Publications

Article

Mergers and Competition in Book Publishing

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Books; Publishing Industry

March 2008 (Revised August 2017)
Exercise

The Book Deal: Confidential Instructions for the PUBLISHER

By: Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman

A two-party negotiation between an Agent representing a new author and an Editor at a large Publishing Firm. The exercise involves a one-issue, zero-sum negotiation concerning the advance on royalties that the publisher will pay to the author. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Types; Publishing Industry

September 1988 (Revised March 1989)
Background Note

Note on the Book Publishing Industry in 1984

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Publishing Industry

05 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

Two days ago, the first buyers of Apple's iPad began putting it through its paces, playing games, navigating the Internet, and downloading electronic books. That groan you heard was from dozens of book View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Publishing; Publishing

August 2007 (Revised November 2010)
Case

Grand Central Publishing

By: Anita Elberse

In April 2007, Grand Central's publisher Jamie Raab and editor Karen Kosztolnyik were involved in a frantic bidding war for a proposed book on the life of cat Dewey, billed as the feline answer to the best-selling "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Product Launch; Bids and Bidding; Product Development; Publishing Industry

June 2012
Case

The Atavist: Reinventing the Book

By: Mukti Khaire and Mary Tripsas

Atavist, a start-up founded by journalists, publishes enhanced ebook singles as well as the software to create enhanced ebooks. The company is currently engaged in both publishing and software development, but as they raise funding and grow, must decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Technology; Growth Strategy; Innovation; Publishing; Software Industry; Technological Change; Disruptive Innovation; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

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

July 1986 (Revised December 1986)
Case

McGraw-Hill Book Co. (Condensed)

By: James I. Cash Jr.

Keywords: Publishing Industry

August 2011
Supplement

Better World Books Video

By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh

This video contains an interview with David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books. Topics discussed include: the opportunities and constraints offered by having a social mission, an update on the company, and the future of Better World Books. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Management Teams; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Publishing Industry

04 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought

the book is a sequel to their 2009 work The Adventures of an IT Leader "We hope that this book inspires reflection and makes a contribution to developing our knowledge about CEO leadership in ways that can... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan & Shannon O'Donnell; Aerospace

March 2013
Case

Robin Ash and Printzhof Press

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Lynda St. Clair

Robin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Her first objective is to create an action plan that will achieve two seemingly contradictory corporate... View Details

Keywords: United States; Organizational Change; Management Styles; General Management; Change Management; Morale; Communication; Human Resource Management; Book Publishing; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict Management; Leading Change; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Culture; Planning; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

March 2008 (Revised August 2017)
Exercise

The Book Deal: Confidential Instructions for the AGENT

By: Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman

A two-party negotiation between an Agent representing a new author and an Editor at a large Publishing Firm. The exercise involves a one-issue, zero-sum negotiation concerning the advance on royalties that the publisher will pay to the author. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Types; Publishing Industry

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 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that creativity can be mandated or... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan; Education; Technology

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

more than timely that a book on the subject by one of the world's great experts on corporate governance, Harvard Business School Professor Jay Lorsch, will be published next week. The Future of Boards:... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

Street Journal published an explosive article spelling out many of the firm's problems. The CEO had two weeks' warning, but instead of alerting others or working to kill the story, he deliberately chose to do nothing. Not only did he not... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

2009
Other Unpublished Work

The Kindle: Igniting the Book Business

By: Peter Olson and Bharat Anand

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

July 2018
Article

Does Copyright Affect Reuse? Evidence from Google Books and Wikipedia

By: Abhishek Nagaraj

While digitization has greatly increased the reuse of knowledge, this study shows how these benefits might be mitigated by copyright restrictions. I use the digitization of in-copyright and out-of-copyright issues of Baseball Digest magazine by Google Books to... View Details

Keywords: Digitization; Economics Of Innovation; Wikipedia; Intellectual Property; Copyright