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  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 17 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

companies such as Sony and Matsushita) led to the migration of R&D in consumer electronics to Japan (and later to South Korea and Taiwan). As consumers demanded ever-smaller, lighter, and more powerful (and power hungry!) mobile... View Details
Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing
  • 15 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

environment. It sets the rules." Apple, meanwhile, has made an art form out of curation, not only by limiting its product line but also by providing quick, clear explanations--starting with the way the company names its products. Consumers who visit View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Facing the Music

look at how the music industry functions. After years of consolidation, the business is now dominated by a handful of major distribution companies (often referred to simply as "the majors") that are responsible for some 80 percent of industry revenues: BMG, EMD... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 19 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

sometimes called "whistleblowing." This note outlines some factors that should be considered when that happens. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308005 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (A)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

entire album at once and exclusively via the Apple iTunes Store, without any prior promotion-a significant, and potentially very risky, departure from how music was traditionally released. Sony Music's label Columbia Records, with whom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 1999
  • Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

technology, released a few [?] years ago as the Sony Play Station. Q: Would this course also be suitable for managers of nonprofits? Kotter: Yes, absolutely. We hope to have a broad group — professionally, functionally, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 26 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

then negotiated successfully with Philips and used the agreement to forge a complementary deal with Sony. With Sony and Philips onboard, Perlman was able to negotiate for VC money—at a far higher valuation. With this additional funding,... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

publisher), Barnes & Noble (the largest bricks-&-mortar retailer), Apple and Sony (as manufacturers of competing devices), Google (as a major provider of free e-content), and Adobe (as a competitor in creating an e-book standard).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

led the way in this field from its beginnings in 1919 through the next four decades. But by the 1970s, Japanese companies such as Sony and Matsushita had taken over the market. Similarly, it was the Japanese firms, especially Fujitsu,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 18 Aug 2021
  • News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

WMG, Elektra, and Atlantic. Lynton, Chairman of Snap Inc., is serving as Chair of the Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. He was previously CEO of Sony Entertainment and has held top posts at Time Warner,... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2019
  • News

Hollywood Ending

people from Netflix, Google, Amazon, Snapchat, Starbucks, Nike, and Microsoft. There’s a lot of product management oomph there,” she says. And many of them, like Lee, who worked at Sony and Microsoft, left more traditional tech jobs for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

ambitions. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/novartis-leading-a-global-enterprise/an/413096-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-028 Man Jit Singh at Sony Entertainment Television (A) Explores the role of CEO Man Jit Singh... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2015
  • News

The ‘F’ Word

Embassy Communications when the organization’s founders and owners sold the company to the entertainment business sector of Coca-Cola—now Sony Pictures Entertainment. I could have remained with the company, but chose instead to accept an... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
  • 16 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

Brand Partnerships Council at WMG. She has been part of Warner Music for 26 years, including posts at WMG, Elektra, and Atlantic. Lynton, Chairman of Snap Inc., is serving as Chair of the Warner Music Group/Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. He was... View Details