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Will Our Partner Steal Our IP?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleA hybrid-automotive supplier worries about losing its intellectual property. -
Collaboration Rules
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleExtraordinary group efforts don’t have to be miraculous or accidental. An environment designed to produce cheap, plentiful transactions unleashes collaborations that break through organizational barriers. -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Technology & Operations ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
Why Companies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Treat Their Diversity Numbers as Trade Secrets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship ResearchSome tech firms are going out of their way to avoid uncomfortable disclosures. -
Will Our Partner Steal Our IP? (HBR Case Study)
Global Business Magazine ArticleA Taiwanese manufacturer of hybrid-car parts faces risks to its proprietary technology in its partnership with a Chinese automaker. Case Study authored... -
License to Overkill (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSheldon Bloomfield, senior vice-president of character properties for Multi-Media Worldwide, has a hit with Baby Ruby. Originally a children's book character,... -
Treat Employees like Adults
Intellectual property Magazine ArticlePeople aren’t getting dumber, but they’re often treated that way. Politicians, educators, and the media assume the public is uncomfortable with nuance and grateful for prescribed solutions. Business, too, is being progressively dumbed down, not only by book authors who teach management by parable but also by managers themselves. Ironically, the infantilization of work is […] -
Pirates Inside
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCorporations that talk tough about cracking down on intellectual property theft need to look closely at their own organizations. -
What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleMake yourself a harder target. -
Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStrategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they're in compliance with the law. -
The Dangers of Modularity
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleBy placing a premium on predictability in their product development efforts, companies create a technology landscape that’s easier to navigate—but one that may produce fewer true breakthroughs. -
Discovering New Value in Intellectual Property
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleMore companies are learning to exploit patents as potent competitive weapons and as a source of unexpected revenues. Think clustering, bracketing, and mapping. -
Connect Inventors with the Right Problems
Innovation Digital ArticleOpen innovation platforms are making it easier. -
Can You Patent Your Business Model?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleThe short answer is no, says the head of the U.S. patent office, but you can patent specific ways of doing business. And that, he contends, is a good thing for innovation. -
Innovating for Cash
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleReprint: R0309E Despite companies' almost fanatical worship of innovation, most new products don't generate money. That's because executives don't realize... -
The Danger of Innovation by the Numbers, Continued
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLast week, I wrote about the dangers of overly relying on quantitative market research when developing innovation opportunities. A tendency to seek "safety... -
Connect and Develop: Inside Procter & Gamble's New Model for Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor generations, Procter & Gamble generated most of its phenomenal growth by innovating from within--building global research facilities and hiring the... -
Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleMovie studios and record companies should take note. -
Patent Trolling Isn't Dead - It's Just Moving to Delaware
Technology & Operations ResearchThe recent Supreme Court ruling wasn't a cure-all. -
What? Me, Worry?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleMost executives think they’re security conscious—they change their passwords and shred important documents and so forth. But what rarely crosses their minds, says espionage expert H. Keith Melton, is that cloak-and-dagger types really are after their valuables. Just because you’re not paranoid, he observes, doesn’t mean they’re not following you. Melton, the author of Ultimate […]
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The Lingering Cost of Instant Fashion
Business and society Digital ArticleConsumers should understand the side effects of business models — particularly the privatization of profit and the socialization of costs, including human and environmental harm. -
Pro Sports Has a Piracy Problem
Intellectual property Digital ArticleNew research suggests an effective way to address it. -
Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem
Intellectual property Digital ArticleStrategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they’re in compliance with the law. -
Your Company’s Data Is for Sale on the Dark Web. Should You Buy It Back?
Business ethics Digital ArticlePaying for stolen data — even when it’s your own — comes with substantial legal and reputational risks. -
Big Tech Has a Patent Violation Problem
Intellectual property Digital ArticleCongress needs to make it easier to enforce IP protections. -
Elon Musk Doesn’t Care About Patents. Should You?
Strategy Digital ArticleToday’s most successful companies are rethinking traditional notions of ownership. -
Is China Actually Stealing American Jobs and Wealth?
National competitiveness Digital ArticleIt’s a political talking point, so let’s look at the data. -
3 Myths About China’s IP Regime
Business law Digital ArticleFears of forced technology transfer are overblown. -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
Intellectual property Digital ArticleShould companies control all the ways people experience art? -
Why Companies Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Treat Their Diversity Numbers as Trade Secrets
Intellectual property ResearchSome tech firms are going out of their way to avoid uncomfortable disclosures. -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Intellectual property ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
How the U.S., the EU, and Japan Are Trying to Rein in China's State Capitalism
Global Business Digital ArticleAt the top of the agenda are protecting IP and curbing state subsidies. -
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
Intellectual property ResearchThe recent Supreme Court ruling wasn’t a cure-all. -
The Uber-Waymo Lawsuit: It Should Be Easy to Poach Talent, But Not IP
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleNoncompetes are bad for innovation; protecting information is essential. -
How an Airplane Laptop Ban Would Expose Company Data to Espionage
Intellectual property Digital ArticleAnd how business travelers can respond. -
What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMake yourself a harder target. -
Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMovie studios and record companies should take note. -
Leading in a World Without Secrets
Leadership Digital ArticleChief Security Officers have some tough choices to make. -
Industrial Espionage Is More Effective Than R&D
National competitiveness Magazine ArticleTwo researchers look at the economic returns that spying produced during the Cold War. -
What the U.S. Should Be Doing to Protect Intellectual Property
Intellectual property Digital ArticleInnovation deserves protection.
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Bahwan CyberTek in 2017 and Beyond
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Bahwan Cybertek (BCT) was an IP-enabled technology company founded in 1999 by Sheikah Hind Bahwan (Hind) and S. Durgaprasad (DP). Over the years, it... -
Luna Pen (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 396156. Presents a series of multiple choice options to be distributed and discussed in class. -
Philips' Compact Disc Introduction (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Asks that students adopt the perspective of Philips in 1979, after technical development of the CD was complete, but three years before it was introduced... -
The U.S. - China Trade War
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On December 1, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Leader Xi Jinping faced each other across a dinner table during a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires,... -
Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate... -
Cipla Global Ltd.: Generics versus Drug Discovery
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Cipla Global Ltd. (CGL) is a real-life, undisguised decision case. CGL is one of India's top pharmaceutical companies. Thanks to India's process patent... -
Cadence vs. Avant! (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Chronicles the origins and evolution of a landmark intellectual property dispute between Cadence Design Systems and Avant! Corp. Cadence was the leading... -
Sunitha Nath Boutiques: Intellectual Property Rights (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This is Case C in a three-case series. In December 2015, the managing director and chief executive officer of Sunitha Nath Boutiques in Bengaluru, discovered... -
Nucleon, Inc.
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Nucleon is a small biotechnology company whose first potential product is about to enter clinical testing. Before Nucleon can begin clinical trials, however,... -
Centagenetix (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy
Management Case Study11.95View Details Fawn Weaver, as a Black woman and industry outsider in a capital-intensive, highly regulated, competitive and male-dominated spirits industry, successfully... -
A Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity: Why Boards Need to Lead--and How to Do It
35.00View Details Cybersecurity threats are on the rise. As a leader, you need to be prepared to keep your organization safe. Companies are investing an unprecedented amount... -
Jane Win Jewelry: A Winning Model?
Management Case Study11.95View Details Since its beginning in 2018, Jane Win LLC, a nimble and lean start-up selling amulet jewellery pieces, had seen immediate success. From the company's... -
Intellectual Property Intermediaries
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details During the past five to 10 years, several different intermediation business models have emerged for the intellectual property (IP) market. This note describes... -
Sony and the JK Wedding Dance
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Executives at Sony Music Entertainment faced a dilemma: a user-generated video featuring controversial artist Chris Brown's music was netting millions... -
Open Innovation at Huawei
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case study focuses on how Huawei had developed and used Huawei Innovation Research Program (HIRP) as its open innovation platform, showing how the... -
Telma: Building and Defending a Market Leader
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case traces the inception to rise of Telma, the flagship brand of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, over its decade of existence. Telma based on the molecular... -
Sunitha Nath Boutiques: Intellectual Property Rights (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This is Case A in a three case series. In December 2015, the managing director and chief executive officer of Sunitha Nath Boutiques in Bengaluru, discovered... -
Levi Strauss Canada Holding an Ember: The GWG (R) Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The director of marketing for Levi Strauss Canada needs to decide the fate of the GWG brand, a fallen giant in the Canadian jeans market. For the last...
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Bahwan CyberTek in 2017 and Beyond
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Bahwan Cybertek (BCT) was an IP-enabled technology company founded in 1999 by Sheikah Hind Bahwan (Hind) and S. Durgaprasad (DP). Over the years, it... -
Will Our Partner Steal Our IP?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleA hybrid-automotive supplier worries about losing its intellectual property. -
Luna Pen (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 396156. Presents a series of multiple choice options to be distributed and discussed in class. -
Philips' Compact Disc Introduction (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Asks that students adopt the perspective of Philips in 1979, after technical development of the CD was complete, but three years before it was introduced... -
The U.S. - China Trade War
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On December 1, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Leader Xi Jinping faced each other across a dinner table during a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires,... -
Collaboration Rules
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleExtraordinary group efforts don’t have to be miraculous or accidental. An environment designed to produce cheap, plentiful transactions unleashes collaborations that break through organizational barriers. -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Technology & Operations ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate... -
Cipla Global Ltd.: Generics versus Drug Discovery
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Cipla Global Ltd. (CGL) is a real-life, undisguised decision case. CGL is one of India's top pharmaceutical companies. Thanks to India's process patent... -
Cadence vs. Avant! (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Chronicles the origins and evolution of a landmark intellectual property dispute between Cadence Design Systems and Avant! Corp. Cadence was the leading...