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- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
Nigeria. “In Nigeria, where the policy is not driving it, people – based on their exposure and their experience – are actually doing some of these things.” [3] Watch Adenike Ogunlesi’s video clip on sustainability in business and take a... View Details
- June 1988 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
General Cinema Corp.--1987
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "General Cinema Corp.--1987." Harvard Business School Case 288-061, June 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
- May 2017 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman
By: Geoffrey Jones and Snigdha Sur
This case examines the career of Raj Kapoor, the legendary Bollywood filmmaker of the postwar decades. It explores how Kapoor built RK studios after 1948 by releasing a series of movies that combined romance with social messages focused on the fate of the common man in... View Details
Keywords: Film Entertainment; History; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Problems and Challenges; Values and Beliefs; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; Soviet Union
Jones, Geoffrey, and Snigdha Sur. "Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman." Harvard Business School Case 317-100, May 2017. (Revised April 2020.)
- March 2013
- Case
Excel Entertainment
By: Mukti Khaire and Namrata Arora
Khaire, Mukti, and Namrata Arora. "Excel Entertainment." Harvard Business School Case 813-169, March 2013.
- November 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Supplement
Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (B)
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Namrata Arora. "Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-018, November 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- October 2007
- Article
The Power of Stars: Do Star Actors Drive the Success of Movies?
By: Anita Elberse
Is the involvement of star actors critical to the success of motion pictures? Film studios, which they regularly pay multimillion-dollar fees to star actors, seem driven by that belief. I shed light on the returns on this investment using an event study that considers... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Film Entertainment; Investment Return; Revenue; Compensation and Benefits; Resource Allocation; Success; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Elberse, Anita. "The Power of Stars: Do Star Actors Drive the Success of Movies?" Journal of Marketing 71, no. 4 (October 2007): 102–120. (Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- Oct 2004
- Conference Presentation
The Effectiveness of Pre-Release Advertising for Motion Pictures
By: Anita Elberse
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
competencies that have literally changed the rules of the game for their respective industries worldwide. In spite of recent adverse publicity regarding Wal-Mart's personnel practices, all of these... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
reasonably to expect. Nobody wants to play a game where they find out after the final whistle whether the high or low score wins." Stevenson, who joined the HBS faculty in 1968, developed two real estate courses with a general management... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Decisions through the Ages
WATANABE: A primer for all ages on how to think entrepreneurially. Photo Courtesy Portfolio/Penguin Group USA In business and education, Japan and the United States seem to alternate as inspirations for one another, and Ken Watanabe (MBA ’05) may be the latest guru in... View Details
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Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar Course Number 6454 Senior Lecturer Sara Fleiss Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 10 Sessions Project Course Overview Video Course Overview This course represents a unique... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
Whitman explains Quibi’s great gambit: by doing for short-form mobile media what HBO did for premium television, the company (whose name is shorthand for “quick bites”) will revolutionize the way we watch video on our phones. The idea was... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal 4-5 May 2023 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Welcome Robin J. Ely and Lakshmi Ramarajan Deliver Opening... View Details
- February 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-292-140). View Details
- October 1989 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing, Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-287-058). View Details
- March 2009 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To Distribute or Not to Distribute?
By: Juan Alcacer, David J. Collis and Mary Furey
Alcacer, Juan, David J. Collis, and Mary Furey. "DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To Distribute or Not to Distribute?" Harvard Business School Case 709-488, March 2009. (Revised January 2010.)
- Nov 2008
- Conference Presentation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists, and Tom Cruise: A Case Study.
By: Anita Elberse
- September 2004 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
The Passion of the Christ (A)
By: John A. Quelch, Anita Elberse and Anna Harrington
Bob Berney, president of Newmarket Films, must decide on a distribution and marketing strategy for Mel Gibson's controversial new movie, The Passion of the Christ. Fueled by Gibson's star power as well as an extensive prescreening campaign among Christian leaders and... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Film Entertainment; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Religion; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Quelch, John A., Anita Elberse, and Anna Harrington. "The Passion of the Christ (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-025, September 2004. (Revised February 2010.)
- April 1984
- Case
General Cinema Corp. (B)
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "General Cinema Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 384-241, April 1984.
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
happening in Asia in clean energy is going to be of vital interest to the energy industry at large," Nanda said. This particular "green race" began as a sprint, an urgent need to bring Asian nations—especially China—into... View Details