Creative Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

implies that these firms would find it especially difficult to increase the scale of their operations and grow. Hence, understanding the factors that influence growth in such firms would be a conservative test of growth in other firms. Such firms are found especially... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

01 Mar 2012
News

Where Innovation Rules

thousands of HBS alumni. Whether through creative destruction, disruptive innovation, or riding a societal quantum leap forward, HBS alumni entrepreneurs have founded or grown companies that are pervasive and familiar, from consumer... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg;Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Educational Services; Management

Expanding Horizons

Geoffrey Jones’s course, Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism. The students, who had arrived at HBS with diverse industry experiences, often raised questions and posed creative solutions that I had not... View Details

17 Apr 2014
News

Striking a Balance

as well as a mentor to working women, Wilson knew how difficult those challenges could be. “Diane was a great advocate of dealing with the barriers that prevent or discourage women from moving ahead,” says Silk, an authority on the economics of the advertising 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 View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

nonprofit cultural industries and those interested in serving on the boards of arts organizations. The course also provides useful insights and frameworks for students pursuing careers in a range of for-profit View Details

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Career Outcomes | Research Associates

Business MPP, Harvard Kennedy School Companies McKinsey Boston Consulting Group World Bank Aetna Google Revelio Labs Analysis Group Ticketmaster Deloitte Creative Arts Agency The Asia Group Wayfair Tulip Interfaces Positions Project... View Details

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

recruiting. Go beyond the traditional webinar to educate students about your company and opportunities by thinking creatively about how you can convey your message. Invest in virtual communication tools. Build meaningful connections... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Profile

Nneka Ezeigwe

different kinds of industries on the ground, looking at what drives change and takes an economy to the next level. I’ll be able to work with policy makers and business leaders who are expanding Nigeria’s economy and political landscape.... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

01 Jun 2024
News

Turning Point: On the Line

staff of Truth Be Told (Apple) at Disney. What made it so bizarrely poetic is that Disney was where this freshly minted Harvard MBA had begun his entertainment industry career. I’d long dreamt of living a View Details

Keywords: labor strike; television; media; unions

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Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 22 Jan 2025 Career risks and professional growth: Finding a fulfilling career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Paige Arnof-Fenn Author Alumni tag All Industries All Locations Alumni Student & Alumni Stories When I... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

refers to as a "network job search" - is just the sort of strategy he's advising current MBA students to use as they confront today's considerably less hospitable market. "In this climate, students will need to work harder," Merrick states. "They're going to have to be... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
Case

Disney's "The Lion King" (B): The Synergy Group

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

In the late 1980s, Disney CEO Michael Eisner introduced a synergy group to the company's organizational structure. The synergy group was responsible for keeping all of Disney's divisions informed and updated on company projects and marketing strategies. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Creativity; Value; Organizational Structure; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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01 Jun 1998
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New Releases

is run more like a partnership. Bradach quotes a popular industry adage, "You can tell company people, but you have to sell franchisees." These two units have often been viewed as operational opposites, with academics and managers trying,... View Details

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

Abstract—Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to... View Details

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Jeanine Barnett

I do what I do because I believe that creativity and competitiveness are not mutually exclusive concepts. Daily, as I draw on fond memories of a Caribbean childhood filled with countless moments on theatre stages and tennis courts, I am... View Details

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

started my marketing career in Gillette’s brand management training program. I was excited to combine analytical rigor with creative strategy and felt well-prepared for the challenge. The program helped me realize that while I loved... View Details

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

revolutionized by bringing in market forces in a way that they never were before. Competition that we take for granted in most sectors of the economy is now driving efficiencies and innovations in the space sector, making it much more of a typical industry, or at least... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

25 Aug 2022
News

Turning Point: Dream Weaver

priority to help as many people as I could while working at MGM. Creative Artists Agency was still very new, and their agents had restricted expense accounts, so I always made sure to invite my friends at CAA to screenings so they could... View Details

Keywords: career; life experience; Hollywood; movies; film

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50576 Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance By: Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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