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- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
streaming service, especially since the pandemic, when the video gaming business was booming. And beyond the business metrics, there’s the challenge of trying to make the View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
in 1987, the game puts players in the manager’s seat, letting them make tactical decisions against a mathematical model that determines outcomes based on everything from how a batter has historically fared against a certain pitcher to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
some point.” Release day Old Model: Use videos to build buzz New model: Use videos to make sales When she was working as a digital analyst at Interscope Records before HBS, Gandhi identified a common... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Sports in the Classroom
Football (both kinds) is a learning tool in HBS classrooms. Professor John Quelch has produced a paper case and video series on soccer powerhouse and blockbuster brand Real Madrid that features interviews with players and management as... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Paying It Forward
“People find us because everyone has the same problem,” says Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) of his company, StopLift, which is using software and video technology to stop massive losses in retail profits due to theft and checkout fraud. “Retail... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
inclusion and investing into underrepresented communities,” she says. “Great games can come from anywhere. The company’s called Midwest as they are headquartered in Wisconsin and are focused on highlighting talent from underrepresented... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
Smart Venues “There’s long been this tension between the experience of live sports in a venue versus the comfort of watching on TV at home. And broadcasts have improved dramatically. So now stadium-goers are increasingly expecting their experience at the View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pinball Wizard
the city's most recognizable landmarks" filled with video and arcade games, where, for example, "electronic baseball games await players in a circular room designed like Yankee Stadium." Broadway City... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Feedback
the complementary app—select his league, venue, or team and his preferred content (e.g., only goals) and get the 30-second video sequences pushed to his phone. From the fan perspective, you don’t have to stick to the screen the whole time... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online
video games are all examples of multisided markets, where firms need to get two or more distinct groups of customers on the same platform or place. Assistant Professor Andrei Hagiu discusses this new field... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
Kaplan: "Automated retail" dispenses movie magic. Photo courtesy Gregg Kaplan/Redbox If you’ve seen one at your local US grocery store, you know that “vending machine” is an inadequate description for Redbox, the sleek, red (of course) kiosks that dispense new-release... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
were moments of magic that reminded me of Star Wars and the video games I played growing up,” he says. But it’s a long way from amateur get-togethers to a TV-ready, professional sport. Backed by $12 million... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
impossible for me to answer this question without sounding hyperbolic, but the reality is VR has the potential to dramatically transform how we live, work, and socialize. Today, VR’s consumer experiences are mostly related to games and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Alexandre Menard (MBA 2005), a senior partner at McKinsey Paris. Menard, who led the conversion to 4G and today heads the McKinsey Center for Advanced Connectivity, says that 4G was more of a step change by comparison. The advent of mobile View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 Aug 2022
- News
HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship
included the opening of the Japanese Research Center in 2002 and the annual Independent Field Course that launched in 2011. Amano, a marketing professor, gave a lecture entitled “Gaming or Gambling? An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Loot Boxes in View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
i-lab Buzz
Approaching the i-lab on the walkway from Aldrich and Spangler. A kitchen lounge and video gaming area. There’s a small army of workers putting the finishing touches on the Harvard Innovation Lab, which will... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
MORE Glycolysis video: So let’s give ourselves an overview of glycolysis—and glycolysis is an incredibly important biochemical pathway. It occurs in practically all life as we know it. And it's all about taking glucose as a fuel Julia Hanna: Sal Khan has produced... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
a kidnapped Texas couple whose captors went on a shopping spree with the victims’ credit cards. “The kidnappers were filmed on our video equipment in a store, and the police apprehended them,” says Parker. Halfway around the world, U.S.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Future of Books
yet our top line, our readership, and their book consumption have stayed stable over the last 20 years. That stability may even tip toward growth as we develop the next generation of readers. There are always worries that kids are distracted from reading books by View Details