Dulling the Cutting-Edge: How PatentRelated Policies and Practices Hamper Innovation in China August 2012 Dan Prud’homme∗ Business Manger of the IPR Working Group and R&D Forum at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber)‚ based in the Shanghai Office. Contact information: dprudhomme@europeanchamber.com.cn Acknowledgements: The author would especially like to thank the following members of the European Chamber’s IPR Working Group (WG) for their comments on this study:
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for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials. 111 MBAP ISBN: 0−390−50558−7 MBA Program Contents Harvard Business School General Management Cases 3M: Profile of an Innovating Company 1 Case 1 Richard Ivey School of Business — The University of Western Ontario WAVERIDER COMMUNICATIONS‚ INC.: THE WIRELESS LAST MILE 21 Case 21 Harvard Business School POM Cases Disruptive Technology
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3M‚ Inc. Professor Scalzo 3M‚ Inc. was founded in 1902 at the Lake Superior town of Two Harbors‚ Minn. Five businessmen set out to mine a mineral deposit for grinding-wheel abrasives. But the deposits proved to be of little value‚ and the new Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. quickly moved to nearby Duluth to focus on sandpaper products. The five industrious and tenacious northern Minnesota businessmen with diverse occupations founded 3M. They financed
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not perform at its best or meet the consumers’ needs and/or demands. There are three tiers of non-customers that can be indentified and brought in as customers. Each tier is different and displays a comparative distance from the desired market. 3M has a broad spectrum of product but they are most notably known for their office organization products. A company that examines the similarities among non-customers and existing customers can identify how expand their consumer base. To say that the
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significance given to science and technology and this is the main lesson for other firms. Discuss the merits of such a view and the extent to which this is the case. As company had been formed around one technology i.e. sandpapers. Now a day 3M make use of hundred technologies & more like the membranes‚ the biotechnology‚ the artificial intelligence‚ the high vacuum thin films & also the superconductivity. Such technology underpins products which company develops & manufactures. For supporting
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Leadership Reflective Summary on Entrepreneurship (3M) To understand how entrepreneurship helps companies to achieve the corporate goals‚ the corporate venture of 3M’s “Post-it note” can be a good example for me. 3M is an adaption entrepreneurial organization which has a strategic focus on innovation by equipping its employees with required resources to stimulate entrepreneurship (Stevenson & Gumpert 1985). In order to become the innovation leader‚ 3M allows its staffs to spend 15% of their time to
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Introduction 3M is an innovative and creative company that flourished since 1930 with the invention of masking tape and again in the 1950’s with Scotchgard the fabric protector. Then during a glue that was invented that was considered a failure in the 1970’s someone came up with the idea of taking that glue solution and using it on the back of paper to hold the paper to anything. So the invention of the post-it came out and the business really took off. in the 2000 the newly appointed CEO
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companies are 3M‚ Motorola‚ GE‚ and Sara Lee. We will focus on 3M. Almost a century ago 3M introduced and produced sand paper and recently rolled out software that will help companies manage warehouse‚ shipping yards‚ and logistics. Two totally different products under the same 3M roof and operating as two separate entities‚ which is one of the few diversified products 3M offers. The reason for this is that the customers are changing‚ and to meet there demands‚ the company is changing also. 3M decided
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extent is 3M justifiably highlighted as the ‘innovating machine’? I feel 3M is justifiably highlighted as the ‘innovating machine’ and should be proud to be referred to as this. “For years‚ people around the world have looked to 3M for products and ideas that solve problems and make their lives easier and better. Our achievements are the foundation of a proud past and the bright future of many innovations to come.” (3M‚ para1) I think that statement alone shows how people trust the 3M Company in
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3M INTRODUCTION: 3M is a 109-year-old company is a $21-billion technology giant with major brands like Post-It Notes and Scotch Tape on its roster as well as innovative products like multi-layer optical films that go into LCDs. There are 6 major business units with 40 independent divisions in the company‚ operating with hundreds of offices‚ plants and suppliers around the world. 3M also has a number of core technologies feeding into its different markets and crossing over business lines. It was
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