Media And Publishing - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 25

within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying on its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 1986 (Revised October 1986)
Case

Office Technology, Inc. (A1): Video Background

By: Michael Beer and Richard E. Walton

Keywords: Media; Technology

Citation

Find at Harvard

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

favor of the client, criminal cases in which advisors were found guilty, and any firing for cause. The findings are contained in the forthcoming paper The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct, scheduled to be View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

in client operating systems. And the same will happen in the media player space unless the American or European antitrust authorities prevent it. We expect Microsoft to put all its ammunition to fight this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

countries, Jones notes, company information is more widely available than is typical in emerging economies, where organizations tend to be more guarded. "Firms are often closely held by families and not open to outside researchers. They... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

January 2013
Case

Say on Pay at The Walt Disney Company

By: Ian D. Gow and Gaizka Ormazabal

This case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger. Leading proxy advisory firms were recommending that shareholders reject the proposed compensation. View Details

Keywords: Shareholder Votes; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

profitability. But in a review of all of the studies that have been published on the topic over the past thirty years, HBS professor Joshua Margolis and Jim Walsh concluded that the connection between social... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2009
Supplement

(PRODUCT) RED Video (A) & (B)

By: Youngme E. Moon and Michael I. Norton

Keywords: Media

Citation

Purchase

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

Abstract—Several CEOs are receiving significant media attention for taking public positions on controversial social and environmental issues largely unrelated to their core business, ranging from LGBT rights... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

terrific working relationship makes the story really unique.” Elberse hopes that the case study will help students understand what it takes for stars like Johnson to build a successful media business that cuts across film, television,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

long-work-hours culture was detrimental to both women and men, but women paid a higher price,” says the article, Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

music and K-drama television shows in Asian countries, Chairman Jay Lee, of the South Korean conglomerate CJ Group, believed that the time was ripe for taking Korean cultural content to the West. One initiative, carried out by the Group's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

Most companies already outsource a portion of their marketing function—advertising. But what about direct-mail management, lead management, or customer analytics? Increasingly, expertise in these and other marketing areas lies outside... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

April 2025
Case

Giving Up on a Passion: Elizabeth Rowe at the Boston Symphony Orchestra

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and Alexis Lefort

For 20 years, Elizabeth Rowe was a world-renowned principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But in 2024, Rowe decided to leave her position to pursue a new full-time career as a leadership coach. At 50, Rowe was well under the typical retirement age, and,... View Details

Citation

Educators

Purchase

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much... View Details

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

assessments came from correspondents like Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam. McNamara published a book years after he retired to reassess the Vietnam War and his role in it as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

Summing Up Is customer volunteerism combined with "ownership" a double-edged sword? It's seems okay to involve customers in providing ideas for new products and processes. Encourage them to refer new business. But beware the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

provider organizations to bring knowledge published in the medical and nursing literatures to bear on individual patients by selecting the right therapies and the right way of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health