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- August 2024 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
The 2023 release of the live-action film Barbie, and its accompanying marketing blitz, incited a worldwide Barbie craze. Suddenly Barbie was everywhere, a celebrated icon reinstated at the forefront of cultural conversation. This goodwill stood in contrast to... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Media; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Entertainment; Gender; Public Opinion; Marketing Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
Ofek, Elie, Ryann Noe, and Sarah Mehta. "Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel." Harvard Business School Case 525-006, August 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
- December 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Supplement
Qualcomm Incorporated 2011 Update
By: David B. Yoffie
Qualcomm in 2009 and 2010 experienced both the worst of times and the best of times. During the "great recession" of 2009, smartphones growth stalled, stalling Qualcomm's revenue, but in 2010 growth surged again, and was predicted to continue its upward trajectory in... View Details
Keywords: Television Entertainment; Growth and Development Strategy; Opportunities; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Qualcomm Incorporated 2011 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-463, December 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- December 2003
- Case
Fox Bids for the NFL-1993
By: Bharat N. Anand and Catherine M. Conneely
The Fox television network, launched in 1987 by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. was in a precarious position in 1993. Although it had met its business plan targets, its ratings in the recently concluded November "sweeps" were indifferent, several of its newly launched... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Competitive Strategy; Financial Reporting; Bids and Bidding; Revenue; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Anand, Bharat N., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fox Bids for the NFL-1993." Harvard Business School Case 704-443, December 2003.
- December 1984
- Article
The Evolution of the Labor Market for Medical Interns and Residents: A Case Study in Game Theory
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "The Evolution of the Labor Market for Medical Interns and Residents: A Case Study in Game Theory." Journal of Political Economy 92, no. 6 (December 1984): 991–1016.
- January 1991
- Article
Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Game Theory as a Part of Empirical Economics." Economic Journal 101 (January 1991): 107–114.
- July– September 2002
- Article
Predictive Value and the Usefulness of Game Theoretic Models
By: Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim and Greg Barron
Erev, Ido, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim, and Greg Barron. "Predictive Value and the Usefulness of Game Theoretic Models." International Journal of Forecasting 18, no. 3 (July– September 2002): 359–368.
- July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Enrico D"Angelo and Kerry Herman
Mike Ward, the producer in charge of developing the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer game for Activision, must decide whether to launch the game in time for the 2002 Christmas season. Complicating his decision are the lukewarm response from consumers to TV test spots of the... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Product Development; Customer Satisfaction; Projects; Business or Company Management; Product Launch; Marketing Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Industry Structures; Innovation Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
MacCormack, Alan D., Enrico D"Angelo, and Kerry Herman. "Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project." Harvard Business School Case 605-020, July 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 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
- August 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Gain Sharing at Star Cablevision Group
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Sarah Ann Greene
Describes Star's experiment with gain sharing over a three-year period. Background on the industry and company's history are provided to establish the context for the shift to pay-for-performance. Describes the three different gain sharing programs, the resulting... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Television Entertainment; Compensation and Benefits; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Sarah Ann Greene. "Gain Sharing at Star Cablevision Group." Harvard Business School Case 692-012, August 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- March 2025
- Case
Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work the Taylor Way
By: Dennis Campbell, Petros Kusmu and Stacy Straaberg
In 2013, guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars’ co-founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug were considering several exit options including selling to a competitor or to a private equity firm. The co-founders decided, instead, to embark on a seven-year process to transfer 100%... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Communication Strategy; Announcements; Decisions; Music Entertainment; Values and Beliefs; Borrowing and Debt; Geographic Location; Global Range; Governance; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Private Ownership; Business Strategy; Management Succession; Transition; Employee Ownership; Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; San Diego; Mexico; Netherlands
Campbell, Dennis, Petros Kusmu, and Stacy Straaberg. "Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work the Taylor Way." Harvard Business School Case 125-054, March 2025.
- 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
- April 2016
- Teaching Note
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Note was created for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of the Harvard Business School case, "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." As chairman and CEO, David Kenny guided the Weather Company's transformation from a cable television... View Details
- March 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
UFO Moviez—Gentle Disruption
By: Hong Luo, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Saloni Chaturvedi
UFO Moviez is an Indian technology services provider that enables low-cost, digital delivery of films to cinemas. UFO’s satellite-based technology enables a significantly wider release of films compared to traditional analog prints and standard, higher-resolution... View Details
Keywords: Film Entertainment; Information Technology; Distribution; Disruption; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India
Luo, Hong, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "UFO Moviez—Gentle Disruption." Harvard Business School Case 716-447, March 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
CEO David Kenny led the transformation of the Weather Company from a television business to a Big Data technology company from 2012 until 2016, when IBM acquired its digital assets. This case discusses major decisions taken by Kenny starting in 2014 as he sought to... View Details
Keywords: Weather Company; IBM; Digital; Technology; David Kenny; Television; Weather Channel; Legacy Business; Mainstream; Newstream; Reorganization; Acquisitions; Transformation; Information Technology; Television Entertainment; Acquisition; Consolidation; Change; Leadership
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." Harvard Business School Case 316-143, January 2016. (Revised March 2016.)
- October 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Warner Music Group
TH Lee, a leading private equity firm, needs to decide whether to commit to the acquisition of AOL Time Warner's music group, and whether to commit the entire amount needed, $1.4 billion. The music industry has suffered greatly in recent years, largely as a result of... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Music Entertainment; Private Equity; Investment; Music Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Christopher Edward James Payton. "Warner Music Group." Harvard Business School Case 207-068, October 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
veteran of the company. “It’s a matter of thinking about how to take all of this wonderful entertainment and news programming and make it available to different consumers at different price points. That’s an endlessly challenging puzzle.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
- October 29, 2010
- Article
The Mental Game of Breast Cancer, Part one
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling
Koehn, Nancy F. "The Mental Game of Breast Cancer, Part one." Huffington Post, The Blog (October 29, 2010).
- Article
Digital Chess
By: D. B. Yoffie
Yoffie, D. B. "Digital Chess." World Link 11, no. 1 (January–February 1998): 32–34.
- March 1975
- Article
Optimal Strategies in Repeated Games with Incomplete Information
By: Elon Kohlberg
Kohlberg, Elon. "Optimal Strategies in Repeated Games with Incomplete Information." International Journal of Game Theory 4, no. 1 (March 1975): 7 – 24.
- November 2024 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Cheerful Music
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Feng Zhu and Nancy Hua Dai
Established by Snow Jiang in 2019 in Shenzhen, China, Cheerful Music was a record label company that had created many hit songs in China. “Yi Xiao Jiang Hu,” its most famous hit song, gained billions of views on social media platforms in China and overseas as the... View Details
Keywords: Generative Ai; Music Entertainment; Global Strategy; Business Model; AI and Machine Learning; Market Entry and Exit; Music Industry; China; United Kingdom; London
Zhang, Shunyuan, Feng Zhu, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Cheerful Music." Harvard Business School Case 525-031, November 2024. (Revised April 2025.)