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Alex Roth
For four years, Alex Roth studied chemistry at Oxford. But instead of following the traditional path to the PhD, Alex took a position with Procter & Gamble where held positions in Finance and Marketing. "I want to marry science... View Details
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Doha Tantawy
When her father opened a radiology center in Cairo, Doha Tantawy "found a real inspiration to do something different and get out of my comfort zone. I wanted the know-how of building something from scratch." Her initial post-graduation assignment at Procter... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Adventure in Reading
Jeff Norton (MBA ’03) credits the old Choose Your Own Adventure book series, where young readers could pick different plot directions, with making a difference in his life. “I was a reluctant reader as a boy,” Norton told Toronto’s Globe and Mail (September 23, 2006).... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
In her varied career to date, Nikki Skovran has applied her talents to processes and product lines at Proctor & Gamble — and to the pursuit of violent gang members in the United States’ toughest inner cities. To account for the... View Details
- January 2009 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
Responding to the Wii?
By: Andrei Hagiu and Hanna Halaburda
After years of gaming console industry leadership, how should Sony respond to the overwhelming success of competitor Nintendo's user-friendly Wii over Sony's high-tech PlayStation 3? It was August 2008 and Kazuo Hirai, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Two-Sided Platforms; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Electronics Industry; Video Game Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Hanna Halaburda. "Responding to the Wii?" Harvard Business School Case 709-448, January 2009. (Revised January 2010.)
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Karaoke Anyone?
After working in Asia for several years, Marti Speranza (MBA ’03) observed how karaoke was a very mainstream form of entertainment. “I thought it was fascinating it didn’t exist that way in the U.S,” she told the Boston Globe (December 11, 2005). After HBS, she decided... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Consuming Contests: Outcome Uncertainty and Spectator Demand for Contest-based Entertainment
By: Patrick J. Ferguson and Karim R. Lakhani
Contests that are designed to be consumed for entertainment by non-contestants are a fixture of economic, cultural and political life. In this paper, we examine whether individuals prefer to consume contests that have more uncertain outcomes. We look to... View Details
Keywords: Contest Design; Information Preferences; Consumer Demand; Sports; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Demand and Consumers; Outcome or Result
Ferguson, Patrick J., and Karim R. Lakhani. "Consuming Contests: Outcome Uncertainty and Spectator Demand for Contest-based Entertainment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-087, February 2021.
- Article
Considerations of Fairness and Strategy: Experimental Data from Sequential Games
By: V. Prasnikar and A. E. Roth
Prasnikar, V., and A. E. Roth. "Considerations of Fairness and Strategy: Experimental Data from Sequential Games." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107, no. 3 (August 1992): 865–888.
- 07 Oct 2024
- News
On the Move: Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008)
After nearly nine years in a series of marketing and strategy roles at Samsung—where he logged approximately 2.5 million air miles and earned status as a “permanent resident” of Korea—Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008) made the leap to Electrolux Group Chief Marketing... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
In her varied career to date, Nikki Skovran has applied her talents to processes and product lines at Proctor & Gamble – and to the pursuit of violent gang members in the United States’ toughest inner cities. To account for the... View Details
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Laura Sandoval
(WSA), and the Marketing & Advertising Club. “The people here are important to me. I had initially thought they would be unapproachable, but I feel so welcomed and supported by my classmates.” This summer, Laura will intern with Proctor & View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an industrial designer who worked for the... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-season College Football Bowls
By: Guillaume R. Frechette, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Unver
Many markets have "unraveled" and experienced inefficient, early, dispersed transactions, and subsequently developed institutions to delay transaction timing. However, it has previously proved difficult to measure and identify the resulting efficiency gains. Prior to... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Television Entertainment; Market Timing; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Sports Industry
Frechette, Guillaume R., Alvin E. Roth, and M. Utku Unver. "Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-season College Football Bowls." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-010, July 2008.
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Gamble since graduating from HBS, was named its chairman, president, and chief executive in 2000. Since then, he is credited with leading the consumer-products giant to the strongest earnings in its history through his emphasis on... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning or Playing? The Effect of Gamified Training on Performance
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Last Christmas, many of the headlines spelled out trouble in toyland. FAO Schwarz sunk deeper into bankruptcy, KB Toys was having a hard time making ends meet (and filed Chapter 11 in January), and Toys “R” Us, which closed its Kids “R” Us and Imaginarium divisions,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Last Look
Who, what, where, when, and why .we’d appreciate any information that will help us identify what’s going on in this photograph plucked from the archives of Baker Library. Please contact us at bulletin@hbs.edu, or HBS Alumni Bulletin, Teele Hall 361, Soldiers Field,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
Above: Drone Racing League Founder and CEO Nick Horbaczewski is having a magic moment. (photo by Jordan Hollender) Drone Racing League (DRL) founder and CEO Nick Horbaczewski (MBA 2008) wants to be clear: He didn’t invent the sport that pits one “quadcopter” pilot... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna