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November 2018
Case

Sportradar (A): From Data to Storytelling

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Oliver Gassmann

In 2013, the Swiss sports data company Sportradar debated whether to expand from its core business of data provision to bookmakers into sports media products. Sports data was becoming a commodity, and in the future, sports leagues might reduce their dependence on... View Details

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April 2011
Teaching Note

To Catch a Vandal: A Power and Influence Exercise (TN)

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Meredith Hodges and Ruwan Tharindu Gunatilake

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Keywords: Voting; Theory; Debates; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Power and Influence

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Profile

Jackie Burgos

desire to see more diverse characters and story lines on Television. At HBS, the Career Services office has been especially supportive of Jackie’s ambition to further continue her success in the Media and Entertainment industry. “I use... View Details

07 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 7, 2015

offer. Hauser, who had left her role as the president of digital for Time Inc.'s Style & Entertainment Group three months earlier, wondered if Rothenberg's inexperience would prove to be a drawback or a strength. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2010
What Do You Think?

What Is Customer Opinion Good For?

or less important (because) customers had no sense when it came to entertaining tradeoffs (between features and cost)." Phil Clark commented that, regardless of method or purpose, "It is important to know your customers better than they... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Technology

01 Jan 2006
News

Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978

includes Time Inc.'s high-circulation weeklies-Time, Sports Illustrated, People, and Entertainment Weekly-along with other well-known publications such as Fortune, Golf Magazine, and Southern Living. Moore began her career as a financial... View Details

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

with ROI-based, smaller implementations. Ed Kania If most tech needs are being met through large application packages, why entertain the idea of having smaller software companies pitch? If you believe that the Web is the next new wave of... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

talents within the business world, Mendoza joined the HBS A cappella group, Heard on the Street, and the HBS Sound Society, a spinoff of the Entertainment Media Club focused on the music industry, which gave her more opportunities to... View Details

February 2011 (Revised August 2012)
Teaching Note

Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count (TN)

By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred

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Keywords: Product Launch; Technological Innovation; Applications and Software; Decision Choices and Conditions; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Marketing Channels; Price

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03 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

furnishings and home entertainment will hold up well, as uncertainty prompts us to stay at home but also stay connected with family and friends. Now may be the time to drop your weaker distributors and upgrade your sales force. 3.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

focused on helping each one of them, often through his HBS network. Five years later, HBS alum Brett Odom (MBA 2005), a veteran Navy pilot and Top Gun instructor, reached out about Activision Blizzard—publishers of the popular Call of Duty View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

13 Feb 2015
News

Lessons in Perseverance

her husband were driving to a concert the night before, he kept complaining about the traffic. “I couldn’t get out of the car,” Deza told the teachers. “So I decided I had to entertain him. It was a moment for bonding. I got him focused... View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

23 Feb 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Black Business Leaders Series: Franklin Leonard, 'Black List' Mastermind

Keywords: Re: Henry W. McGee; Entertainment & Recreation

22 Sep 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Innovation Under Constraint: Constructing a Turnaround at Lego

Keywords: Re: Jan W. Rivkin & Stefan H. Thomke; Entertainment & Recreation

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

book excerpt Leading Innovation From Collective Genius: The Art of Practice of Leading Innovation By Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Linebeck Though each of our leaders and their firms differed in key ways, all leaders paid particular attention to... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

To Nancy F. Koehn, the history of the Irish rock band U2 has it all as a business case study: teamwork, leadership, creative destruction, branding, and strategy. Koehn's case "Bono and U2", co-written with Katherine Miller and Rachel K. Wilcox, reconstructs the story... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

Walt Disney’s time in Paris during the waning days of World War I helped shape him into a visionary entrepreneur who would ultimately build a beloved international brand. Dwight Eisenhower and Robert McNamara discovered the importance of humility and how to motivate... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

Profile

Eric D'Arbeloff

Eric d'Arbeloff (MBA 1993) plays a leading role in bringing independent films to wider audiences. In 2004 he launched his film distribution company, Roadside Attractions. Among its successes are Super Size Me, Winter's Bone, Margin Call, Arbitrage, and Mud, starring... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media