Entertainment and Recreation Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1994 (Revised May 1996)
Case

Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower-- Taking Charge

In 1987, Dennis Hightower, was recruited from outside for a newly created position as head of Disney Consumer Products European operations. Hightower has to win initial acceptance of entrenched country managers, integrate the company's diverse subsidiaries closer... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Europe

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21 Jul 2010
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Mad Men, the Early Era

checkerboard floor. “The High Art of Photographic Advertising” showcases some striking examples from the 1934 National Alliance of Art and Industry Exhibition that opened in the gallery of New York City’s 30... View Details

Keywords: photography; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions

01 Jun 2003
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Hopping to It

Reid Photo courtesy of Arista When Antonio (“LA”) Reid (AMP:ISMP 154) succeeded the legendary Clive Davis at Arista Records, a lot of people wondered if he was up to the job. Sure, Reid had founded Atlanta–based hip–hop and R&B label... View Details

Keywords: Arista; LA Reid; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

18 Nov 2013
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Diving into the 'Shark Tank'

Donna Khalife (MBA 2011, at left) and sister, Rosy, make their pitch on ABC-TV's Shark Tank. Donna Khalife (MBA 2011) and her sister, Rosy, were taking a lunch break from work on their startup Surprise... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; parenting; childhood; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

23 Feb 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Black Business Leaders Series: Franklin Leonard, 'Black List' Mastermind

Keywords: Re: Henry W. McGee; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)

An Emmy Award–winning television writer, Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) started out by taking a sitcom writing class at the UCLA Extension School while working as a senior business planner at Walt Disney Studios. Now an executive producer for The Good Wife, he has also... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2004
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A Life by Design

As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

04 Sep 2019
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What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)

“Music is wired into us,” says Keith Cerny (MBA 1991). “Singing is something that is very human, and from singing, it’s very easy to go into playing instruments.” Cerny’s own connection with music began at age 10, with the San Francisco... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

29 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

by too much stuff acquired. She is increasingly skeptical in the face of a financial meltdown that it was all worth the effort. Out will go luxury purchases, conspicuous consumption, and a trophy culture. Tomorrow's consumer will buy more... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation; Entertainment & Recreation

November 2018
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Sportradar (A): From Data to Storytelling

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Oliver Gassmann

In 2013, the Swiss sports data company Sportradar debated whether to expand from its core business of data provision to bookmakers into sports media products. Sports data was becoming a commodity, and in the future, sports leagues might reduce their dependence on... View Details

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12 Apr 2010
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A SWAT Team For Performance

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

November 1994 (Revised November 1995)
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SweetWater

By: H. Kent Bowen and Thomas D. Everett

Focuses on developing a promising idea into a viable product design by considering customer needs early in the design process. Following an Alaskan fishing trip, Sandy Platter, a computer peripherals engineer, has a new idea for a portable water-filter device for use... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Independent Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Customers; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Colorado

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29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

leadership, working my up to CMO, and then President and CEO roles. I worked on educational toys and entertainment properties (Hasbro),... View Details

November 2004 (Revised October 2005)
Supplement

Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (B)

By: Boris Groysberg and Laura Morgan Roberts

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

professor Nancy Koehn, pointing out that women played key roles in the early American economy through the development of cottage industries and in the organization and work of... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

October 1998
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Star TV in India--1998

By: Tarun Khanna, Geetu S Karnani and Tanya Z Haider

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; India

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17 Feb 2010
News

Harrah's CFO Plans a Recovery

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

November 2003 (Revised July 2006)
Case

STAR 2003

By: Thomas R. Piper

A shift in strategy from broadcasting standardized programs throughout its footprint to localized programming necessitates a review of STAR's organizational structure. Growing complexity and a need for local responsiveness point toward adoption of a country-based... View Details