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  • September 2003 (Revised January 2004)
  • Case

Giant Cinema

By: Malcolm P. Baker, Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford and Kathleen Luchs
The owner of Giant Cinema must decide whether to invest in a digital projector, a new technology for screening films, or purchase a traditional projector. The impact of the new technology is uncertain, and the case describes probabilities for different outcomes that... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Film Entertainment; Technology Adoption; Financial Strategy; Investment; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Baker, Malcolm P., Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford, and Kathleen Luchs. "Giant Cinema." Harvard Business School Case 204-052, September 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
  • June 1988 (Revised September 1991)
  • Case

General Cinema Corp.--1987

By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "General Cinema Corp.--1987." Harvard Business School Case 288-061, June 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
  • November 1976 (Revised September 1986)
  • Case

General Cinema Corp. (A)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "General Cinema Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 377-084, November 1976. (Revised September 1986.)
  • July 2001
  • Case

Regal Cinemas LBO (B)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Daniel Green
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Governance; Failure
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Salter, Malcolm S., and Daniel Green. "Regal Cinemas LBO (B)." Harvard Business School Case 902-020, July 2001.
  • April 1984
  • Case

General Cinema Corp. (B)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Keywords: Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "General Cinema Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 384-241, April 1984.
  • July 2001
  • Case

Regal Cinemas LBO (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Daniel Green
This case describes one of the greatest LBO failures of the 1990s. It presents an overview of the difficulties two experienced buyout sponsors were forced to deal with. View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Governance; Failure
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Salter, Malcolm S., and Daniel Green. "Regal Cinemas LBO (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-019, July 2001.
  • January 1990 (Revised January 1993)
  • Teaching Note

General Cinema Corp.--1987, Teaching Note

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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Kester, W. Carl. "General Cinema Corp.--1987, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 290-031, January 1990. (Revised January 1993.)
  • September 2017 (Revised July 2019)
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Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Turkey
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 218-021, September 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
  • September 2017
  • Supplement

Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Turkey
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 218-705, September 2017.
  • September 2017 (Revised July 2019)
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Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second largest player in the market, AFM,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Turkey
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 218-020, September 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
  • September 2017
  • Supplement

Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Turkey
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 218-706, September 2017.
  • 31 Jan 2016
  • News

Studios Back App, Hoping to Fill Cinema Seats

Backed by $50 million in capital from three movie studios, startup Atom Tickets is planning a nationwide launch this summer, reports the Wall Street Journal. Cofounded by Matthew Bakal (MBA 2004), Atom is entering a market as “first serious challenge to Comcast Corp.’s... View Details
  • November 2019
  • Teaching Note

Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A) and (B)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Turkey
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-045, November 2019.
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • News

Attack of the Colons: Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You

  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence

By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
This working paper examines the social impact of the film industry in India during the first four decades after Indian Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India and the counterpart in scale to Hollywood in the United States, shared... View Details
Keywords: Film Industry; Bollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Social Impact; Stereotypes; Oral History; Film Entertainment; Gender; Race; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice and Bias; Business History; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India
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Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-077, January 2021.
  • Fall 2021
  • Article

Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991

By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
This article examines how the film industry influenced prevailing gender and skin color stereotypes in India during the first four decades after Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India, shared Hollywood's privileging of paler skin... View Details
Keywords: Bollywood; Film Industry; Hollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Stereotypes; Social Impact; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; United States
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Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991." Business History Review 95, no. 3 (Fall 2021): 483–515.
  • March 2016 (Revised May 2016)
  • Case

UFO Moviez—Gentle Disruption

By: Hong Luo, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Saloni Chaturvedi
UFO Moviez is an Indian technology services provider that enables low-cost, digital delivery of films to cinemas. UFO’s satellite-based technology enables a significantly wider release of films compared to traditional analog prints and standard, higher-resolution... View Details
Keywords: Film Entertainment; Information Technology; Distribution; Disruption; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India
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Luo, Hong, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "UFO Moviez—Gentle Disruption." Harvard Business School Case 716-447, March 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
  • 09 Mar 2017
  • Cold Call Podcast

IDEO is Changing the Way Managers Think About Thinking

Keywords: Re: Ryan W. Buell; Motion Pictures & Video; Consulting
  • 04 Feb 2020
  • Video

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi, the prominent Indian actress, describes how actors in parallel cinema (as opposed to mainstream cinema) in India have challenged the prevailing gender norms, and relates the risks associated with... View Details
  • 16 Jun 2020
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Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal, the legendary Indian film maker and pioneer of parallel cinema in the country, discusses the need to contest conventional patriarchal representations of women in movies, as an essential step to... View Details
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