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  • March 2008 (Revised September 2008)
  • Case

FREEJ

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Firas Alkhatib
Mohammed Harib placed his phone on the desk in front of him. As he sat back in his chair and looked out the window, he began to take stock of how his life had taken such a dramatic path over the last few years. Life was good for the founder and CEO of Lammtara... View Details
Keywords: Animation Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Opportunities; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Arabian Peninsula; United Arab Emirates
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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Firas Alkhatib. "FREEJ." Harvard Business School Case 808-121, March 2008. (Revised September 2008.)
  • December 2016 (Revised January 2018)
  • Case

The Rise and Fall of the Circus

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the origins of the traditional circus, including its rise to popularity in the United States in the 1800s, and examines the factors that led to its decline in the 20th and 21st centuries. View Details
Keywords: Blue Ocean Strategy; Circus; Strategy; Entertainment; History; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "The Rise and Fall of the Circus." Harvard Business School Case 717-444, December 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
  • March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

Out of Hand Theater: Monetizing Creativity

By: Christina Wallace, Henry McGee, Rohit Deshpandé and Max Hancock
Ariel Fristoe co-founded the Out of Hand Theater ensemble (OOH) in Atlanta in 2001. OOH began as a traditional theater nonprofit, which Ariel and her colleagues ran on a shoestring budget. But over the years, the group transformed: First, around 2010, OOH pivoted to... View Details
Keywords: Business Transformation; Theatre-company; Arts Marketing; Transformation; Theater Entertainment; Social Marketing; Business Model; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Atlanta
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Wallace, Christina, Henry McGee, Rohit Deshpandé, and Max Hancock. "Out of Hand Theater: Monetizing Creativity." Harvard Business School Case 824-150, March 2024. (Revised April 2024.)
  • November 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Teaching Note

Sony and the JK Wedding Dance (TN)

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Teaching Note for 510064. View Details
Keywords: Music Entertainment; Copyright; Situation or Environment; Online Technology; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Sony and the JK Wedding Dance (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 511-071, November 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

New England Conservatory, piano; Yale, psychobiology Speaks: French, Hebrew HBS Show: musical director (2002); writer (2003) Last Summer: associate producer, A Hole in One, Beech Hill Films Previous Career: engagement manager, McKinsey’s Media and View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
  • 12 Oct 2017
  • Cold Call Podcast

Telemundo: The Fastest Growing TV Network in the United States

Keywords: Re: Henry W. McGee; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

quite risky—a few blockbuster flops can bring a company to ruin—the strategy is the best bet for entertainment companies to succeed over the long run, according to Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • May 2017
  • Case

Street League Skateboarding

By: Robert F. Higgins and Christine Snively
In 2013, Street League Skateboarding, a professional skateboarding league founded in 2010, just concluded its annual Street League World Tour. The growing action-sports property had purchased time on ESPN2 to air its events, and though ESPN was the most-watched sports... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Television Entertainment; Sports; Product Launch; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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Higgins, Robert F., and Christine Snively. "Street League Skateboarding." Harvard Business School Case 817-145, May 2017.
  • November 1995 (Revised March 2000)
  • Case

Jurassic Park

By: John A. Quelch
Managers at MCA/Universal Merchandising are reviewing worldwide merchandising and licensing arrangements for the movie Jurassic Park. View Details
Keywords: Commercialization; Globalization; Film Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Quelch, John A. "Jurassic Park." Harvard Business School Case 596-014, November 1995. (Revised March 2000.)
  • 25 Jun 2019
  • News

Ann Sarnoff To Lead Warner Bros. Studio

Sarnoff also discussed the challenge of meeting the needs of the modern audience. “We need to emotionally connect with our audiences and build a connection that can last into future generations,” she told Deadline. “They’re experiencing View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
  • April 2025
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Netflix in 2024

By: Jan Rivkin and David Allen
In 2024, Netflix appeared to emerge victorious from the “streaming wars” that it had waged in recent years with the likes of Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Apple, and Amazon. What had allowed Netflix not only to succeed in the streaming wars but also to thrive for... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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Rivkin, Jan, and David Allen. "Netflix in 2024." Harvard Business School Case 725-438, April 2025.
  • 27 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Claire Friedman...

Current Position: COO and Executive in Charge of Lip Sync Battle Franchise, Casey Patterson Entertainment Current Location: New York/Los Angeles Tell us what you're up to these days. Right after graduation, I packed my bags and moved out... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

I’ve heard many ideas for reducing gun violence in the United States, but this was a new one on me. Mihir Desai, a finance professor at Harvard Business School, noted in a recent podcast that stock prices of gun manufacturers are severely depressed, and at least one... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation
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Claire Freidman

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I spent five years working in finance. My clients were entertainment companies and I knew I wanted to switch careers and work on the operations or strategic side... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media
  • March 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

Time Warner Inc. vs. The Walt Disney Company (A): Pulling the Plug

Describes negotiation impasse between Time Warner, Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. over the retransmission of the ABC Network over Time Warner's cable systems. More broadly, the case depicts the shifting balance of power between content creators and distributors in the... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Internet and the Web; Television Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Watkins, Michael D., and Cate Reavis. "Time Warner Inc. vs. The Walt Disney Company (A): Pulling the Plug." Harvard Business School Case 801-186, March 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
  • October 2006 (Revised September 2007)
  • Teaching Note

Electronic Arts in Online Gaming (TN)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Arts; Technology; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Electronic Arts in Online Gaming (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 807-066, October 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
  • 01 Apr 2001
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Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters

The story of how nonprofit start-up Montage Entertainment came about would be familiar to many past participants in the HBS Business Plan Contest. “Some friends and I were sitting in the café at Shad, discussing film and the way women and... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

    Nicholas M. Schenck

    When Marcus Loew died in 1927, Schenck assumed control over all of his holdings, including Loew’s theatre company and its production arm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Despite the onslaught of the Depression, though, Schenck’s attention to efficiency and to “the bottom... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

      William S. Paley

      After entering the media and entertainment field on somewhat of a whim, Paley grew his small radio concern into a media conglomerate with success in radio, television, music, media equipment and more. CBS competed heavily with the larger,... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
      • October 1998 (Revised May 2004)
      • Teaching Note

      Adventurous Computer Games, Inc. and Adventurous Computer Games, Inc.(Abridged)TN

      By: William J. Bruns Jr.
      Teaching Note for (9-199-020) and (9-193-088). View Details
      Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Bruns, William J., Jr. "Adventurous Computer Games, Inc. and Adventurous Computer Games, Inc.(Abridged)TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 199-034, October 1998. (Revised May 2004.)
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