Publications

August 1991 (Revised February 1992)
Case

Gain Sharing at Star Cablevision Group

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Sarah Ann Greene

Describes Star's experiment with gain sharing over a three-year period. Background on the industry and company's history are provided to establish the context for the shift to pay-for-performance. Describes the three different gain sharing programs, the resulting... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Television Entertainment; Compensation and Benefits; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Educators

2005
Chapter

The Entrepreneurial M-Form: A Case Study of Strategic Integration in a Global Media Company

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Integration; Globalized Firms and Management; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry

March 1992 (Revised June 1995)
Case

Introduction of FM Radio (A): Finally, A ""Staticless"" Radio

Describes the evolution of radio technology and business from the initial days of wireless telegraphy to the advent, growth, and establishment of amplitude-modulated (AM) radio manufacturing and broadcasting. Begins and ends with a description of a decision the Radio... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Product Design; Product Development; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

Educators

August 1986
Case

Cox Cable (B)

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry

May 1994 (Revised September 1994)
Case

STAR TV (C)

By: J. Peter Williamson and Michael Y. Yoshino

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry

1998
Working Paper

Governance and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Keywords: Governance; Risk Management; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

April 1979 (Revised May 1993)
Teaching Note

Community Television of Southern California: KCET, Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry; California

summer 1981
Article

Blockbusters: The Economics of Mass Entertainment

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Economics; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry

04 Mar 2009
Op-Ed

Credit is Not the Bogey

to loan Americans money. In the housing sector, an explosion of subprime lenders gave borrowers deals that were truly too good to be true, trapping them in impossible loans. In the retail sector, credit card agencies flooded mailboxes, offering easy entrée to the good... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas & Eric S. Belsky; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

official International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsors are said to pay $90 to $100 million each for the right to use the rings globally in their marketing efforts. These companies typically spend large additional amounts on advertisements to support their... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

without informing other departments, leading to waste and duplication. Respect among peers declined. Employees regularly went to the press to air grievances, reinforcing the BBC's culture of blame.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter BBC: In 1999, the British View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

06 Jan 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the US Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?

Keywords: by Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt; Media & Broadcasting; Media & Broadcasting

November 1983
Case

Cablevision of Boston

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Business and Government Relations; Media and Broadcasting Industry

February 2014 (Revised June 2015)
Case

Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If You Are the One): The Media as a Reflection of Society

By: Christopher Marquis, Zoe Yang and Juelin Yin

As Fei Cheng Wu Rao, China's most popular entertainment program, enters its fourth year, company leaders grapple with questions of how to keep the show fresh and reach new markets. In particular, the show is poised to expand to Africa, yet there are significant... View Details

Keywords: China; Globalization; Entertainment; TV; Media; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; China

Educators

June 2010 (Revised January 2017)
Teaching Note

Continental Media Group: Business Highlights

By: Robert Simons

Teaching Note for 110087. View Details

Keywords: Execution; Management Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Informal Management; Emergent Strategy; Management; Profit; System; Opportunities; Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Nov 2009 - Nov 2009
Keynote Speech

How Digital Technology is Changing the Media Industry

By: Anita Elberse

Keywords: Information Technology; Change; Media and Broadcasting Industry

March 2005
Teaching Note

Fox Bids for the NFL: 1993 & Fox and the NFL: 1998 (TN)

By: Bharat N. Anand

Teaching Note to (9-704-444) and (9-704-443). View Details

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry

March 2005
Case

Tribune Company: The PHONES Proposal

The Tribune Co. is considering issuing a structured note to monetize its investment in another company, America Online (AOL). Tribune originally invested in AOL in 1991 and currently has approximately 10 million shares left of that investment. However, these shares are... View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Taxation; Investment; Media and Broadcasting Industry