Publications

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

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

August 2020
Teaching Note

Sesame Workshop (B): Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Kids Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim

Teaching Note for Case No. 321-015. In 2019, Sesame Workshop celebrated its 50th anniversary while on a winning streak of social impact, innovation, and peak media and financial results. Over the past four years, CEO Jeff Dunn and his turnaround team exhibited... View Details

Keywords: Social Impact; Innovation; Television; Children; Media; Television Entertainment; Education; Innovation and Invention; Change Management; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Education Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Fast Answer

Movies: statistics

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September 1979
Article

An Impossibility Result Concerning n-Person Bargaining Games

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Negotiation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling

1978
Article

On Stochastic Games with Stationary Optimal Strategies

By: Truman F. Bewley and Elon Kohlberg

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Strategy

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

06 Aug 2015
Blog Post

What I Was Not Expecting: Rerouting Towards My Passion at HBS

about. I applied to non-profits, startups, social innovators, arts foundations, theatre producers, music labels, entertainment conglomerates, among others. I am now halfway through my internship in one of the biggest music labels in the... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

June 2020
Supplement

Comcast Corporation (B)

By: Sunil Gupta, Henry McGee and Felix Oberholzer-Gee

The (B) case, set in the summer of 2020, highlights the concern of Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, as the streaming war intensifies. In a short period of time several new streaming services, such as Disney+, Apple TV+, Quibi, and HBO Max were launched and cable subscription... View Details

Keywords: Cable Television; Industry Evolution; Television Entertainment; Disruption; Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry

11 Aug 2011
News

Heard on the Street and the She-E-Os

moves that were entertaining enough to make all forget about finals and recruiting.” HOTS performances are well-documented on YouTube, ranging from a performance of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” at Burden Hall in the winter of 1989 or... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

Profile

Jackie Burgos

to see more diverse characters and storylines on Television. At HBS, the Career Services office has been especially supportive of Jackie’s ambition to further continue her success in the Media and Entertainment industry. “I use all the... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media

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

26 May 2016
News

Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

creator of All in the Family. “I had no experience in the entertainment business, I had never been to Hollywood, and I didn’t know anyone there,” says Horn. “He said, ‘You’re perfect,’ and hired me. He wanted a blank slate.” Perenchio was... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

winter 1997
Article

The Effects of Market Structure and Ownership on Prices and Service Offerings in the Cable Television Industry

By: Willis Emmons and Robin A. Prager

Keywords: Markets; Ownership; Price; Service Delivery; Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

September 2017
Case

NBCUniversal Telemundo: Transforming Latino Television

By: Henry W. McGee, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Christine Snively

In August 2017, Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, considered how the Miami-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo could succeed in a rapidly shifting media landscape. Over the past few years,... View Details

Keywords: Television Industry; Television Advertising; Broadcasting; Telecommunications; Internet; Television Entertainment; Internet and the Web; Advertising; Digital Platforms; Digital Marketing; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Miami

March 2004 (Revised September 2005)
Case

RealNetworks Rhapsody

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Steven Carpenter

Examines RealNetwork's (Real's) strategy for the rapidly emerging online music market. In contrast to rivals who sell individual copies of songs, Real offers online music on a subscription basis. For a $10 monthly fee, subscribers to Real's Rhapsody service have... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competitive Advantage; Distribution Channels; Music Entertainment; Ownership; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Music Industry

January 2009 (Revised March 2009)
Case

A Chinese Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com

By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Manty

Now into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the one they first founded in 2006. Having changed their business model from a social networking site to an... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; China