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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
holiday sales season, the demonstration took place at Jordan Marsh in Boston, one of the region's leading department stores. To orchestrate the rollout of the product, Polaroid hired J. Harold Booth, known for his success in sales and marketing at Bell & Howell... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
have-to-do tasks day after day, week after week, many couples carve out special time and space for certain want-to-do moments they enjoy together: They work in the gardens on Saturdays; they share a kiss on weekdays before heading to the office; they eat pizza, drink... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
FAMILY PORTRAIT: John and Aileen Crowley with Megan, John Jr., and Patrick. When John Crowley (MBA ’97) flew to Portland, Oregon, last spring to watch the filming of a movie about his life, what he saw was “beyond surreal.” The actors’... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
including facilities in more than twenty arenas and stadiums, serving all kinds of snacks and comfort food in the stands and fine cuisine in the luxury boxes. It is also a major player in numerous convention and performing arts centers and airports. The theater... View Details
- 16 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem
In a cluttered online world, few can resist the convenience of an automated ranking when deciding what movie to watch on Netflix or which seafood restaurant looks promising in a Google search. But when it comes to finding a job candidate... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
A. Schwarzman (MBA 1972) Reshma Kewalramani MD, FASN (GMP 18, 2015) CEO and President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Big move: “I was almost 12 when we flew from Bombay to the United States. My impressions of the West came from the movie Grease... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
opportunity close to New York City, and lived in Harlem while I was in Brooklyn. We spent every weekend together. Hours spent cooking, laughing, and watching movies turned into hours studying for the GMAT as we jointly decided to pursue... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
vegetables. It’s absolutely gorgeous, best to be eaten by the Congo River.” Silver screen: “For me, movies are everything. A movie is a time machine that allows you to be in the past, present, and future. I... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
ways to overcome all three barriers. For example, cinemas have identified a concrete, helpful customer behavior—silencing phones before the movie begins. A simple reminder that demonstrates why it matters to everyone in the theater is all... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Turning Point: Listen to the Music
and it should be noted that filmmakers such as Ron Howard and Jonathan Demme credit him with their start in filmmaking. In addition to the movie business, I spent more than 25 years in radio in Los Angeles and San Francisco, working as a... View Details
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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
Institute, holds forth on failure of corporate governance in India’s top companies. Working Knowledge Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good Indian screen star Shabana Azmi talks to Rohit Deshpandé about how she leverages View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
Snigdha Sur (MBA 2017) is the Founder and CEO of The Juggernaut, a digital media company for South Asian stories. She’s on a mission to diversify storytelling and newsrooms and help challenge existing storylines. Since writing this blog post, Snigdha Sur was... View Details
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Bridgette Slater
I should add attorney to this list. What is your favorite childhood memory? Watching movies with my grandmother. She and I have a dream to one day visit Prince Edward Island in Canada together because we love the Anne of Green Gables... View Details
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
like a stone in a slingshot, zoomed back to Earth. They got home because they used the lunar orbit as an inflection point to change their trajectory and add the energy boost they needed." "I remember that scene in the movie Apollo 13," I... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
evaluating new opportunities, we should base our decisions on marginal costs and revenues. The book cites the fall of movie rental giant Blockbuster. Ten years ago, the company decided not to explore the market of then-upstart Netflix,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico
Nations’ Human Development Report in 1996, Ramirez may not have imagined himself attending to the details of running the largest movie theater chain in Latin America. Yet, he relished the challenge. “Learning about the business world... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
classic," says Matthew McEvoy (HBS MBA '89), strategic planning director at Burberry. Founded in 1856, the creator of the iconic trench coat has outfitted movie stars, outdoor sportsmen, the British military, and the Royal Family. In... View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Escapism in radio serials Prohibition repealed Golden age of movies Influence: Medium-Low 40 1940 s 19 Patriotism soars GI Bill Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Social conformity McCarthyism Membership in organized religion soars Brown... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
over where to go to dinner and what movie to see, they could both leave feeling unsatisfied. If, on the other hand, the person who cares more strongly about dinner gets to choose the restaurant, and the film buff gets to pick the movie,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding