fees) will exceed the defendant's assessment of his exposure (to pay $500,000 plus fees). Without significant risk aversion, the divergent assessments would block any...
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by James K. Sebenius
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
market leadership position? "We believe that there is still a great deal of confusion and puzzlement on how this competitive battle will develop," say the authors of the academic paper Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by...
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- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
eras; I’ve created several of those, with protagonists confronting new and different challenges at each moment.) Still, I’m willing to take on a new novelist, and maybe a series will follow. Former prosecutor Michael McAuliffe has written a timely View Details
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by Staff
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
invent a product, a large company can’t just swoop in and steal it and dare the little guy to fight it. NPEs claim they are protecting these little guys. Opponents, however, say they are exploiting imperfections in the legal system. Cohen...
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by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
industry practices, which the press juxtaposed against the grim realities of AIDS in southern Africa. In response, governmental and nongovernmental organizations formed a coalition that ultimately won big public health exemptions on international intellectual property...
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by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
funds, and money managers are natural active investors, but they have been shut out of boardrooms and strategy by the legal structure, by custom, and by their own practices." There are many reasons why shareholders have remained on...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
fighting stage-four cancer, a battle he sadly lost in 2019. His daughter, Jane Biondi Munna, compiled his words—along with recollections from Peter Chernin, Alan Schwartz, and Sherry Lansing, to name a few—so that we can all draw...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
the whole world of nature,” she once said. Years later, Carson—a quiet, reserved woman who trained as a scientist—would find her voice as a writer, publishing essays and books about nature’s delicate interrelationship with humankind. For two years, she View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
legislation along. But we need much more than a good scolding and limits on sky-high paydays. We need to rethink how American business ought to be run, including changes to fiduciary duties, legal liability, takeover rules, and business...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Edwards and Hicks Illustration by Dan Vasconcellos Deep in the heart of Texas, smack in the middle of President Bush’s staunchly Republican home district, an eight-term Democratic congressman battled a Republican newcomer for reelection....
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- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
disadvantageous position to compete with the two superpowers. However, it did compete, and the question is why. The existing historiography on the Sino-Soviet split focuses on Mao's desire for leadership of the international communist movement, his contempt for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
on advertising cards to deflect tensions resulting from societal changes of the period and to present a company and its products as particularly “American.” In their card for the state of New Jersey, a dynamic image of George Washington in View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
legal battles had destroyed the relationship between the families of the two cousins. This case describes the complexities of corporate governance for a family owned organization. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
American business ought to be run, including changes to fiduciary duties, legal liability, takeover rules, and business education, among many other areas." Lorsch and Khurana will air their views in more detail to an academic...
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by Roger Thompson
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
pose a problem for the economy. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52111 Harvard Business School Case 917-012 Three Problems in Protecting Competition In three mini-cases, readers see a range of disputes in competition law—and apply...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
refuse to accept the trivialization of black life and justification of social controls like the persistent shadow of police brutality and lethality. They seek to challenge a legal system that has failed to provide justice for too many...
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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
case:http://hbr.org/search/912017-PDF-ENG First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources George Serafeim and Andrew KnauerHarvard Business School Case 112-083 The case describes the battle between First Quantum Mineral (FQM) and...
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Sean Silverthorne