gaming - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

leadership—who controls the firm, who is on the team—that changes the game significantly. I think that is a change we’re starting to see.”—Aileen Lee (MBA 1997), founder and managing partner, Cowboy Ventures, and board member, All Raise... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Elephants By: Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52284 Cooperative Strategic Games By: Kohlberg, Elon, and Abraham Neyman Abstract—We examine a solution concept, called the “value," for n-person strategic games. In applications, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

Vadim Kogan Abstract—"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

The name of the game in Internet search has always been helping users find what they're looking for as quickly as possible, as precisely as possible. The panelists at the 2005 Cyberposium's "Search Visionary" session at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

17 Sep 2018
Blog Post

My Summer as a Venture Capitalist

roles to me as, “When you’re in a company, you’re in the game, making plays, and scoring points. When you’re an investor, you’re on the sidelines, 50 rows deep, cheering, but you’re not in the game - the entrepreneur is the one making... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Jun 2011
News

Letters to the Editor

Botkin (MBA ’68, DBA ’73) Cambridge, MA A Vote for MVP In the March Bulletin, writer Deborah Blagg touched all the bases in “Local Hero,” her article about San Francisco Giants president Larry Baer (MBA ’85). For all his wizardry and success, Larry is a very normal... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Capitalizing the Corner Shop

engineering consulting company, and his mother started four businesses, ranging from a video game store to a bakery—Kehinde was exposed early on to the pains of capital constraints. “I grew up seeing how difficult it is,” he says. Working... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

13 Jun 2014
Op-Ed

World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention

buy the right to retransmit the games and sell ad space to their local advertisers. Another key principle of the Economics of Attention is that attention is valued in a "superlinear" manner, which means that advertisers place... View Details

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

05 Apr 2004
What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

into the acquisition price that it is difficult to realize value for the acquirers? Is the information regarding human resources just too difficult to obtain during a sensitive acquisition process? Or do acquirers talk a good game about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Jun 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

SmartLess, with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, and No Such Thing as a Fish, from the researchers behind the BBC game show QI. Bookshelf: “Most of the books I read are to fuel curiosity and creativity. One I’d recommend is The... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

02 Dec 2018
News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

societal returns. Lassiter reminded the room that there are many levers that can be played in the game, but that the game is playing out at a rapid pace. Lehr, from National Grid, talked about finding that sweet spot when it comes to... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

Sneakers Game “Our goal is to be the kind of start-up that would terrify Nike—if Nike didn’t already own us.” Ron Faris, general manager of S23NYC, a Manhattan-based digital studio owned by sports apparel giant Nike, is on the phone with... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

April 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Teaching Note

Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-096. View Details

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08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

of transparency is a tricky one. For instance, some algorithms are reaching levels of complexity that are challenging to explain, and even good explanations of models can quickly become outdated. When algorithms are implemented poorly, employees may try to View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

05 Jul 2011
News

The Business of Champions

triumph since 1972 hold lessons for other kinds of organizations and companies? Sports and games serve as a handy source of metaphors for business. Performance metrics abound, and success and failure are on the scoreboard for all to see.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2011
News

HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations

will have a newfound freedom to experiment with course design. Moon compared the new approach to a rule change in sports. “A change in the rules may not sound like much, but over time it can have a major impact on how the game is played,”... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

wherever it is rather than stick too closely to just one game plan. "In my group's business judgment, it is extremely difficult in Europe to take the view of the stock picker," said Sarkis. "You can't say, 'I'd love to do... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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Bibliography - The Art of American Advertising

Greenwood Press, 1990. Pancoast, Chalmers Lowell. Trailblazers of Advertising: Stories of the Romance and Adventure of the Old Time Advertising Game . New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926. Pierce, Sally, and Catharina Slautterback,... View Details

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