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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
arise primarily from the wave of mergers and acquisitions that continue to alter the balance of power among media firms. The Walt Disney Company, for instance, in addition to owning the American Broadcasting Company and ESPN through the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
for instance. Yahoo!Internet Life recently called Vibe Online "the most comprehensive and attractive hip-hop site in cyberspace." Vibe/Spin Ventures has also teamed up with entertainment giant Walt Disney to host Vibe Live, an annual... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
While in India, he was watching the NBA playoffs on his iPhone, very easily, with high resolution," Higgins says. "I was at Disney World with my kids, holding a place in line for the family, and I was watching the NCAA Harvard... View Details
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Lisa Cousins
& Resorts, then accepted a full time offer with Disney Parks & Resorts, a company I'd always dreamt of working for and which certainly makes the impossible happen every day. After some time with Disney, I revisited my values and... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
pipeline at every stage; if we could, then good things would happen,” he says. After HBS, Rice worked at Walt Disney Co. for four years, in new business development and marketing. Next he joined the National Basketball Association as... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
businesses develop products, expand into new markets, and create jobs. If we can be the port in the storm where people come when they need us most—that’s a really great place to work.” Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chairman, The Walt Disney... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About
Similarly, you might think about applying knowledge from one area to another. For example, what could you learn from the service at Disney World to improve a retail bank’s operations? Second, ask questions and learn to be comfortable with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
is the theme of every Disney movie I watched as a kid. Why is it so hard for us to forgo that chase? Your dreams are liars. Here’s the problem: Your genetic proclivities are not biasing you toward happiness. They’ve biased you toward... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
exposure to career opportunities in business than they did in areas such as law and medicine. That insight planted the seed for what would become Management Leadership for Tomorrow, or MLT. After leaving HBS, Rice held senior roles at the Walt View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
significant geopolitical consequences in Europe and in Russia.” Tucker: “We had a case on Disney and Alan Horn (MBA 1971) in SMICI (which is now called BEMS, I think). Alan Horn came to class and gave one of the most open and honest guest... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
Tucker: “We had a case on Disney and Alan Horn (MBA 1971) in SMICI (which is now called BEMS, I think). Alan Horn came to class and gave one of the most open and honest guest appearances I had at HBS. It was invaluable to hear from a... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
the number of likes or followers, the number of responses, or the number of times corporate messages are forwarded to others. For example, by mid-2013 Target had slightly less than 22 million fans on Facebook, Wal-Mart had 30 million, while Converse and Starbucks had... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109013 Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109014 The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
Math In a study for the journal article Beliefs about Gender (pdf), Coffman and her colleagues asked participants to answer multiple-choice trivia questions in several categories that women are perceived to have a better handle on, like the Kardashians, View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Previously, Martin, at French mass retailer The Casino Group, and Giraud, at Euro Disney (with Bourguignon), had both proven their mettle as managers in turnaround situations. Martin and Giraud stress that Club Med's core business is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
shortly after Comcast made steps to acquire NBCUniversal in 2010, saw subsequent success in the marketplace. Symphony is so powerful, in fact, that competing conglomerates are keen to buy some of NBCUniversal's cross-promotional strength, as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
the merino fabric, or should he go the inherently subjective fashion route, given that the technical apparel market in China is virtually nonexistent? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806195 World Wide Licenses Ltd.:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
you how long the stores will last. I think it's fundamentally dependent on those hits. It is not like a Disney store, for example, which at least historically didn't depend on hits to drive traffic. Apple depends on hits to drive people... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Yes, I was a bit of a curiosity, but I’ve always gone a bit off the beaten track, and having that be my first experience of the United States gave a very different perspective. You hear about and understand race issues very quickly.” After putting his degree to work at... View Details