Publications

March 2007
Teaching Note

Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (TN)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Teaching note to 706442. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Projects; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Price; Economics; Financial Services Industry; Los Angeles

April 2010
Teaching Note

United Way (TN)

By: Allen S. Grossman

Teaching Note for [310014]. View Details

Keywords: Los Angeles

2006
Chapter

History, Structure, and Practices: San Pedro Longshoremen in the Face of Change

By: Kathleen L. McGinn

Keywords: History; Practice; Organizational Structure; Change; Distribution Industry; Shipping Industry; Los Angeles

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06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

In trying to secure financial backing for a new product, independent innovators generally face the question of how much to invest in development before showing it around. Should they create, say, a working prototype (and maybe even generate sales) or pitch the idea for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

same time, the Los Angeles Rams “morphed from a plodding exemplar of mediocrity” to an explosive conference winner, also with the help of a modern, creative offensive system, helmed by the youngest coach in... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

able to come up with very rapid kinds of prototypes and vaccine candidates would not have been possible in the traditional just-lab structure,” Kerr says. As the shift drew innovation from a handful of big population centers like Los... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

March 2023
Case

FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Fonstad

The board of FinTunes, Inc., a start-up aimed at helping musicians distribute their work and manage their finances, must decide among three candidates to serve as the company’s first independent director. The terms of FinTunes’ last round of financing provided that the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

Street because [they] have the education, the network, and the experience to make it work." J. Paul Brownridge, former Los Angeles city treasurer and candidate for Los... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

including the Los Angeles County Alliance for Boys and Girls Clubs and Edible Schoolyard New York City, which focus on increasing the physical activity and healthy eating habits of children and their... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

23 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

In 2009, a stroke victim at a Los Angeles medical center started losing his hair following a CT brain perfusion scan. After some confusion, doctors determined he had been subject to a radiation overdose—a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

allows many people to search for and retrieve codified knowledge without having to contact the person who originally developed it. That opens up the possibility of achieving scale in knowledge reuse and thus of growing the business. Take the example of Randall Love, a... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

decision to bring in a COO, transition him to CEO, and assume the position of Chairperson. Also describes communication and control challenges faced when Zhang moves to Los Angeles with her family, and tries... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2021 (Revised February 2021)
Case

World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Endline and Michael Norris

In 2021, Ron DeShay, former American Idol producer, is launching his new business venture: World of Dreams Entertainment Group. World of Dreams rethought the existing TV production model, giving audiences more power to directly influence the creation of shows through a... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media; Social Issues; Sports; Business Ventures; Digital Platforms; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles

March 2020 (Revised October 2020)
Case

Jeffrey Deitch: Art Entrepreneur

By: Henry McGee, Rohit Deshpandé and Sarah Gulick

Jeffrey Deitch is an influential gallery owner and art entrepreneur. An HBS alumnus generally credited with developing the field of bank art advisory and financing services, Deitch has had a storied career in both the commercial and non-profit art world. Wrestling with... View Details

Keywords: Cultural Entrepreneurship; Arts; Personal Development and Career; Fine Arts Industry; New York (city, NY); Los Angeles

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

coffee shop in Los Angeles in 2014 called Dumb Starbucks. Write Deighton and Kornfeld: "The stunt's function as promotion for the show was eventually deduced by journalists and the public. The delayed reveal... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

June 2020
Teaching Note

The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Kerry Herman and Amy Klopfenstein

This teaching note serves as a supplement to “The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?” HBS 420-025. View Details