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- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
PublicationsManager-Specific Effects on Earnings Guidance: An Analysis of Top Executive Turnovers Authors:Francois Brochet, Lucile Faurel, and Sarah McVay Publication:Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate how managers contribute to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Hamermesh, Faculty Chair of the Harvard Business Healthcare Initiative, discuss the barriers to personalized medicine and suggest ways to overcome them. The blockbuster model for developing drugs, the authors point out, is still what most... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 2006
- Background Note
Out of Frame: The Coming Digital Disruption of Hollywood
By: Stephen P. Bradley, Brian DeLacey and Reed Martin
The record opening of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, starring Johnny Depp, had finally provided the industry with incontrovertible proof that it was still possible to draw massive audiences to movie theaters. Grossing $136 million during its opening... View Details
- 09 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”
The Trap Of Marginal Thinking In the late 1990s, Blockbuster dominated the movie rental industry in the United States. It had stores all over the country, a significant size advantage, and what appeared to be a stranglehold on the market.... View Details
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
driving revenue and success in today's entertainment environment. Through an up-close examination of why some creative businesses thrive while others fail to survive, you will learn when to make smaller versus blockbuster bets, the best... View Details
- 30 Mar 2012
- HBS Seminar
Matthew W. Emmens, Executive Chairman,Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Web
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Insurance, 1945–1970 Harold J. Hudson, Jr. General Reinsurance Corporation, 1971–1983 Joseph L. Hudson Hudson (J. L.) Company, 1881–1912 Howard R. Hughes, Jr. Hughes Aircraft Company, 1933–1976 George A. Hughes Hughes Electric Heating Company, 1908–1940 H. Wayne... View Details
- Web
Skydeck - Alumni
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster How Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn (MBA 2009) and Matthew Prince (MBA 2009) built a tech giant Reframing Modern Art Denise Murrell (MBA 1980) traded finance for fine arts—and cast a critical new eye... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
What does this imply for the B-list? A: Yes. There are many examples of blockbuster movies that did not have any stars that belonged to the A-list at the time it came out. In fact, some of the best-selling movies of all time did not have... View Details
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
and how will you apply it in the future?In BEMS what I remember, and will definitely use, is the blockbuster strategy—this idea that spending more on a few titles allows you to generate outsized return on huge investments. Essentially,... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
than 10 percent chance of approval. Me toos have greater than 20 percent chance of reaching the market, and generally require lower investment. For patients, of course, it’s the novel blockbusters that can be the most life-changing.... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
this kind of flexibility. And some of those self-selected, self-organized projects might even result in a blockbuster product or line of business. For 3M, it was the Post-it note. Recognize innovation in every part of the company. To... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
Wahlen of MIT Sloan—examine whether such “wisdom of the crowd” can beat the odds in predicting a blockbuster at a higher rate than the gut of an individual producer. "While some companies have used crowdsourcing as a way to make decisions... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business
Researching the entertainment industry, Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has found that blockbuster strategies work. Content producers who pursue these strategies make huge investments in a small... View Details
P. Roy Vagelos
Vagelos had an uncanny ability to turn scientific research into commercial blockbuster success. He is credited with rejuvenating Merck’s research efforts, culminating in the development of breakthrough applications for hypertension, heart... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
H. Wayne Huizenga
Huizenga purchased the one-year old Blockbuster operation from its founders in 1986 and embarked on a massive expansion campaign. Believing that there were low barriers to entry in the video rental market, Huizenga built over 1,000 View Details
Keywords: Retail
Randall L. Tobias
The first outsider to run the company, Tobias is credited with orchestrating a major turnaround of Eli Lilly. Under his direction, Lilly introduced two successful drugs (Zyprexa for schizophrenia and Gemzar for cancer), solidified and expanded its View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 23 Mar 2016
- News
Curing Parkinson’s Disease
properties of a virus known as M13—properties first recognized by Solomon’s mother, a leading Alzheimer’s researcher—and produce a medication to treat diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimers’s. As Solomon tells Palreman: “A single compound that effectively treats... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
blockbuster projects we just can't seem to get enough of. Your book's thesis suggests that, in the business of entertainment, big moves are the best moves. That's right. Many people think that making many small bets is playing it safe.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Sports in the Classroom
Football (both kinds) is a learning tool in HBS classrooms. Professor John Quelch has produced a paper case and video series on soccer powerhouse and blockbuster brand Real Madrid that features interviews with players and management as... View Details