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04 Nov 2008
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investment in producing video content for the web. The case concludes by presenting various options under consideration by Abrahams-options that dealt both with external challenges (How should he define his brand? Which markets should he... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016

behavior. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51072 forthcoming Games and Economic Behavior Contract Design and Stability in Many-to-Many Matching By: Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2024
Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

The following is an excerpt that was adapted and lightly edited from chapter nine of Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win, written by Feng Zhu and Bonnie Yining Cao and published August 20, 2024. In... View Details

Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Elephants By: Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

company that reflects their personal values, U2 also provides a model. "Any CEO who thinks his or her job is primarily about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past," Koehn says. "The game of what kind of capitalism will define... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

focusing on the desert oasis of Las Vegas. Two researchers turn to Fortnite to quell pandemic boredom Wu and Clough share a few passions outside of scholarship, including the mass-multiplayer game Fortnite, which they began playing... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions into digital outcomes. Emotiv wants the technology to be adopted by mainstream consumers and is leaning towards the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2019 (Revised March 2020)
Case

Choosing the Right Esports Business Model

By: David Collis and Alexander MacKay

Two esports entrepreneurs must choose on which business model to focus their time and money. After successfully launching an online esports coaching platform, a number of new opportunities emerge in the rapidly growing esports space that now has close to one billion... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Business Development; Esports; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management; Strategy; Sports; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia

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30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

the pricing of digital songs, a study on the reach and effectiveness of online video advertisements for video games and movies, and a project on how online retailers of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

culture, leadership, and strategy of Uber in Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Blake J. Harris covers a classic business battle in Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation; besides being a video View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

factors that might affect the future course of this battle, such as the role of copy protection features in HD devices, the bundling of each format with video game consoles, and competing modes of delivering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

have to be a game changer—someone who is delivering value for tomorrow. Consequently, we need managers who build teams that are “collaborative-ready” and who can cultivate healthy relationships across the organization. In today’s world,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

become less critical of the experience—in this study, less sensitive to possible bugs while playing an otherwise identical “revised” video game—and whether this mediates the effect of revision framing on positive evaluations. Studies 5A... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

other forms of competition in strategy and organizations. Next, we organize and review the findings of three ostensibly separate theoretical perspectives that have arisen from game theory, competitive dynamics, and institutional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

more or less effective? Does bundling serve as a complement or substitute to network effects? To address these questions, we develop a consumer-choice model from micro-foundations to capture the essentials of our setting, the handheld View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details

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06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

effects and on the consumers' discount factor for future applications. We then illustrate the model's applicability by examining Xbox's entry into the video game industry. We find that Xbox had a small... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

provide software developers in sectors ranging from video games to engineering simulation with training, tools, and support for application development tailored to exploit the unique capabilities of NVIDIA... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

scholars to devote more resources to obtaining a fundamental understanding of contemporary and future practice and how analytic tools and contemporary advances in accounting and related disciplines can be deployed to improve the professional practice of accounting.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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May 17, 2016

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Choosing the Right Esports Business Model

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

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Are You a Digital Manager?

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

General Management: Processes and Action

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Reinventing Best Buy

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Strategy for Small Fish

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