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- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
traditional models of advertising, including video ads. Brown discussed his experience with Twitter Amplify, which lets broadcasters instantly replay video content on Twitter—sandwiched between brief clips... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
In 2007, Sony Pictures became the first multinational studio to enter the India film business known as Bollywood with its $7 million film Saawariya. The movie grossed only $9 million. That same year, Walt Disney Pictures collaborated with Yash Raj Studios, one of... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Using What We Know: Turning Organizational Knowledge into Team Performance
- 11 Feb 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-periphery Structures Dominate?
- 16 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web
- 30 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience
- 24 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud
- 01 Oct 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance:Evidence from Indian Software Services
- 13 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code
- March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Supercell 2.0: Clash of Plans
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and George Gonzalez
Founded in 2010, Supercell was a Helsinki, Finland-based mobile gaming company that had developed and launched five global hit mobile games: Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Hay Day, Brawl Stars, and Boom Beach. The company’s early philosophy was that it could produce... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Restructuring; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Video Game Industry; Finland
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and George Gonzalez. "Supercell 2.0: Clash of Plans." Harvard Business School Case 824-180, March 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- February 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Zynga (A)
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and David Chen
In January 2010 Mark Pincus is deciding how to double the number of Zynga games' players to 500 million without sacrificing profitability. These ambitious growth plans required changes to product, corporate strategy, and customer acquisition and retention. With regard... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Video Game Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and David Chen. "Zynga (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-464, February 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- February 2009
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? (TN)
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for [707501]. View Details
- December 2004
- Case
Hasbro Games -- POX (B)
By: David B. Godes and Elie Ofek
Keywords: Video Game Industry
Godes, David B., and Elie Ofek. "Hasbro Games -- POX (B)." Harvard Business School Case 505-047, December 2004.
- September 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Electronic Arts: The Blockbuster Strategy
Describes the process that the firm employs to allocate resources to new product development projects. Examines whether the firm can sustain its competitive advantage given its existing game design process. View Details
Keywords: Resource Allocation; Competitive Advantage; Decision Making; Product Development; Video Game Industry
Roberto, Michael, and Gina Carioggia. "Electronic Arts: The Blockbuster Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 304-013, September 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- August 1985 (Revised November 1987)
- Background Note
Videogame Design Process
The videogame industry grew explosively in the early 1980s. It is an example of a business which is highly dependent on the efforts of creative people. Videogame companies have shown a wide variation in their approach to managing creative resources, seen in such terms... View Details
Kao, John J. "Videogame Design Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 486-012, August 1985. (Revised November 1987.)
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Other People
Video directed and produced by Joanie Tobin In their book Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton draw on years of quantitative and qualitative research to explain how money can buy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry
- 28 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Monopolistic Competition Between Differentiated Products With Demand For More Than One Variety
- 14 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries