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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Download This
Downloading music from the Internet doesn’t kill CD sales after all, concludes a surprising new study by HBS associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “The Effect of File Sharing... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
King of His Castle
money, second, " he says. Located in Austin, Texas, Sherwood Forest Faire—Appling's recreation of a 16th-century medieval village—has earned great success in its first four years. Renaissance magazine dubbed Sherwood the Best New Festival... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Hollywood and Humility
WICZYK AND SATCHU: With Hollywood’s major studios increasingly risk-averse, a pair of HBS classmates finds a winning niche. Media Rights Capital (MRC) founders and co-CEOs Mordecai (“Modi”) Wiczyk and Asif Satchu (both MBA ’99) are among the hottest dealmakers in... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Game Time
Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound Concept: Tilt Five is an entertainment system that uses augmented reality (AR) glasses, a game board, and a wand controller to engage players in tabletop and video games in 3D holographic environments.... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
Donna Khalife (MBA 2011, at left) and sister, Rosy, make their pitch on ABC-TV's Shark Tank. Donna Khalife (MBA 2011) and her sister, Rosy, were taking a lunch break from work on their startup Surprise Ride—which delivers a box of curated children's activities... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
HBS Wins Green Business Award
HBS Operations has received a 2010 City of Boston Green Business Award in recognition of the numerous green technologies used at Shad Hall, the School’s fitness and recreation facility and its showcase for sustainability. Energy-saving... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Career Makeover
Maximum utilization of assets on hand is a key to business success. It’s also an operating philosophy for Jackie Davis (MBA ’83), a former executive who’s now a TV personality and interior designer. When Davis does a redecorating makeover, she typically limits herself... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
The Sound of Music
The renowned Silk Road Ensemble put on an impromptu lunchtime performance in HBS’s Spangler Center in late September, drawing an admiring crowd of students, faculty, and staff. The ensemble is led by celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma and brings together performers and... View Details
Keywords: Christianity
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Life of Bailey
For most executives, looking good and being fit are personal and professional goals. But as Richard Bailey (MBA ’81) notes, the business lifestyle, especially travel, often gets in the way. “Combine jet lag with hectic meeting schedules and gyms with weird hours and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
As any music industry executive will tell you, rock-and-roll drives the business. And as any ten-year-old with a boom box knows, the guitar rules rock. So when it comes to pop music's signature instrument, even though he may lack flashy moves and a marquee-friendly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference
Just as radio revolutionized the entertainment world at the turn of the century, satellite broadcasting, the Internet, VCRs, and new communications technologies are transforming the entertainment industry, said Universal Studios chairman Frank J. Biondi, Jr. (MBA '68),... View Details
Keywords: Paula Maute
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Slam Dunk
Good news for basketball fanatics: Your obsession is only going to get worse, thanks to Scott O'Neil (MBA '98), president of HoopsTV.com, an Internet start-up based in Paoli, Pennsylvania. According to the Dow Jones News Service (March 9, 2000), Hoops, launched last... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits
So began the legend of STARt-up WARS Episode One: The Venture Menace, this year's HBS Show, held in early April before capacity crowds in Burden Auditorium. Spoofing the Star Wars films, STARt-up WARS poked fun at the "growing divide" between students pursuing dot-com... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Nov 2014
- News
Setting Up Shop on the Sunset Strip
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Jeff Norton “Popular culture can give the world a shared set of experiences, a starting point. I want to produce someone’s favorite movie.” Question He Asks Strangers Everywhere: What is your favorite movie? Grew Up: Burlington, Ontario Bachelor of Commerce: Queen’s... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment
attractive business returns,” says Tercek. “Compared with man-made solutions, natural infrastructure often works better, costs less, and appreciates in value over time. And it provides a host of important co-benefits, like wildlife habitat, clean water, and View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sands of Time
Well before he arrived at HBS, Michel Ray de Carvalho (MBA 1970) had led a charmed life. But it was only destined to get better. Already a veteran child actor at 17, he was tapped to play one of Peter O'Toole's young Arab sidekicks in the film Lawrence of Arabia,... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
challenges faced by an outdoor recreation sector that contributes 650 billion dollars to our national economy. He talked to associate editor April White about the sport’s past, it’s future, and the toughest climb he ever made. READ MORE... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
(sent in by class-notes secretaries) Games 1972J. Section A started our bingo game in the second term of our first year (1971). Cards had the names of roughly a third of the class (24 of 75) on them (5 each for B, I, G, and O and 4 plus the “free” spot for N). When... View Details