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  • December 2016 (Revised January 2018)
  • Case

The Rise and Fall of the Circus

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the origins of the traditional circus, including its rise to popularity in the United States in the 1800s, and examines the factors that led to its decline in the 20th and 21st centuries. View Details
Keywords: Blue Ocean Strategy; Circus; Strategy; Entertainment; History; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "The Rise and Fall of the Circus." Harvard Business School Case 717-444, December 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
  • 23 Jun 2020
  • News

Is It Time for Big Apple Circus to Fold the Tent?

  • May 1994
  • Background Note

Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three... View Details
Keywords: Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Complexity; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Product Marketing; Markets; Product
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Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-119, May 1994.
  • 18 Apr 2013
  • News

Boston Bombing Puts Short-Term Losses on Salons to Circus

  • 23 Jun 2020
  • Cold Call Podcast

Is it Time for Big Apple Circus to Fold the Tent?

Keywords: Re: David G. Fubini; Entertainment & Recreation
  • January 2018 (Revised July 2019)
  • Case

Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent?

By: David G. Fubini and Matthew Wiger
By 2016, the Big Apple Circus has weathered many storms in its 38 seasons as one of the most well-known New York City nonprofits. Will Weiss, the executive director, has witnessed his share of chaos during four years at Big Apple. After a slight resurgence following... View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Bankruptcy; "Live Entertainment; Art; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Organizational Culture; Entertainment; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Fubini, David G., and Matthew Wiger. "Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent?" Harvard Business School Case 418-050, January 2018. (Revised July 2019.)
  • 21 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

learning theory. Harvard Business School Case 517-048 Pete & Gerry's No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-444 The Rise and Fall of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2014
  • Case

Milk Baths and Charm Necklaces: Had Randy Weiner (Finally) Gone Too Far?

By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
The case on Randy Weiner explores the tensions between artistic and financial imperatives in a for-profit immersive theater venture. In order to revive the dormant Manhattan nightclub "The Diamond Horseshoe," theater-impresario Randy Weiner created "The Queen of the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Theater Entertainment; New York (city, NY)
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Khaire, Mukti, and Hannah Catzen. "Milk Baths and Charm Necklaces: Had Randy Weiner (Finally) Gone Too Far?" Harvard Business School Case 814-079, March 2014.
  • 07 Jul 2021
  • Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

plays out in companies and industries from the 2019 Michelin Movin’ On transportation conference. It was held in Montreal, and business and government leaders and researchers and scientists who work on transportation came together to discuss ideas. Amid a colorful... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert

    John Ringling North

    After working in the financial sector for several years, North joined his family's business in the middle of a post-depression upheaval. With his shrewd business skills, North successfully guided the company out of debt, and went on to expand operations into the... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • 01 Oct 2001
    • News

    Making a World of Difference

    Slifka places a high value on innovation can be seen in his involvement with the Big Apple Circus. A founding member and early supporter, Slifka has seen the Big Apple become the leading single ring circus in America. It is also... View Details
    Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
    • 04 Sep 2019
    • News

    Clicks and Mortar

    while they’re shopping. How do you compete against Amazon? You make something happen in physical stores that can’t happen online. If you think about the history of the department store in America, they were the circus when the View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
    • 28 Oct 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

    make something happen in physical stores that can’t happen online. If you think about the history of the department store in America, they were the circus when the circus wasn’t in town. There was always... View Details
    Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail
    • 01 Feb 2002
    • News

    Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

    time," Tumulty recalls. "The paper was owned by Hearst, and our chief competitor was published by Rupert Murdoch. It was a classic newspaper war, with dueling headlines along the lines of 'Baby Eats LSD' and 'Pregnant Cat Gunned Down.'" Tumulty would be reminded of... View Details
    Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
    • 22 Jan 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

    School Case 218-090 The Fidelity Growth Company Fund No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218090-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-050 Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent? By 2016, the Big Apple View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 27 Feb 2020
    • Blog Post

    Taking the LEAP into the Case Method

    case materials we read were about world-renowned companies such as American Airlines, Big Apple Circus and Faber-Castell, etc.; the questions we needed to think about were complex and intractable, such as enterprise merger and... View Details
    • 22 Oct 2018
    • News

    Capital Murder

    business at a certain point. Why? I really enjoyed my time in Washington, but it became disillusioning for a number of reasons—and not just because of the media circus that surrounded Condit. Even in the short period of time I was there I... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna
    • 01 Oct 1997
    • News

    Doing Something Real

    have gained some weight, lost some hair, seen the world take giant leaps forward and a few steps back. Many of us would never be remotely near where we are today had we not lucked into the HBS imprimatur and network of connections (not to say we would have been View Details
    Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
    • 01 Mar 2007
    • News

    The Winning Season

    borrowing DeWitt’s uniform for Eddie Gaedel, a 3-foot, 7-inch circus performer added to the lineup as a pinch hitter. League officials changed the rules to prevent a repeat of the stunt — Gaedel walked on four pitches — but DeWitt’s... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
    • 01 Jul 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: July 1

    Diamond Horseshoe," theater-impresario Randy Weiner created "The Queen of the Night," a hybrid performance that combines food, opera, circus arts, and dance. While "The Queen of the Night" is the latest in a... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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