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- 24 Apr 2014
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Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business
Researching the entertainment industry, Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has found that blockbuster strategies work. Content producers who pursue these strategies make huge investments in a small... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
conversation around how analytics are used in the sports and entertainment business.” The job draws on her experience as an athlete, her MBA degree and undergraduate psychology... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Making the learning process fun for children
A passion for working in the entertainment industry to benefit children led Christina Hsu (MBA 2004) to the educational game company JumpStart, which develops new ways for kids to learn and have fun at the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
role of stories in your own life? I come from a storytelling culture. My great-grandmother’s village in Iran had almost no modern amenities, so people told stories as entertainment and to keep up with news.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Christian Bjelland
As president and fourth-generation owner of Chr. Bjelland & Company, an industrial holding company headquartered in Oslo, Christian Bjelland has more than enough challenges to fill any given workday. But over the last decade, Bjelland has... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Artful Contributions
The director of the High Art Museum in Atlanta regards two HBS graduates as the “twin pillars” of the museum’s recently completed $124 million expansion project. Terry Stent (MBA ’68), chairman of the museum’s board of directors, and his... View Details
- 28 Jul 2021
- News
Squarely in Their Corner
Fox’s entertainment and sports networks and digital properties. “She just demonstrated to me that perfect combination of badass businesswoman and... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Sir David Clementi Named BBC Chairman
(Getty Images) (Getty Images) Sir David Clementi (MBA 1975), former deputy governor of the Bank of England and former chairman of Prudential, has been confirmed as the next chairman of the BBC. Clementi led a review of the BBC’s... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Gotta Dance
harnesses Goldberg’s creative talents as a Broadway performer and Horowitz’s business savvy to produce videos that entertain even as they deliver a (subtle) marketing message. A mini-musical for the dating... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
¡Vamos al Cine!
2001) reported. Without speaking a word of Spanish, he set out for Mexico City and found that the theaters there were indeed "the worst — they were old decrepit buildings that would never operate in the United States." With his two... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The World According to MTV
together” (Boston Globe, July 10, 2002). Meanwhile, back in the U.S.A., Brian Graden (MBA '89), already president of entertainment at MTV, took on the additional post of president of entertainment for VH1,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
What can I say—even at nine years old, it spoke to me about assuming control over one's life. Twenty-five years later, after HBS, strategy consulting, and brand management, I chucked it all and decided I was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies
the makers of headsets; VR technology producers Samsung and HTC were early investors in the studio. And the entertainment industry is looking to virtual reality as the future... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
APPLING George Appling (MBA 1998) has become king of his castle. The Texas native turned an "enduring passion" for Renaissance fairs into a successful business owning one. "What sets our fair apart is that we didn't build it to make money first. We built it because we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
the curtains.” Miller’s new book fits that successful mold—but comes with a marketing challenge. Powerhouse is about Creative Artists Agency, a powerful force in the entertainment industry but a lesser-known brand than SNL or ESPN. He... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
“Music is wired into us,” says Keith Cerny (MBA 1991). “Singing is something that is very human, and from singing, it’s very easy to go into playing instruments.” Cerny’s own connection with music began at age 10, with the San Francisco... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The World Is Her Canvas
COLUMBUS: With photos and paintings, celebrating the daily lives of women around the globe. Photo Courtesy Jamie Columbus Traveling with her camera and documenting the daily lives of tribal women around the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Against All Odds
How’s this for a long shot? Representing a landlocked country in the world’s most prestigious ocean–racing competition, a first–time challenger goes halfway around the globe to the reigning champion’s home port, and without losing a... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Part Ownership of a Dream
Terry Finley (OPM 45, 2014) has been in the winner’s circle of more than a few race tracks. Founder and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, Finley even won the 2017 Kentucky Derby with his partial ownership of Always Dreaming (an experience... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Well-Tuned Life
CARLO AND OLIVIA FRANZBLAU: family harmony. At age 13, Carlo Franzblau (MBA ’88) was given the lead in his summer camp’s musical production of Bye Bye Birdie on the condition that he not do any solos. Ever since, when moved to song, he’s... View Details