Publications

01 Dec 2011
News

Rising Star

Dhlomo Photo courtesy Kanyi Dhlomo In 1995, as a 20-year-old university student, Khanyi Dhlomo (MBA ’07) became the first black newscaster for South Africa’s national TV network. At 22, she was appointed editor of a South African women’s magazine and doubled its... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet)

18 Nov 2013
News

Diving into the 'Shark Tank'

Donna Khalife (MBA 2011, at left) and sister, Rosy, make their pitch on ABC-TV's Shark Tank. Donna Khalife (MBA 2011) and her sister, Rosy, were taking a lunch break from work on their startup Surprise Ride—which delivers a box of curated children's activities... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; parenting; childhood; Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet)

18 Oct 2010
News

Business School Deans on the Future

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet)

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

gun. The producer's network was broadcasting the World Series that night, and the radar gun—the device that tracks the speed of pitches—was on the blink. The producer had made several fruitless calls, and many people had said, "Try... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

November 2018
Case

Sportradar (A): From Data to Storytelling

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Oliver Gassmann

In 2013, the Swiss sports data company Sportradar debated whether to expand from its core business of data provision to bookmakers into sports media products. Sports data was becoming a commodity, and in the future, sports leagues might reduce their dependence on... View Details

October 2015
Teaching Plan

The Coca-Cola Company's Case for Creative Transformation

By: Thales Teixeira

This Teaching Plan is to be used with the Video Case "The Coca-Cola Company's Case for Creative Transformation" (HBS No. 815-714) View Details

September 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Teaching Note

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John

Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

Teaching Note for HBS No. 919-013. Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and... View Details

December 2018 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John

Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and across industry. Unlike many other social media apps, on which users typically present idealized portraits of themselves, on Fishbowl,... View Details

October 2014
Case

MCA Matsushita (A)

By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang

Keywords: Music Corporation Of America; Matsushita Electric Industra; Negotiation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; Japan

01 Oct 2001
News

¡Vamos al Cine!

Heyman: hitting 317 screens. As a student at HBS, movie buff Matthew Heyman (MBA '93) used to ask classmates what the theaters were like in their hometowns. When two classmates from Mexico City told him the theaters there were terrible, Heyman sensed an opportunity,... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet)

01 Sep 2013
News

A Hollywood Backstory

Illustration by Alex Nabaum, theispot.com Every Sunday night when I was a kid, I'd sneak out of bed to watch the late movie on TV, film classics like Patton or A Man for All Seasons. I may very well have been the only fourth grader to have a profound, life-altering... View Details

Keywords: Armbruster, Michael; Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet)

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

Hutchison Whampoa group as an English-language broadcaster of mainly Western fare that targeted the top five percent of Asia's socioeconomic pyramid. But by the end of its first decade of operation, STAR had metamorphosed into a series of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Article

How to Launch Your Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists

By: Benjamin Edelman

The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce. Entrepreneurs are particularly drawn to these platforms because they create significant value and have modest... View Details

Keywords: Platforms; Launch; Mobilization Strategy; Two-Sided Platforms; Network Effects; Adoption; Entrepreneurship; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Read Now

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

newspapers respond to entry by TV broadcast stations in 1945–1963. We find that newspaper firms’ responses depend on their customers’ tendencies to multi-home (adopt both newspaper and TV) or single-home (adopt only newspaper or only TV).... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2022
Teaching Note

Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility

By: Ranjay Gulati, Matt Higgins and Allison Ciechanover

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 420-055 and 423-026. View Details

Keywords: Netflix; Corporate Culture; Streaming; Media; Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; California

July 2022
Supplement

Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility (B)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Matt Higgins

This (B) case, set in summer 2022, was designed as a companion to "Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility," a case set in 2018. The purpose of this brief document is to unlock a discussion around how the Netflix culture can be used to weather new... View Details

Keywords: Netflix; Corporate Culture; Streaming; Media; Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; California

March 2019 (Revised March 2020)
Case

Choosing the Right Esports Business Model

By: David Collis and Alexander MacKay

Two esports entrepreneurs must choose on which business model to focus their time and money. After successfully launching an online esports coaching platform, a number of new opportunities emerge in the rapidly growing esports space that now has close to one billion... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Business Development; Esports; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management; Strategy; Sports; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia

01 Dec 2013
News

War History

In September, with President Obama trying to rally support for military action against Syria, the media repeatedly sought out Michael Beschloss (MBA 1980), the author of eight books about American presidents. Beschloss noted that the Founding Fathers "very specifically... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet); Broadcasting (except Internet)

Forthcoming
Book

The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create

By: Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers

We demystify the coming digital revolution, showing how NFTs will transform our online and offline interactions.

NFTs aren’t just pictures on the internet, or a fad that has come and gone. Rather, they’re a new technology for creating digital assets and... View Details