Film Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

29 Nov 2017
Blog Post

HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise

film review, scouting reports, travel, community events...it adds up quickly, and it’s not just during season. We trained year-round. Add college courses to the mix, and you are looking at 70-80 hour workweeks, with at least 25% of the... View Details

February 2015 (Revised April 2018)
Supplement

Dalian Wanda Group: The AMC Entertainment Acquisition (B)

By: Willy Shih

When Dalian Wanda Group of China announced its plan to acquire the AMC Entertainment theatrical exhibition chain in the United States, many people in the U.S were mystified. Unlike China where theatrical exhibition was experiencing rapid growth, the U.S. market was... View Details

Keywords: AMC Entertainment; Wanda Group; Wang Jianlin; Theater Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Foreign Direct Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; China; United States

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13 Mar 2019
News

The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)

performance, and strategize your growth plan. As a young company, this is valuable. It wasn’t until we were ‘in the tank’ that it all felt real, and absolutely nothing beats the feeling of the first Shark putting in an offer. Smith: “The day of View Details

16 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Alstyne Abstract Platform-mediated networks encompass several distinct types of participants, including end users, complementors, platform providers who facilitate users' access to complements, and sponsors who develop platform... View Details

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

quickly and cheaply than ever before. The reason? Tools are being developed that have more knowledge baked into them, meaning manufacturers don’t have to develop as much custom technology to compete. Sean... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

jbeauregard@hbs.edu Areas of Expertise: financial databases (i.e Bloomberg, Crunchbase, Pitchbook, LSEG, Morningstar, FactSet, Datastream), data gathering, literature searching, fact-checking and background information, class preparation, case updates. Leslie... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

filming on location in Lima, Peru. In the School’s Educational Technology Services group, a team of four works with the faculty to create approximately six multimedia cases a year, including the recent “Eataly: Reimagining the Grocery... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

conflict, and trial and error to advantage. At Pixar, for example, the company was caught up short in 2008 in a clash over production schedules for the movie Up and the short film Cars Toons. Blindsided by news that Cars Toons was behind... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

monthly panel discussion series called "The Future of ," which offers experts' perspectives on emerging technologies, demographic shifts, and macroeconomic developments and highlights the leadership skills required to navigate a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Drone Policy | About

information on UAS use visit knowbeforeyoufly.org . Policy on UAS Flights The FAA is currently developing regulations to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace. Therefore, HBS cannot approve UAS flights over campus for commercial... View Details

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

2017 Annual Review of Economics Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development By: Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong Abstract—This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI) in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

of psychological safety can be seen at Pixar, where candor is essential to the creative process and has helped the organization create hugely successful films and become a leader in the entertainment industry. Psychological safety is also... View Details

26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

through its development bank (BNDES), we find a positive effect of those stakes on firms' return on assets and on the capital expenditures of financially constrained firms with investment opportunities. However, these positive effects are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

place for the brand in the emerging counterculture, developing a "slacker allegory." Holt also described the transformation of American ideology in the early '90s. The country idolized extraordinary athletes like Michael Jordan... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

licenses properties from blockbuster films such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. “It's really easy for them to be nimble and meet demand” LEGO's ambition has at times exceeded its reach. By 2004, the company's overdiversification into theme... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

advantage? It's a conscious strategy to play to their strengths? A: I think that's right. For instance, Polaroid identified digital imaging as an opportunity very early on; in fact, you could argue that its mindset in terms of what the firm was good at enabled it to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology

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What We Do | Research Associates

in specific skills involving research methodologies, library resources, data analysis, case writing, and software. The experiences and skills our research associates develop lead to some exciting opportunities, including graduate programs... View Details

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Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows - MBA

through film. With the organization’s films reaching more than 190 countries, Snehal developed an international ambassador program of high school and college students to share the stories of marginalized... View Details

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Case Method - Research Resources | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

written by Melvin T. Copeland, professor and Director of the Division of Research, who was instrumental in the early development of the case method and who authored the first published book of cases, Marketing Problems . Donham, Wallace... View Details

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