Film - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans

filming his lessons. Sal Khan: In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit, and those same cousins were dispersed to Texas and Florida. And so, in many ways I was their safety net education system while they were refugees, I guess, with a lowercase... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

filmed in 52 countries. Setting a record can be a lot of work. If you are going to go for it, consider an individual record—fewer logistics—and know what your mission is, why you are doing it. I’m not trying to break a personal Guinness... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

22 Sep 2017
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The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

then. A lot of this happened simultaneous to the filming of Scarface, which was looked at as an affront to Miami. Miami had a huge case of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, with the race riots and the cocaine explosion and the Mariel... View Details

13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

LaGuardia is number 15 for takeoff. I miss Air Force One!! And here's one from film director Lee Unkrich: Just in case you think all this has gone to my head, within 36 hours of winning the Oscar, I was back home plunging a clogged... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Mar 2023
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Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

Energy CEO Summit—featuring some of the biggest names in the energy sector—are set to take place in the month prior to the dinner. Over the course of the year, the club has been documenting its many gatherings and activities to include with club historical archives for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief

a kidnapped Texas couple whose captors went on a shopping spree with the victims’ credit cards. “The kidnappers were filmed on our video equipment in a store, and the police apprehended them,” says Parker. Halfway around the world, U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Business School Case 610-036 Examines the process used by a major motion picture studio to develop and select movie projects. Warner Bros.' strategy is to focus its efforts on a small number of major "event" films (i.e., View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

generations of people couch potatoes" was a sentiment shared by several alumni, while one alum intriguingly observed that "television and film create the paradigms of behavior once monopolized by religion." In third place was the personal... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

unexplored, Whitman and Katzenberg say. (photo by Getty/Bloomberg) The demo is the work of director Doug Liman, one of several filmmakers Whitman and Katzenberg consulted to reimagine how a film could be shot, edited, and rendered with a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

faulty decision making. The only evident remedy is in-depth analysis by knowledgeable people after the fact, looking a good distance ahead. This is what we attempted to do with this book. We have also filmed a discussion with experts that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

small Australian newspaper to a global media giant. It shows how he expanded geographically to Europe, the United States, and Asia and from newspapers to the film and television industries. The case identifies the personal role of Murdoch... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

accompanied her to Boston for orientation. "My mom was in the housing line for me when I was in the pre-MBA classes," she says. "I remember going to my first day of classes, and it was very funny because my dad had a camera and was View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face

proposal to analyze the wreck and film a documentary at the site has been awaiting a decision from a High Court judge in Ireland for the past year. In June, Bemis made an unofficial visit to the wreck, training for the record-setting... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Dec 2010
News

This Is What I Do

depends on a scientific breakthrough: a time machine. It’s his only hope to regain the full life intended for him. When the film was made, Fox was a boyish 24-year-old, vigorous, athletic, and graceful. Six years later, in 1991, he... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

episode included clips from: “Didn’t He Ramble”, performed by Wynton Marsalis, from the film soundtrack to Bolden © (2019); and “My Shot”, performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos, Leslie Odom Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan,... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

people like network giant Ted Turner and Bruce Willis in his film roles. Executives were now portrayed as similar warrior-athletes who ventured into out-of-bounds challenges like technical rock climbing. These were the masculine ideals... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1996
News

An Entrepreneurial Journey

that also housed a hamburger stand. It was 100 square feet and featured a single copier, an offset press, film processing, and a small selection of stationery and school supplies. "I essentially had a concept that would work on any... View Details

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411018-PDF-ENG Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (A) Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata AroraHarvard Business School Case 711-017 In January 2010, Fox Star Studios is preparing to release the Bollywood View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

the economics of producing and distributing traditional films and books versus digital (cell phone) content. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508071 Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH... View Details