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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

“Indian” through the spread of such images in prints, paintings, novels, and later, in Hollywood films . In this card, while the company connects itself through its brand name to the Kickapoo—an Algonquian-speaking group that arose out of... View Details

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

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

Corporation. I thought it was quite wonderful. I was hired to help pioneer the transparency film which meant I was in the Sales Department reporting to the Industrial Sales Manager who was a perfectly charming guy named Kemon P.... View Details

13 Sep 2019
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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

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 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

01 Dec 1996
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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

09 Sep 2016
News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

Gate Bridge. Play some music-- we're going to take a violinist and pump some music down into the ocean to get some whales to come. And we're going to live stream, effectively, the whale music into these little packs that some deaf kids on the boat will wear. And we're... View Details

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

experts in the selection and development of early-stage ideas. Our context is the movie industry, in which customer appeal is difficult to predict and investment costs are high. The Black List, an annual publication, ranks unproduced scripts based on anonymous... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2014
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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

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television production company SpringHill Entertainment as well as their digital sports platform... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1996
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Keepers of the Flame

replies, "When I see the film clip of gymnast Mary Lou Retton at the 1984 Games receiving her gold medal, I think: 'The flowers left the refrigerator 20 minutes before she got them; the medal left the vault 45 minutes ago and was carried... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

SpaceX vessels.) Of course, the Limiting Factor and the Pressure Drop would need to be maintained, and the ship needed a crew. Vescovo tapped EYOS Expeditions to organize the trips and handle permits and logistics. A film crew from... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details

Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul

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Purchase

01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride

hair, each containing positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles suspended in clear fluid. To form an E Ink electronic display, the ink is printed onto a sheet of plastic film that is laminated to a layer of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

children without disintegrating. It makes for a wild and fun ride.” —Craig Leon (MBA 1991), Asia research director, Institutional Investor and documentary filmmaker, Future History Films “I personally embrace a work-life integration... View Details

14 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

endeavor that is a first for a Hollywood actor with superstar status—a digital channel. The channel (named “Seven Bucks Digital Studios”) will be a new part of film and television production company Seven Bucks Productions, which Johnson... View Details