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- June 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Entropia (B)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Sameer Ahuja and Jason Tepperman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Sameer Ahuja, and Jason Tepperman. "Entropia (B)." Harvard Business School Case 802-228, June 2002. (Revised September 2002.)
- March 1977
- Case
Peek'n Peak Recreation, Inc. (Revised)
Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Peek'n Peak Recreation, Inc. (Revised)." Harvard Business School Case 677-206, March 1977.
- June 1987 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A), (A1), and (B), Teaching Note
By: Linda A. Hill
Teaching Note for (9-487-042), (9-497-015), and (9-494-014). View Details
Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
- September 1984 (Revised January 1986)
- Case
Fort Lauderdale Resort and Beach Club
Poorvu, William J. "Fort Lauderdale Resort and Beach Club." Harvard Business School Case 385-151, September 1984. (Revised January 1986.)
Herbert J. Siegel
Siegel built the once, small boat maker into one of the largest and most powerful media holding companies. Acquiring two independent television stations with the Chris-Craft acquisition in 1968, Siegel sold the boat business in 1980 and pursued a series of shrewd media... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Lee Shubert
Shubert and his brothers broke the Klaw-Erlanger Syndicate which controlled 95 percent of all theaters in the United States at the turn of the century. Beginning with a few theaters in New York and Connecticut, the Shuberts went on to build one of the largest theater... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Pete Rozelle
When Rozelle became NFL commissioner in 1960, the league was a loose structure of autonomous teams. Rozelle, seeing the potential for professional sports as a big business, made two very important changes: consolidation of the NFL and AFL into one league and the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Thomas S. Murphy
At the age of 29, Murphy took control of a nearly bankrupt television station in Albany, NY, that would become a launching point for a media empire worth over $5 billion. Through successfully acquiring and integrating over 30 media companies (newspapers, TV and radio... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Mervyn E. Griffin, Jr.
Griffin co-produced and owned his own talk show - “The Merv Griffin Show,” which during the early 1980s was aired on 115 stations in the U.S. and Canada. “Wheel of Fortune,” Griffin’s most successful show, was by 1984 appearing on 181 stations and earning $92,000 per... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- November 2024
- Case
AlphaGo (A): Birth of a New Intelligence
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
This case, the first of a three-part series, traces DeepMind's evolution from its 2010 founding through its acquisition by Google in 2014. Often referred to as the "Apollo project" of artificial intelligence, DeepMind used games as a testing ground to develop AI... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Technological Innovation; Creativity; Technology Industry; South Korea; China; United States
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "AlphaGo (A): Birth of a New Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 825-073, November 2024.
- June 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Wemade: (Re)Establishing Trust in Blockchain Games (A)
By: Jung Koo Kang, Charles C.Y. Wang, David Allen and Kwangmoon So
This case explores the fundamental challenges and accounting issues arising from the integration of blockchain technology into traditional business models. It features Wemade, a South Korean online gaming company that has staked its future on blockchain-based games.... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Video Games; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Revenue Recognition; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Corporate Disclosure; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Accounting Industry; Information Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; South Korea
Kang, Jung Koo, Charles C.Y. Wang, David Allen, and Kwangmoon So. "Wemade: (Re)Establishing Trust in Blockchain Games (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-025, June 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- February 2011 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nori Gerardo Lietz
In January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Private Equity; Investment; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Valuation; Europe; United States
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Nori Gerardo Lietz. "Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid." Harvard Business School Case 811-013, February 2011. (Revised September 2016.)
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
Coachella. Finally, we co-hosted an amazing event with the Entertainment & Media Club that featured a performance by the band COLDCALL. We sold several hundred tickets to their performance at Middle East Downstairs, and it was the... View Details
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South Asia - Global Activities 2021
initiatives to support COVID-19 relief, frontline efforts to augment testing, as well as the future of the entertainment industry. Alumni on the Air Webinar Series Pictured: Ameera Shah (OPM 42, 2012), Managing Director, Metropolis... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tony Deifell
reminded, though, of my original intention to work more directly within the media and entertainment industry. I have been afraid to depart from the social-enterprise work which has become so familiar and comfortable over the years. I need... View Details
- Web
Daniela Villafuerte | MBA
in data management and analytics. Data drives the major industries in the world from health and economics to entertainment and government. Through the gathering and analysis of data, optimization and quality improvement can be applied to... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- News
Rebooting the Human Condition
“futurist,” Enriquez has received, along with Bill Gates, an unprecedented invitation to be a guest curator at the 2011 TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference, which kicks off today (February 28) in California. TED, whose... View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
punch of earlier generations: video sales generally decrease over time across all quantiles of the sales distribution, but this effect is most pronounced among best-selling titles. Our findings have important implications for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Oral Histories | Baker Library
serves as an independent consultant to corporations and non-profit organizations. She previously served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, Inc., as Vice President Marketing/Planning and Research for CBS/Sony Music View Details
- 10 May 2018
- Cold Call Podcast