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Who Owns Hackathon Inventions?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDon't let valuable IP slip through your fingers. -
Are You an Inventor or an Entrepreneur?
Innovation & Leadership 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... -
Necessity, not Scarcity, is the Mother of Invention
Leadership & Managing People 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... -
Research: Companies Led by Inventors Produce Better Innovations
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How to Protect Your Company’s Inventions
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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. -
How Biometrics Are Transforming the Customer Experience
Innovation Digital ArticleAs technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security. -
Don’t Let Them Steal Your Inventions
Innovation Digital ArticleA new U.S. patent regime gives rights to the “first inventor to file.” You’d better make sure it’s you. -
Lessons on Customer Engagement from Fan Controlled Football
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe esports venture uses blockchain to let fans call the shots in real time. -
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? -
Connect Inventors with the Right Problems
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleOpen innovation platforms are making it easier. -
Advertisers Must Be Inventors
Marketing Digital ArticleModern marketing success requires more than great commercials. -
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... -
Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022
AI and machine learning Digital ArticlePlus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023. -
Filing for a Patent Versus Keeping Your Invention a Trade Secret
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleA checklist to help you decide. -
A Network of Invention
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleCreativity in a community of inventors hinges on a few well-placed players. -
Research: Arab Inventors Make the U.S. More Innovative
Consumer behavior ResearchPatent data illustrates their outsize contributions. -
Game-Changing Inventions
Disruptive innovation Magazine ArticleWhat makes an idea revolutionary?
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ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth,... -
Duolingo: Teaching Languages to the Masses
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details At the time the case is written, Duolingo is the most popular language learning service in the world. The company has more than 40 million monthly active... -
Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)
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John Deere Component Works (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based... -
Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
Management Case Study8.95View Details The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million,... -
Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart
Management Case Study8.95View Details Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of... -
Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Chip and Joanna Gaines, who have shot to fame as stars of the hit television show Fixer Upper, are preparing to launch their own television network. It... -
Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare... -
Regtech at HSBC
Technology & Operations Case Study15.05View Details Mark Cooke, Global Head of Operational Risk, needed to decide between a traditional regulatory control system and a new regtech system to manage non-financial... -
Cann: High Hopes for Cannabis Infused Beverages
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View 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... -
Prime Coalition: Estimating Climate Impact
Management Case Study8.95View Details A case on CRANE, a tool to help investors and green technology companies estimate the future climate impact of new technologies and products, called emissions... -
John D. Rockefeller and the Creation of Standard Oil
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Reconstructs the entrepreneurial journey of John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil and one of the most famous business figures in history. Traces... -
Le Frigorifique: Charles Tellier and the Creation of the Cold Chain (A)
Management Case Study8.95View 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,... -
Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform (Abridged)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View 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
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2019, San Francisco-based electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) maker JUUL Labs (pronounced "jewel") faced intense pressure. Sales of JUUL products... -
Tomorrow.io
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In March 2021, the weather company Tomorrow.io announced a new project to develop satellites equipped with radar for weather monitoring and launch them... -
TiVo
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View 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... -
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
Strategy & Execution Case Study15.05View Details In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for... -
Apple Stores
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case reveals the genesis of the Apple Stores, a revolutionary retail concept launched by Ron Johnson, Apple Computer's senior vice president of retail.... -
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.
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ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth,... -
Duolingo: Teaching Languages to the Masses
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details At the time the case is written, Duolingo is the most popular language learning service in the world. The company has more than 40 million monthly active... -
Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform, Spreadsheet Supplement
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSpreadsheet supplement to 622-011 and 622-050. -
Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details ... -
John Deere Component Works (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based... -
Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service
Management Case Study8.95View Details The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million,... -
Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart
Management Case Study8.95View Details Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of... -
Who Owns Hackathon Inventions?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDon't let valuable IP slip through your fingers. -
Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Chip and Joanna Gaines, who have shot to fame as stars of the hit television show Fixer Upper, are preparing to launch their own television network. It... -
Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare...