Publications

July 2020
Supplement

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

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim

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 values-driven leadership, instituted... View Details

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

September 2017 (Revised July 2018)
Technical Note

Virtual Reality and the Gaming Sector 2017

By: David B. Yoffie, Natalia Prieto Nino, Prasad Raman, Brad Kowalk and Ruby Tamberino

This brief note explores the emerging possibilities of virtual reality and its potential as a gaming platform. View Details

Keywords: Virtual Reality; Gaming; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Technology Platform

Educators

Profile

Jacqueline Beato

under the sun," Jacqueline notes. "But the small section of 90 is like home. Staying in one section the first year allows every course to build upon what's been said and done before in previous classes." Entertaining... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)

Above: Zhang and the popular “Tao Doll” figurines that represent Alibaba’s e-commerce platform. (photo by Christina Gandolfo) I joined Alibaba in 2008 as part of its strategic investments team. I never thought that one day we would have an View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2006
News

Last Look

began at HBS (because the parade’s mounted-police escorts needed a large parking lot for their horse vans) before crossing the river to the Pudding clubhouse, entertaining some 10,000 spectators along the way. Parry reports that the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

October 1990 (Revised March 1993)
Background Note

Note on Cable Television Regulation

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Examines the evolution of the U.S. cable television industry since its inception in the early 1950s. Particular emphasis is given to the roles played by technology, consumer demand, and regulation at both the local and federal level. Designed to facilitate a conceptual... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Demand and Consumers; Government Legislation; Business Growth and Maturation; Monopoly; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

22 Oct 2018
News

Capital Murder

actually made me better at my “day job,” so to speak. Working in the entertainment industry, we’re interacting all the time with actors, writers, producers, and directors. I wouldn’t put myself in the same league, but having a small taste... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Podcast: Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal

done extensive research in the media and entertainment fields. In this podcast, Anand examines not only the proposed Dow Jones deal but also the state of the newspaper industry in general. To listen to this interview with professor Bharat... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

Portrait Project

Laurent Chenot

companies or their lives. I want to write creative fiction that entertain people but also make them think. I want to raise my kids for whoever they are and not for what I want them to be. I want to be a true support for my partner,... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

News in the News Biz

compete to ask questions of the same celebrity, politician, or entertainer is economic nonsense. Quality is not enhanced by these huge numbers of journalists assembled to hear and disseminate similar news.” View Details

June 2009
Teaching Note

Online Restaurant Promotions

By: Benjamin Edelman

Teaching Note for [909034]. View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Networks; Price; Corporate Strategy; Technology; Service Industry

1980
Article

The Effect of Group Size and Communication Availability on Coalition Bargaining in a Veto Game

By: J. K. Murnighan and A. E. Roth

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Negotiation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Communication

April 2007 (Revised April 2011)
Teaching Note

Slots, Tables, and All that Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel (TN)

By: Dennis Campbell and Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Teaching note to 106029. View Details

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Customers; Profit; Accommodations Industry

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

company’s investment in the online social entertainment world. The researchers started playing Fortnite during the pandemic “to break the monotony of constant Zoom meetings,” Wu says. But soon, they found themselves spending real money on... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

October 2021
Article

Changing Gambling Behavior through Experiential Learning

By: Shawn A. Cole, Martin Abel and Bilal Zia

This paper tests experiential learning as a debiasing tool to reduce gambling in South Africa, through a randomized field experiment. The study implements a simple, interactive game that simulates the odds of winning the national lottery through dice rolling.... View Details

Keywords: Debiasing; Experiential Learning; Behavioral Economics; Financial Education; Learning; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Behavior; Decision Making

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01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

IMAGINATION: Construction is expected to begin this spring on Ballpark Village, adjacent to Busch Stadium (right). In its first phase, the complex will include retail and entertainment venues, restaurants, condominiums, and office space.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment

October 2007
Case

iPhone vs. Cell Phone

By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind

The launch of Apple's iPhone marked a pivotal new chapter in the story of mobile music (the uniting of digital music players with mobile phones). The iPhone combined an iPod music player, a cell phone, and a mobile Internet device, along with a camera and other... View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Music Entertainment; Product Launch; Partners and Partnerships; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Music Industry

Educators