Publications

August 2005 (Revised July 2014)
Case

Can Bollywood Go Global?

By: Geoffrey Jones, Namrata Arora, Surachita Mishra and Alexis Lefort

Considers the opportunities and challenges facing Indian film producers in accessing the global film market. Provides a historical context by describing the history of the cinema and the rise of Hollywood to global dominance by the 1920s. Although film industries... View Details

Keywords: History; Competition; Film Entertainment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Product Development; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India

December 1977
Article

Utility Functions for Simple Games

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling

Find at Harvard

October 29, 2010
Article

The Mental Game of Breast Cancer, Part one

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling

Read Now

1998
Working Paper

Governance and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Keywords: Governance; Risk Management; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

01 Sep 2012
News

Women and VC

DODI: Backing ventures with products important to women and families. Photo courtesy Monica Dodi A cofounder of MTV Europe, a former executive at Walt Disney/Europe, and former CEO of AOL’s Entertainment Asylum, Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) is... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller

the curtains.” Miller’s new book fits that successful mold—but comes with a marketing challenge. Powerhouse is about Creative Artists Agency, a powerful force in the entertainment industry but a lesser-known brand than SNL or ESPN. He... View Details

March 2021
Case

Sky Deutschland - Bidding for Sports Rights (A)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Sascha L. Schmidt, Renate Imoberdorf and Sebastian Koppers

Carsten Schmidt, CEO of Sky Deutschland, needs to prepare for the auction of German soccer rights. Much was at stake. Not only was soccer the most widely watched sport in Germany, the company had long advertised that only Sky showed “every game, every goal.” In... View Details

Keywords: Sports; Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Sports Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Germany

24 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)

Series win with a Smashing Pumpkins concert at Breakwater Chicago. We may need to build a second vessel for that one, though!" Can you finish this statement? "A great entertainment experience is " "' ...one that never ends.' Patrons... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

27 May 2021
News

History’s Future

country’s oil-based economy. AlMadani, an entrepreneur who cofounded National Talents Co. to improve STEM education in Saudi Arabia, joined the effort in 2016, shortly after Saudi Vision 2030 was announced. He served as CEO of the General View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2015
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

student-run Entertainment & Media Club, worked as an assistant to John Davis (MBA 1981) of Davis Entertainment and at Creative Artists Agency before coming to HBS. MB: What sparked your interest in the film... View Details

Portrait Project

Shibani Joshi

meant fame and wealth, but today I see the meaning as much more profound. Now breaking free involves resisting the temptation to return to the investment bank I previously worked for and instead pursuing my dreams in the entertainment... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

Muslims (Mohammed Aaser, MBA ’11): A children’s entertainment and education brand for Muslim Americans. MatchLend (Jeffrey Engler, MBA ’11, and Charles Deutsch): A tool to improve loan underwriting accuracy. ÃÂ Ovuline (Vasile Tofan, HBS... View Details

Keywords: awards

February 2010 (Revised June 2014)
Supplement

CityCenter (D): Financial Crisis, Grand Opening, and a New Paradigm

By: John D. Macomber and Griffin James

"CityCenter (D)" follows the (A), (B), and (C) cases with subsequent chronological events through CityCenter's grand opening in December 2009 and financial results through March 2010. The case includes a simple valuation exercise intended to explore CEO Jim Murren's... View Details

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Private Equity; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Nevada; New Jersey

01 Mar 2012
News

Where Innovation Rules

manufacturing, from entertainment to energy. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a world without the products and services created by HBS alumni. In the pages that follow, we present profiles of contemporary HBS alumni who continue that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg;Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Educational Services; Management

18 Nov 2014
News

Educating the next generation of filmmakers

Film producer Dan Lin (MBA 1999) likes to create hero stories that inspire and entertain children and their families. The producer of The Lego Movie is now teaching Chinese filmmakers how to tell their own stories. (Published November... View Details

July 2008 (Revised January 2010)
Case

PCCW now

By: Andrei Hagiu and Waishun Lo

In 2007, PCCW had to formulate a strategy for growth of its successful NOW TV platform and its quadruple play implementation outside of Hong Kong. Launched in September 2003 by PCCW (Hong Kong's largest telecommunications operator), NOW TV had swiftly become the... View Details

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Growth and Development Strategy; Multi-Sided Platforms; Technology Platform; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Hong Kong

January 2019 (Revised March 2021)
Case

SoundCloud: Subscription Streaming?

By: Ashish Nanda, Eric Van den Steen, Andy Wu, Jeffrey Boyar and Bonnie Bennett Slater

Established in 2007, SoundCloud already boasted the second largest number of active music listeners among all streaming services and was recognized as the go-to platform for new artists by early 2014. Yet, its founders were questioning the robustness of the firm’s... View Details

November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Sam Yagan, CEO of the upstart MetaMachine, Inc., received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. In September 2005, more than 30 million users relied on... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Crisis Management; Music Entertainment; Legal Liability; Copyright; Information Technology Industry; Music Industry; United States