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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
Illustrations by Josh Cochran When actor Jeffrey Tambor stepped to the podium at this year’s Golden Globe Awards to accept the honor of Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy, he did so for a show that didn’t premiere on HBO,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Tencent
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426.
Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details
Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; WeChat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2O; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; PC; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; JD.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Value Creation; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Segmentation; Business Units; Communication; Profit; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
maybe they don’t. Why don’t we collaborate on an experiment testing their impact?” That was music to Donaker’s ears. Yelp had run experiments to optimize advertisements and had consultants try to figure out the impact of ads. But in the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
needed it. Listening to music is still very therapeutic for me. Seeing how art has helped our artists express themselves and heal has made me want to take on painting, too.” Which HBS course (or courses) had the most profound impact on... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
There is a moment in the musical Hamilton, right after America wins the Revolutionary War, when British King George III strides on stage and asks cheekily, “What comes next?” This is an urgent question for the United Kingdom as it lurches... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
iPod. As I finished writing Speed Trap, the music industry was celebrating the shutdown of Napster, and the major labels were busy organizing their own download services. A few months later, like a bolt out of the blue, Apple launched the... View Details
- 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,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
CDs anymore. If the music industry doesn’t respond to this change quickly, it’s going to be in big trouble.” — Russell Simmons, chairman & CEO, Rush Communications; cofounder, Def Jam Recordings Dynamic Women in Business Conference... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
business world. Yet any entrepreneur can attest to the creative power required to build an organization where none existed before. "Look, I made a hat /Where there never was a hat," sings Georges Seurat in the musical Sunday in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
perform at Carnegie Hall. Do you still play, and what kind of music do you favor? At best, I was an adequate musician, and that was only when I could steal time to practice. I love playing, though, especially chamber music. Haydn, Mozart,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
glasses have slid down his nose as he designs. His tongue sticks out as he stares, unblinking at his laptop screen, not making a sound. He asks Shin if he can change the music to put on some Azealia Banks, his “spirit artist.” At 5:05... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
participants imagining that an average consumer wanted to create a five-song playlist from five specific musical genres. Their task: Predict how many songs the consumer would pick from each genre. Next, in a callback to the first study,... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, has used music and singing to help staffers think in unconventional ways. Poet David Whyte brings poetry to corporations such as Merck and Procter & Gamble to stir creativity by helping... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
Managerial Economics professor Bing Sung to indicate that some elements of a problem are unknowable and should be recognized as such in our analyses. 1977H. One professor always asked, “Jeremy, who’s going to pay?” 1987E’s motto was “We Be E!” This became the section... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
advent of the iPod is fascinating [October 24, 2001: "Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable Music Player"]. So is the piece on "pocket phones" [September 25, 1991: "Where Silence Was Golden,... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
addressable market of $280 billion. That’s music to the ears of small businesses. Indeed, our research shows a sizeable credit gap exists for small businesses, particularly for loans under $100,000, which is the size that over 60 percent... View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
far enough. They stopped asking the next round of innovation questions, leaving Apple to reap the benefits from recognizing that the crucial thing wasn't just the device itself, but the magical way in which the entire music industry could... View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
and Sara Moore, who connected the dots between neural activity and success in the music industry. In a seminal lab experiment, teenagers listened to a series of new, relatively unknown songs while lying inside an fMRI machine. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
manage them properly. This frenetic activity was more than a game of corporate musical chairs. More fundamentally, it was a story of a search for identity by an industry whose borders were still unclear. It was also a search for the right... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
technologies and people’s expectations have changed. Your shopping experience at Amazon, your music experience with Spotify, and your viewing experience with Netflix show you that much more is possible. “Why isn’t HBS enabling this for me... View Details
Keywords: April White