Publications

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

Disney was a pioneer in the family entertainment business. From his ground-breaking introduction of the animated cartoon Steamboat Willie starring Mickey Mouse in 1928 to the launch of the first full-length animated film in 1937 (Snow... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

01 Mar 2011
News

Heard in the Chapel

performance to a packed house. The HBS men’s original a cappella group, The Tycoons, was formed in 1947 and entertained campus gatherings for more than 25 years before disbanding. Heard on the Street, which View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

February 1982 (Revised December 1991)
Teaching Note

Quabbin Cablevision Co., Teaching Note

By: Henry B. Reiling

Teaching Note for (9-282-003). View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Article

Music's Last Best Hope Lies in Live-Streaming

By: Scott Duke Kominers

With big crowds and concerts off limits, there is almost no other way for performers to make money. View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Online Technology

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April 1995
Supplement

Home Shopping Network, Inc. (Abridged) (SS)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

October 1998
Case

Star TV in India--1998

By: Tarun Khanna, Geetu S Karnani and Tanya Z Haider

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; India

21 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

It’s one thing to look at the entertainment business from an executive’s point of view. It’s quite another to see it through the eyes of a professional basketball player, supermodel, or actress. That mix of perspectives is exactly what... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation

Richard W. Clark

With his ageless persona, Clark had an uncanny ability to tap into the social consciousness of America’s youth. After having served in front of the camera for many years, most notably as host of American Bandstand, Clark formed his own production company which produced... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Article

Demand and Supply Dynamics for Sequentially Released Products in International Markets: The Case of Motion Pictures

By: Anita Elberse and Jehoshua Eliashberg

Keywords: Supply and Industry; Product; Markets; Film Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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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

May 1993 (Revised June 1993)
Case

ABC Company

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Eisner headed the second-largest media and entertainment company in the U.S. having grown its market value from $3 billion to approximately $70 billion in his first 14 years as CEO. Eisner has released animated movie hits such as The... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

01 Jun 2014
News

Screen Saver

same as it was in 1977, and certainly not in the entertainment space." As CEO of AMC Theatres since March 2009, Lopez has been addressing that discrepancy with a passion and drive not usually seen in a business often considered a sleepy... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

February 2001
Case

ALWAYSi

By: Paul A. Gompers and Sergio Rattner

Anthony Soohoo, COO at ALWAYSi, an independent film distributor, is preparing projections for the company. Soohoo must decide which revenue streams the company should pursue. The firm is faced with a variety of attractive opportunities. View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Business Strategy; Revenue; Film Entertainment; Strategic Planning; Business Startups; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
Case

The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth

The National Hockey League (NHL) has negotiated a new television contract at record rights-fee levels for hockey. The NHL will be shifting its principal television partner from Fox to ESPN/ABC. Students are asked to analyze the current and future contracts in terms of... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Television Entertainment; Contracts; Marketing Communications; Agreements and Arrangements; Partners and Partnerships; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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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