movies - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

are always on stage being watched, analyzed, and interpreted." But as Adam Lawrence, an actor, warns us, " acting, or theatrics, is never about pretending to be something you are not." Combining these ideas, Sharika Kaul commented that " like a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

FOR SERVING: When I was a little kid, I loved the Museum of Science. I always spent hours searching for dinosaur bones in their sandbox, and I always went to the IMAX movies about jets and hurricanes. As a result, I really wanted to be a... View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

on my childhood, my parents supported me in learning how to draw since I was three, which equipped me with extraordinary senses to observe the world around me. Even though Asian culture doesn’t celebrate expressiveness, my parents would always have Friday View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Info As Netflix Film Chairman, Dan Lin (MBA 1999) oversees movie production at the world’s largest streaming service at 270 million subscribers and counting. With a solid grip on financials and a track record of hits like The LEGO View Details

Marcus Loew

Loew, a pioneer in the development of nickelodeons (by 1919, he owned 100 with assets of $25 million), built a vertically integrated movie production operation. He created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a Loew’s subsidiary in 1924, which... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

10 Mar 2017
News

The Business of Lego Batman

weekends in a row. He spoke with associate editor Julia Hanna about everything from his approach to a film’s business plan, to the challenges of managing internal growth on his teams—and how the Lego Movie is like The Avengers. READ MORE... View Details

Keywords: LEGO; Lego

01 Mar 2006
News

The Producers

THE BIG PICTURE: Teddy Zee, Douglas Mankoff, Diane Nabatoff, and Eric d'Arbeloff in Beverly Hills. The summer blockbuster, a genre unto itself, has long been seen as a surefire way to lure audiences to the air-conditioned sanctum of movie... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

29 Jun 2016
News

Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story

Monica Mandelli (MBA 1998) There’s no shortage of movies about Wall Street—Trading Places, The Big Short, Wall Street, Boiler Room, Margin Call, Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolf of Wall Street—to name but a few. Of course they portray... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; photography by Chris Taggart; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jun 2014
News

Screen Saver

Born in Cuba and raised in Puerto Rico, Gerardo "Gerry" Lopez fondly recalls the first movie he saw in the United States, in 1977: Star Wars. "Wow, the special effects and flying through space—it was great!" says Lopez (MBA 1984),... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

Fast Answer

Movies: statistics

Where can I find statistics about movies and movie theaters? S&P Capital IQ Pro: Select... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Lego Stays on Script

a global box office of $469 million that had everyone involved humming along to the movie’s hit song, “Everything Is Awesome.” Following on that success, February saw the release of The LEGO Batman Movie, with The LEGO Ninjago Movie due... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

Consider this real-world social negotiation. On a Friday night, a husband and wife are trying to decide where to eat and which movie to see. Al prefers restaurant A, and Marie prefers restaurant C. Marie prefers View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

01 Oct 1996
News

Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

In the motion picture industry, most people know Alan Horn as the smart, savvy chairman and CEO of Castle Rock Entertainment, the film company that has turned out movie hits such as When Harry Met Sally and In the Line of Fire, as well as... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

24 Feb 2011
News

Show Time

An Oscar statue (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Academy Awards are coming up, that annual homage to movies and their place in popular culture. The festivities are also a reminder of entertainment’s importance as a mainstay of the U.S. economy and, for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Portrait Project

Jeff Norton

sometimes takes a while, but I always get an interesting answer. Everyone has an answer. And everyone has a story. I used to work at the local movie theatre. I loved watching the faces of the audiences as they laughed, cried, and... View Details

31 Jan 2016
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