Publications

January 2012 (Revised September 2014)
Supplement

Hip Hop (B): Can't Stop, Won't Stop

By: Mukti Khaire and Kerry Herman

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Music Industry

February 2014
Case

Interview with Joe Kennedy, Pandora Media

By: Willy C. Shih

Joe Kennedy is the emeritus president of Pandora Media. In this interview, he discusses some of the challenges he faced in leading the company. View Details

Keywords: Pandora; Internet Radio; Pandora Media; Streaming; Music Industry; Music Entertainment; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California

July 2006
Background Note

Out of Frame: The Coming Digital Disruption of Hollywood

By: Stephen P. Bradley, Brian DeLacey and Reed Martin

The record opening of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, starring Johnny Depp, had finally provided the industry with incontrovertible proof that it was still possible to draw massive audiences to movie theaters. Grossing $136 million during its opening... View Details

Keywords: Disruption; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Film Entertainment; Revenue; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

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

2013
Working Paper

NBC and the 2012 London Olympics: Unexpected Success

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Vadim Kogan

"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as much..." wrote Richard Sandomir in The New York Times. "NBC... View Details

Keywords: Success; Profit; Sports; Failure; Television Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Vancouver; Beijing; London; Brazil; Russia

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21 May 2021
News

See Us Unite for Change

Courtesy Sheila Lirio Marcelo In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) month, MTV’s Entertainment brands are streaming a global television special, “See Us Unite for Change,” on May 21. Hosted by comedian Ken Jeong, the... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

February 2012
Teaching Note

Walt Disney and the 1941 Animators' Strike (TN)

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Johnathan Cromwell

Keywords: Animation Entertainment

April 1975 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Boston Symphony Orchestra

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Arts; Music Entertainment; Music Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Boston

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January 2012
Teaching Note

Lady Gaga (A) and (B)

By: Anita Elberse

Keywords: Arts; Music Entertainment; Music Industry

April 2001 (Revised August 2002)
Case

Frasier (B)

By: Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

September 1994 (Revised January 1997)
Case

This Case Sucks: Beavis, Butt-head, and TV Content (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Beginning in 1992, "Beavis and Butt-head," an animated series on MTV about two uncivilized teenaged misfits, became both a runaway popular sensation and the symbol of a heated national debate about violent and inappropriate programming on television. Especially after... View Details

Keywords: Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Animation Entertainment; Fairness; Governance Controls; Media; Outcome or Result; Social Issues; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

January 2006
Case

Negotiating for the Motion Picture Association of America and the Motion Picture Association: Jack Valenti (A)

By: James K. Sebenius, Ellen Knebel and Erin Egan

Summarizes the background and career highlights of Jack Valenti, longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America and the Motion Picture Association. Sets up three difficult negotiation challenges facing Valenti over a rating system for movies, the financial... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Negotiation; Problems and Challenges; United States

October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Case

Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2003 (A)

By: David B. Yoffie, Pai-Ling Yin and Christina L. Darwall

Mike Ramsey, TiVo's CEO, must decide on which direction to build the company. Facing an onslaught of new competitors, a huge opportunity in the cable industry, and the possibility of becoming the new "user interface" for TV entertainment, Ramsey must balance the... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Profit; Product Positioning; Standards; Opportunities; Commercialization; Competition; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

November 1997 (Revised December 1999)
Case

Cinemex

By: James L. Heskett

The founders of Cinemex, the largest capitalized venture start-up in Mexican history, are debating several issues concerning the operations of their new chain of motion picture theatres in Mexico City. The first concerns whether some seats should be left unsold to... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Service Operations; Debates; Venture Capital; Customer Satisfaction; Advertising; Investment; Theater Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Mexico City

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

May 2008
Teaching Note

Hasbro Games -- POX (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Elie Ofek and David B. Godes

Teaching Note for [505046] and [505047]. View Details

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entertainment and Recreation Industry