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  • July 2017
  • Case

Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor

By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management. The case... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Financing; Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities; CMBS; Secondary Buyouts; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Cost; Cost of Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • September 2016 (Revised April 2020)
  • Case

Dwyane Wade

By: Anita Elberse and Jennifer Schoppe
In July 2016, while on his annual China tour to help promote the sportswear brand Li-Ning, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade and his long-time business manager, Lisa Joseph-Metelus, face a decision regarding one of his other business partnerships—that with the American... View Details
Keywords: Branding; Fashion; Superstar; Celebrity Endorsement; Innovation; Creative Industries; Talent; General Management; Sports; Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Management; Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; China
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  • 16 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

needs. The velocity or rate of adaption that firms need to adjust to a new directional reality will depend on customer demand. Industries with decreasing customer demand—offline entertainment, hospitality, real estate, View Details
Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

with a similarly large effect upon reversal of the U.S. monetary policy stance. This result is robust across different geographic regions and industries and holds for U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 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
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    Henry W. McGee

    Henry McGee joined the HBS faculty in 2013 after retiring as President of HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office, the pioneering premium television company. A member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit,... View Details

    Keywords: e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry
    • 19 Jul 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Podcast: Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal

    done extensive research in the media and entertainment fields. In this podcast, Anand examines not only the proposed Dow Jones deal but also the state of the newspaper industry... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing
    • 01 Mar 2015
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

    Lal, Jose B. Alvarez, and Dan Greenberg (MBA 2012) (Rajiv Lal) Professor Lal and his coauthors go beyond the common belief of retail as a monolithic industry View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)
    • February 2010 (Revised June 2014)
    • Supplement

    CityCenter (D): Financial Crisis, Grand Opening, and a New Paradigm

    By: John D. Macomber and Griffin James
    "CityCenter (D)" follows the (A), (B), and (C) cases with subsequent chronological events through CityCenter's grand opening in December 2009 and financial results through March 2010. The case includes a simple valuation exercise intended to explore CEO Jim Murren's... View Details
    Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Private Equity; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Nevada; New Jersey
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    • 01 Mar 2016
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

    Skooter, his wife of sixty years, as she accompanied him on work-related trips to foreign countries. A Profile of the Performing Arts Industry by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the performing arts... View Details
    • 20 Jun 2011
    • Lessons from the Classroom

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

    (about Martin Luther King Jr.). Savvy From The Start U2's business savvy in the earliest days serves as a lesson for any MBA student. In an industry notorious for its focus on short-term hits and for taking... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
    • Article

    Spontaneous Deregulation: How to Compete with Platforms That Ignore the Rules

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin
    Many successful platform businesses—think Airbnb, Uber, and YouTube—ignore laws and regulations that appear to preclude their approach. The rule-flouting phenomenon is something we call "spontaneous private deregulation," and it is not new. Benign or otherwise,... View Details
    Keywords: Regulation; Deregulation; Innovation And Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Laws and Statutes; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry
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    • July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
    • Case

    CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Going Public; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Investment Banking; Financing and Loans; Planning; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Retail Industry
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    • 01 Dec 2015
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

    start and grow their own business. The president of the worldwide MIT Alumni Association, he brings an insider’s view based on three decades of successful, serial entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. His book combines practical principles,... View Details
    • 13 Feb 2019
    • News

    Bridging the Worlds of Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art

    Keywords: Visual arts; Swiss Beatz; Hip hop; collectors; African American; Arts, Entertainment
    • November 2005
    • Supplement

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

    By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
    Keywords: Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 25 Feb 2020
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

    drawn from studies in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, and Chesapeake Bay. This book will be of... View Details
    • November 2005
    • Supplement

    Michael Ovitz and The Walt Disney Company (B)

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
    Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 01 Jun 2016
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

    (MBA 1965) (Springer) This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare industry in times of great uncertainty. It provides new tools, processes, examples, View Details
    • 02 Dec 2019
    • News

    Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna

    Serrena Iyer (MBA 2018) Working in the entertainment industry is a dream come true for Serrena Iyer, who after graduating from HBS landed at the aptly named DreamWorks Animation as senior manager of strategy... View Details