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25 May 2021
News

U.S. Book Show: The Future of the Publishing Office

October 2023
Case

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes

By: John J-H Kim, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris and Max Hancock

Jack Lynch, CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) since 2017, was leading the company’s transformation from a legacy textbook publisher to a digital-first student outcomes provider, which earned subscription revenue from digital products and curriculum. In 2023, HMH... View Details

Keywords: Edtech; Textbook; Publishing; Leading Change; Change Management; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; United States

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases Published CSV Cases Published CSV Cases Please find... View Details

08 Jun 2015
News

USA TODAY publisher Kramer to retire before Gannett print spinoff

11 Feb 2014
News

Goldfish have longer attention spans than Americans, and the publishing industry knows it

12 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia

To succeed in academia, professors often feel the pressure to “publish or perish.” But in evaluating professors’ productivity based on total published studies and grant funding, are institutions overlooking other factors that affect a... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Education

25 Aug 2014
News

'Atlantic' Publisher Had Role in Brokering US Hostage’s Release

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

September 2012
Case

Ringier - Building a Digital-Age Media Company

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Overview of the strategic re-orientation and diversification of Ringier, a Swiss based media company, as they confront the challenges of staying competitive and profitable in the new and increasingly digital media landscape. View Details

Keywords: Media And Publishing; Publishing; Media; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Diversification; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Switzerland

01 Oct 2020
Video

Wendy Tsu - Product and Customer Discovery - Academic Publishing

Article

The Study Premortem: Why Publishing Null Results Is Only the First Step

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz

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27 Apr 2018
News

Books love the small: How indie stores and publishers fill the niches

December 2011 (Revised June 2014)
Case

From Paperback to the Future: The Penguin Group and Book Country

By: Mukti Khaire

Keywords: Publishing; Books; Publishing Industry

November 2012
Case

Bonnier: Digitalizing the Media Business

By: Lynda Applegate, Daniel Nylen, Jonny Holmstrom and Kalle Lyytinen

The case follows leading Scandinavian media company Bonnier as it establishes a designated R&D division for the first time. The case, in particular, focuses on its first flagship project, called Mag+, in which it creates a digital platform for publishing digital... View Details

Keywords: Media And Publishing; Media; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

2008
Case

The Thomson Corporation in the Legal Publishing Market: Expanding the Value Proposition (A)

By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble

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2008
Case

The Thomson Corporation in the Legal Publishing Market: Expanding the Value Proposition (B)

By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble

May 2013 (Revised June 2014)
Case

Getit

By: Ramana Nanda and Rachna Tahilyani

Sidharth Gupta, CEO of Getit Infomediary Ltd, had just received a term sheet from Helion Venture Partners (Helion), one of India's independent venture capital firms, offering to invest Rs 200 million in return for an equity stake in the company. His dream of... View Details

Keywords: Publishing; Media And Publishing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Media; Entrepreneurship; India