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Don't Let Them Steal Your Inventions
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleA new U.S. patent regime gives rights to the "first inventor to file." You'd better make sure it's you. -
Research: Companies Led by Inventors Produce Better Innovations
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It’s Time for the U.S. to Tackle Patent Trolls
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleA single rule change would be a good start. -
Necessity, not Scarcity, is the Mother of Invention
Creativity Digital ArticleBravo for companies that are starting to focus on innovation again! It’s about time. But even with this renewed attention to innovation, some managers keep projects resource-starved, in the belief that scarcity drives creative invention. Although ingenuity can sometimes spring up when means are scarce, managers beware: It is a dangerous miscalculation to think that […] -
How Biometrics Are Transforming the Customer Experience
Innovation Digital ArticleAs technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security. -
Research: Arab Inventors Make the U.S. More Innovative
Consumer behavior ResearchPatent data illustrates their outsize contributions. -
Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes: How Ukraine Has Highlighted Gaps in US Defense Technologies
Business and society Digital ArticleHow does a company that gets two million hack attempts each week think about security? -
Advertisers Must Be Inventors
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleModern marketing success requires more than great commercials. -
Game-Changing Inventions
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Who Owns Hackathon Inventions?
Innovation Digital ArticleDon’t let valuable IP slip through your fingers. -
Connect Inventors with the Right Problems
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleOpen innovation platforms are making it easier. -
Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022
AI and machine learning Digital ArticlePlus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023. -
Lessons on Customer Engagement from Fan Controlled Football
Innovation Digital ArticleThe esports venture uses blockchain to let fans call the shots in real time. -
Recession: The Mother of Invention?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWith soaring oil and food prices, falling home values, and the credit crunch beginning to take their toll on the U.S. economy, it's a terrible time to... -
How to Protect Your Company’s Inventions
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Are You an Inventor or an Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleBeing an entrepreneur has more to do with a state of mind than a state of employment. And when you think of being an entrepreneur, it doesn’t just mean starting a company — I’ve started over half a dozen successful companies but have also brought my experience to established companies. Right now, I am the […] -
A Network of Invention
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleCreativity in a community of inventors hinges on a few well-placed players. -
Filing for a Patent Versus Keeping Your Invention a Trade Secret
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleA checklist to help you decide.
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Small Niches, Big Promise: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sustainable Business
Management Case Study11.95View Details Solving the Earth's climate crisis will take major innovations and massive investments in energy, transportation, construction, and other areas. But "green... -
Driving the Future: How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change Industries and Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Self-driving cars are moving from science fiction to showroom fact, or at least to a car summoning platform. Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google,... -
The a2 Milk Company
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery... -
Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Since the early days of the internet, Taiwan had a vibrant community of civic hackers and open-source programmers who engaged with social issues. Audrey... -
Metaverse Seoul
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In May 2022, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) launched the pilot of Metaverse Seoul, a government-run metaverse. SMG had delivered a virtual version... -
Toraya
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Mitsuharu Kurokawa was the 18th generation leader of a family firm that produced and sold premium Japanese sweets, Toraya Confectionery Co., Ltd. He had... -
Tomer Zvulun and The Atlanta Opera: At Crossroads (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, Tomer Zvulun, the CEO and artistic director of The Atlanta Opera, was considering next steps. Zvulun had adapted quickly to the new, dual role... -
Best Buy Health: Enabling Care at Home
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores retailer Best Buy's decision to enter health care. Best Buy Health aims to enable care at home across three prongs: consumer health,... -
Elon Musk at Tesla
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case gives an overview of Elon Musk's career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information... -
Kariyer.net: Recruiting AI
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2017, Fatih Uysal (AMP 2021) became CEO of Kariyer.net. By then, the business was already the industry leading online job board in Turkey. However,... -
Community Solutions
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional... -
Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform (Abridged)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Telepass, until very recently the sole processor of electronic toll payments on Italy's highways, has ambitions beyond tolling. Since the mid-2010s, the... -
JUUL and the Vaping Revolution: A 2022 Update
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case provides a brief update (2019-2022) on the rise and fall of JUUL Labs, the maker of the popular JUUL e-cigarette. -
IBM: Design Thinking
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the 2012-2020 effort at IBM to implement design thinking throughout the company and hire thousands of designers to serve on every... -
Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case set describes the gale of creative destruction that came with the rise of refrigeration and the creation of a globalized food supply chain,... -
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for... -
Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Genentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected... -
Cann: High Hopes for Cannabis Infused Beverages
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 2018 by Jake Bullock and Luke Anderson, Cann sold "social tonics," or cannabis-infused beverages. By 2022, the company had several notable... -
TiVo
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details TiVo is a digital video recorder that allows viewers to watch what they want, when they want to watch it. Fourteen months into the launch, sales are very... -
Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The (B) case offers a detailed account of Wendell Weeks's innovation strategy at Corning, and how his approach played a critical role in the COVID-19...
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Small Niches, Big Promise: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sustainable Business
Management Case Study11.95View Details Solving the Earth's climate crisis will take major innovations and massive investments in energy, transportation, construction, and other areas. But "green... -
Driving the Future: How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change Industries and Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Self-driving cars are moving from science fiction to showroom fact, or at least to a car summoning platform. Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google,... -
VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 621021. -
The a2 Milk Company
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery... -
Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 722414 -
Don't Let Them Steal Your Inventions
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleA new U.S. patent regime gives rights to the "first inventor to file." You'd better make sure it's you. -
Research: Companies Led by Inventors Produce Better Innovations
Innovation ResearchAccording to a study of 935 CEOs. -
Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Since the early days of the internet, Taiwan had a vibrant community of civic hackers and open-source programmers who engaged with social issues. Audrey... -
Metaverse Seoul
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In May 2022, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) launched the pilot of Metaverse Seoul, a government-run metaverse. SMG had delivered a virtual version... -
Toraya
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Mitsuharu Kurokawa was the 18th generation leader of a family firm that produced and sold premium Japanese sweets, Toraya Confectionery Co., Ltd. He had...