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- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
social events such as movies and bingo nights, providing additional opportunities to observe their patients and identify who has suddenly stopped showing up for activities, an early indication that something seriously wrong might be...
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- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
nostalgic memories of startups that bring to mind my favorite line from the movie Blade Runner: “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” Remember Boo.com, Webvan, eToys, Pseudo.com, Pets.com, and Kozmo? Disney’s $790...
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- 23 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up
threats may not be very effective.” Someone who willfully downloads music or movies may be liable for thousands of dollars or even more in statuary damages. However, fees for inadvertent usage are typically limited to the actual damages,...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One...
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- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Struggle is an experience we instinctively avoid, looking for any way to minimize the hard work and pain involved in getting what we want. And yet—nearly every book we read and movie we watch involves someone struggling mightily to...
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by Michael Blanding
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
There's a famous line from the movie The Godfather, which is often repeated in corporate settings: "This is business, not personal." Ironically, though, that statement is actually bad business advice. During the Consortium for Operational...
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- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
more localized products coupled with licensing agreements linked to specific movie franchises might be an option, but an expensive one. The company also had to consider that "diminishing play time and the threat of a disruptive...
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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
"the virtual movie studio" by Gordon Radley, president of Lucasfilm. In the Real World Once the speeches, panel discussions, and video displays had concluded, conference participants took to the field on March 22 for a day of company...
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Daniel Penrice
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
example, organizations could hold monthly game nights, potluck dinners, movie screenings, book clubs, or other events that provide employees the opportunity to form meaningful social memories shared with other members of the organization....
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- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
business." "The statistics are correct," said Raj Kapoor (HBS MBA '96), managing director at Mayfield, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. "It's an extremely hit-driven business that's becoming more and more like the View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
sister cities. They’re both industry towns, and in many ways the marketing campaign for a movie or a television show is not unlike a campaign for a political candidate. You’re trying to inform people, arm them with information, remind...
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Julia Hanna
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
rented before want DVDs. Specifically, a 1.3% increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
We're all working as a team to beat the odds, and when we have a commercial success, it's like hitting a home run." "The era of the swashbuckler with a hunch who hits it big and goes broke on alternating Sundays has been the stuff of View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
innovative approach to identifying potential hit movie scripts via crowdsourcing. As the annual Black List proved to hold the scripts of some of Hollywood’s most successful films, from “Slumdog Millionaire” to “Spotlight,” it became...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than the second film. Similarly, we also predict and find that should DVDs are held significantly longer than want DVDs within-customer. Finally, we find...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
coverage of shark ‘attacks’ and by highlighting shark-on-human violence in popular movies and documentaries. In this study, we investigate another subtler yet powerful factor that contributes to this fear: the ominous background music...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
around the different extrinsic and intrinsic motivations underlying each of these party's approach to the movie and, therefore, to the negotiation. The exercise allows exploration of the risks of "monetizing" different types of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
doubt eased the fundraising that followed. Almost a dozen major movie studios participated in the initial round of funding in the summer of 2018, including Disney, Entertainment One, Fox, ITV, Lionsgate, MGM, NBCUniversal, Sony, Viacom,...
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- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than the second film. Finally, we find that as the...
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
mid-1950s, U.S. Steel had produced sixteen films, including titles such as Steel: Man’s Servant and The Making and Shaping of Steel . Seen by millions of Americans in movie theatres, educational institutions, and trade and industrial...
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