Publications

November 2005
Supplement

Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Company (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry

2007
Working Paper

Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals

By: Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman

We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Attitudes; Conflict and Resolution; Emotions; Film Entertainment; Cognition and Thinking; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues. Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle It used to be that we equated power and prestige with a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2011
Teaching Note

Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Lakshmi Iyer

Teaching Note for 711017 and 711018. View Details

Keywords: Markets; Strategy; Intellectual Property; Crime and Corruption; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India

October 1989
Case

Dennis Hightower and the Walt Disney Co. in Europe

Describes the initial entry challenges faced by Dennis Hightower after being assigned the task to revitalize and reposition Walt Disney Co. of Europe in preparation for 1992. Allows students to consider the challenges of cultural heterogeneity, Disney traditions, and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Europe

Educators

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

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

To Nancy F. Koehn, the history of the Irish rock band U2 has it all as a business case study: teamwork, leadership, creative destruction, branding, and strategy. Koehn's case "Bono and U2", co-written with... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

In most markets, products and services compete for the consumer’s money. On the internet, however, the coin of the realm is time, not money—websites and other online services fight for the attention of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

May 2008
Supplement

Hasbro Games -- POX (A) and (B), Supporting Video

By: Elie Ofek

The video contains advertisements and media related clips regarding the launch of Hasbro's POX handheld game. View Details

Keywords: Media; Advertising; Product Launch; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
Case

The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth

The National Hockey League (NHL) has negotiated a new television contract at record rights-fee levels for hockey. The NHL will be shifting its principal television partner from Fox to ESPN/ABC. Students are asked to analyze the current and future contracts in terms of... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Television Entertainment; Contracts; Marketing Communications; Agreements and Arrangements; Partners and Partnerships; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

September 1992
Case

Star Cablevision Group (D): Financial Crisis and Managing Constituencies

By: William A. Sahlman

Fourth case in a series of six cases. This case describes the company as it reaches financial crisis and manages constituencies. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Finance; Management; Crisis Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

Educators

Article

Scandal, Social Movement, and Change: Evidence from #MeToo in Hollywood

By: Hong Luo and Laurina Zhang

Social movements have the potential to effect change in firm decision-making. In this paper, we examine whether the #MeToo movement, spurred by the Harvey Weinstein scandal, led to changes in the likelihood of Hollywood producers working with female writers on new... View Details

Keywords: Gender Inequality; Social Movement; Scandal; Creative Industries; Project Selection; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Film Entertainment; Projects; Change

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November 2005
Supplement

Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (C)

By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig

Keywords: Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

November 2006
Background Note

Technical Game Theory Note #6: Multiple-Round Games and Reputations

By: Dennis A. Yao

Provides a game theory-based interpretation of reputations and reputation building. View Details

Keywords: Game Theory; Mathematical Methods; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Reputation; Debates; Strategy; Performance Consistency; Performance Improvement; Strategic Planning; Education Industry

Educators

July– September 2002
Article

Predictive Value and the Usefulness of Game Theoretic Models

By: Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim and Greg Barron

Keywords: Value; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Theory

Apr 2011 - 2011
Keynote Speech

Digital Technology and Its Impact on the Film Industry

By: Anita Elberse

Keywords: Information Technology; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

April 1978
Article

Equilibrium Behavior and Repeated Play of the Prisoners' Dilemma

By: A. E. Roth and J. K. Murnighan

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Behavior

December 2014
Article

When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry

By: Hong Luo

I study a model of investment and sale of ideas and test its empirical implications using a novel data set from the market for original movie ideas. Consistent with the theoretical results, I find that buyers are reluctant to meet unproven sellers for early-stage... View Details

Keywords: Market For Ideas; Information Asymmetry; Expropriation Risk; Intermediary; Intellectual Property Protection; Strategy; Intellectual Property; Film Entertainment; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry