Video Game Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

but is more efficient at fishing than at hunting. Ricardo pointed out that both tribes would eat somewhat better if tribe A sold game to tribe B in exchange for fish. Both parties would win; most notably, the poorer one. Ricardo's theory... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

firm, or between an upstream and downstream firm. We claim that misalignment is costly both to the involved functions/firms and to the rest of the organization or supply chain, and focus the paper on studying the circumstances under which alignment will or will not... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

an integral part of their administrative and educational experience. With advisors from Apple Computer and other software vendors, Crum and his colleagues developed a networked client-server computer environment that produced HBS's first interactive digital View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

01 Jun 1999
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Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

Fortune magazine's "Fifty Most Powerful Women in American Business." Why has Lucent performed so well since its divestiture from AT&T? We have been growing globally faster than our markets. Our ability to focus on the hottest growth segments in the communications View Details

11 Nov 2021
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ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

telling him. Ryan Tseng had already started two successful companies, and where Brandon saw a business opportunity in building AI software to operate unmanned systems for the military, Ryan saw a behemoth defense industry with high... View Details

15 Mar 2011
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scholars to devote more resources to obtaining a fundamental understanding of contemporary and future practice and how analytic tools and contemporary advances in accounting and related disciplines can be deployed to improve the professional practice of accounting.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2016 (Revised May 2016)
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UFO Moviez—Gentle Disruption

By: Hong Luo, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Saloni Chaturvedi

UFO Moviez is an Indian technology services provider that enables low-cost, digital delivery of films to cinemas. UFO’s satellite-based technology enables a significantly wider release of films compared to traditional analog prints and standard, higher-resolution... View Details

Keywords: Film Entertainment; Information Technology; Distribution; Disruption; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; India

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What People Want (and How to Predict It)

By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris

Historically, neither the creators nor the distributors of cultural products such as books or movies have used analytics -- data, statistics, predictive modeling -- to determine the likely success of their offerings. Instead, companies relied on the brilliance of... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Creativity; Customer Satisfaction; Forecasting and Prediction; Markets; Business Model; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity

stewards of our labor, our lives, and one another. This article features the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative’s video playlist . Organizational self-awareness Maureen Scully on Mobilizing Privileged Allies to Address Inequalities... View Details

29 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

industry like taxicabs. It can fight hard to get the rules changed,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and chair and director of the Harvard University... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

The Master's Tools: Exposing Rejecting, and Appropriating The Master's Tools: Exposing Rejecting, and Appropriating MAY 5-6, 2022 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Flash Talks Nancy DiTomaso presents at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium Nancy... View Details

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Jeremy Andrus

chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

20 Mar 2025
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IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

during this field course. From solar cell to module assembly, the processes showcased precision and commitment to quality. Tata Solar has been a leader in the solar industry for over 33 years, combining a legacy of excellence with... View Details

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

protect their environment and their people while still having a thriving industrial economy." Austin Blackmon MBA 2013 | From HBS to the Mayor's Office "Our goal is for Boston to be carbon-free by 2050. So what are the policies that we... View Details

September 1971 (Revised July 1976)
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American General Films

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry

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January 1990 (Revised January 1993)
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General Cinema Corp.--1987, Teaching Note

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry

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February 2019 (Revised November 2021)
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MoviePass

By: Willy Shih

Mitch Lowe, the CEO of MoviePass, was having trouble convincing people of the viability of the company's business model. The company was building a multi-sided platform and was planning to extract value from increasing traffic to movie theaters through a number of... View Details

Keywords: Start-up; Start-up Growth; Start-ups; Business Model Innovation; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Multi-Sided Platforms; Business Startups; Planning; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States

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March 2011
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Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Lakshmi Iyer

Teaching Note for 711017 and 711018. View Details

Keywords: Markets; Strategy; Intellectual Property; Crime and Corruption; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India

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November 2010 (Revised February 2011)
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Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (A)

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora

In January 2010, Fox Star Studios is preparing to release the Bollywood film My Name is Khan in Indian and international markets. What strategies should the company adopt to protect their intellectual property? How much should the company invest in anti-piracy... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Copyright; Lawsuits and Litigation; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India

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