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Ann S. Moore

spinoffs, including InStyle, Real Simple, and People en Español. People questioned her when, on graduation from HBS, Moore accepted the lowest paying of 13 job offers she received, to pursue her passion—magazines. Over the next two decades, she rose from View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media

December 2003
Case

Fox Bids for the NFL-1993

By: Bharat N. Anand and Catherine M. Conneely

The Fox television network, launched in 1987 by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. was in a precarious position in 1993. Although it had met its business plan targets, its ratings in the recently concluded November "sweeps" were indifferent, several of its newly launched... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Competitive Strategy; Financial Reporting; Bids and Bidding; Revenue; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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12 Jul 2019
News

The Power of Entrepreneurship

started IGNIA because of the power of entrepreneurship to really bring change into an economy, into a country, into a business community. “Especially in a country like this, the disparities are so big. We have easy access to quality education, quality housing, quality... View Details

Keywords: Finance

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

Horie represented all that is wrong with Western-style capitalism, others saw him as the future of the country's media industry, and a man of the people. But last month, Horie was arrested on suspicion of accounting fraud and illegal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Financial Services

Profile

Ann Chao

at my disposal to pursue my passions. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? From the beginning, the consistent message I received from HBS and my classmates was to pursue my passions and resist the pressure to go into a View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

19 Feb 2010
News

The MBA Oath Debate

After months of glowing press accounts, the MBA Oath, a voluntary HBS student-crafted pledge that asks graduating MBAs to commit to the creation of value “responsibly and ethically,” has hit a media rough patch. Critics now see little... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

20 Dec 2019
News

The 19 Musts of 2019

at the center of the story was a motivational speaker, so he recorded himself a lot—which makes for really rich source material.” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Julia Kaplan (MBA 2017), business development lead at podcast network Gimlet View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

business. “I knew it was a great fit for me,” he says. During the fifteen years he has worked at Merrill, O’Neal has proved himself again and again, moving from various positions in different divisions of the firm — financial View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

04 Jun 2014
What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

information delivered by new technologies and consumers' ability to use them effectively. Gabriel pointed out that reviews are highly subjective "so you end up not knowing what to believe The Internet and social media (don't) always... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products; Technology

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

in the midst of a successful career in financial services with the Capital Group Companies, attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with some HBS friends. A believer since childhood in the power of storytelling on the big... View Details

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

Chuck" advertising campaign. This campaign aims to differentiate Schwab in the cluttered financial services marketplace. Test market results facilitate discussion of advertising objectives, message strategy, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

return to prior employers. Median total compensation was $140,000, up slightly from last year’s $138,125 for the Class of 2006. For future job seekers, this fall MBA Career Services, in conjunction with student club leaders, introduced... View Details

28 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

Literally millions of people have found dates through online match-making services, so who says the Internet is isolating? The problem for many users, however, is that initial matches are often imperfect—even frustrating—because the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing

Sanford I. Weill

on strong execution and delivery of services, stock-based incentive compensation plans, and skillful blending of complimentary strengths and weaknesses, has helped to achieve his mission of building a brand name View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Mar 2013
News

Breyer Elected to Harvard Board

China, and India. "Jim Breyer is one of his generation's most creative and admired venture capitalists," says Harvard President Drew Faust. "He combines wide experience in new technology and media with an expansive international outlook... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

19 Feb 2008
News

The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen

A bit of Hollywood came to HBS recently when Steven Samuels spoke at the invitation of the School’s Entertainment and Media Club. A former real estate developer, Samuels is an independent movie producer with a solid body of work under his... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Real Estate

01 Sep 2011
News

Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform

quality of care. Traditionally, doctors and hospitals have been paid separate fees for their services, an approach widely criticized for rewarding overuse of diagnostic tests and procedures while providing no incentives to integrate care.... View Details

Keywords: bundling; Health, Social Assistance

11 Mar 2019
News

Enabling Big Thinking

appreciation for the skills and friendships he and his son acquired at the School. While pursuing his MBA, Peter met fellow UK native and sectionmate Philip Hulme, and after graduation, the pair cofounded Computacenter, one of Europe’s largest independent providers of... View Details

November 2000
Case

Reuters Greenhouse Fund

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Galvin

Reuters Greenhouse Fund had successfully invested in a portfolio of 79 companies working in areas relevant to Reuters Group's strategic interests. It had itself facilitated a powerful network among the companies and become a respected global venture capital firm.... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transition; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Internet; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry