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- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
information flow through social media " Respondents described what increasingly will be required of leaders. Kapil Kumar Sopory said that "Leadership these days has become a complex art people with bias for listening, testing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
Moses (HBS MBA '03) is an American who works for VASC, a state-owned Vietnamese telecom and media company. "The people who manage business well in a foreign environment do create a new style of doing business that blends the best of... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television production company SpringHill Entertainment as well as their digital sports platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2021
- Article
Homing and Platform Responses to Entry: Historical Evidence from the U.S. Newspaper Industry
By: K. Francis Park, Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
We examine how heterogeneity in customers’ tendencies to single-home or multi-home affects a platform’s competitive responses to new entrants in the market. We first develop a formal model to generate predictions about how a platform will respond. We then empirically... View Details
Keywords: Single-homing; Multi-homing; Platform Responses; Newpaper; Television; Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Newspapers; Television Entertainment; History; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Park, K. Francis, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu. "Homing and Platform Responses to Entry: Historical Evidence from the U.S. Newspaper Industry." Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 4 (April 2021): 684–709.
- June 2016 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Searching for a New CEO: TiVo 2016
By: David B. Yoffie
In 2015, TiVo initiated a search for a new CEO. This case provides a profile of the CEO search and background on the company. View Details
Keywords: Technological Change; Succession Planning; Information Technology; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Management Succession; Forecasting and Prediction; Change; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Searching for a New CEO: TiVo 2016." Harvard Business School Case 716-470, June 2016. (Revised May 2017.)
- May 2014
- Supplement
RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (B)
By: Willy C. Shih and Gregory Dieterich
This case is a supplement to 614-072, which examines the early history of the color television receiver market, and the global consequences of an historic 1958 consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice that opened RCA's patents to licensing by domestic... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Patents; Rights; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Business History; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy C., and Gregory Dieterich. "RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 614-073, May 2014.
- January 1992 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
News Corp. Ltd., The
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "News Corp. Ltd., The." Harvard Business School Case 192-084, January 1992. (Revised March 1992.)
- October 2001
- Case
Blethen Family and the Seattle Times Company (B), The
By: John A. Davis and Cathy Quinn
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Davis, John A., and Cathy Quinn. "Blethen Family and the Seattle Times Company (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 802-097, October 2001.
- January 1983 (Revised July 1985)
- Case
Cable News Network
By: John A. Quelch
The vice president of advertising and promotion is reviewing his advertising program for 1982. In particular, he is assessing an agency proposal for a new advertising campaign for cable news network. View Details
Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Management Teams; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Quelch, John A. "Cable News Network." Harvard Business School Case 583-067, January 1983. (Revised July 1985.)
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Abstract—Algorithms are powerful predictive tools, but they can run amok when not applied properly. Consider what often happens with social media sites. Today many use algorithms to decide which ads and links to show users. But when these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
of discrimination is taken up by the media or regulators. Second, as there is more room for sales growth with consumers who are not yet top spenders compared with those who are already top spenders, strict application of loyalty system... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
player's talent and popularity in terms of performance in both Japan and the U.S. and his media exposure in Japan including endorsement contracts. In addition, if a MLB club signs a Japanese position star player and is based in a city... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
and Kolkata, India—where the interest of researchers, educators, and archivists has been extraordinary. Our presentations in management conferences that are interested in emerging markets have been very well attended. We’re also starting to see View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
amputees with motorized propulsion, emulating the function of lost muscles and tendons. The company's products were based on technology developed by Dr. Hugh Herr, Director of the Biomechatronics Research Group at the MIT Media Lab.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
Online Advertising By: Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta Abstract—As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online marketing spending by referring to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
Harvard University Press. Excerpted from Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity by John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen. Copyright 2020 John Macomber and Joseph Allen. All rights reserved. About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
a VC, it pays to do homework. Through social media and publicly available sources, there is more information than ever on what firms are investing in which companies, making the reputational risks for VCs investing in multiple competitors... View Details
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
politicians filed suits against their banks, claiming that they had not comprehended the risky nature of the loans they undertook. "Local politicians have been vocal ex post both in the media and in [the] French Congress," the researchers... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
successful companies, the stage of the portfolio company (risky early stage versus less-risky later stage), and how much media attention the company had received at the time of investment. Controlling for these factors, they found that... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
The CEO's key to a successful earnings call with investors? Crystal clear communication. Earnings calls are typically held after the release of quarterly earnings, allowing company executives a chance to brief investors, analysts, and oftentimes the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman