Publications

June 1995
Case

Bright Horizons: "Caring for Tomorrow" Videotape

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Keywords: Entertainment; Media; Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Technology Industry

September 1995 (Revised April 1999)
Case

Exporting American Culture

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

A large entertainment company, extensively criticized for producing violent, offensive, and anti-social material, is considering whether to sell its material to a semi-illegal operation that is beaming satellite TV into Turkey. The opportunity raises many questions... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Media; Business and Community Relations; Opportunities; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry

Profile

Beau D'Arcy

and social media messages of support from friends, family, and total strangers." How would you respond to skeptics who question whether such an ambitious project is possible? "It is not uncommon for somebody to judge my book by... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media

January–March 2002
Article

Competing Over The Airwaves

By: Bharat Anand

Keywords: Media; Competition

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29 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

advantage. To find out what works, Teixeira went directly to consumers, partnering with the MIT Media Lab and Waltham, MA-based Affectiva, which has developed the first online facial tracking system for testing advertising. The research... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Media & Broadcasting; Media & Broadcasting

Profile

Brittani Rettig

blogging has led to other opportunities to share my healthy tips and inspirational stories on major media outlets like Good Morning Texas, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In online community, and on Greatist.com. In addition to the blog, I have... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Services; Health Care

December 1999 (Revised May 2002)
Case

CNBC (A): NBC and Its Startup Friends

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

NBC expands further on to the Internet with CNBC.com. NBC's Internet strategy, supported by corporate parent General Electric, involves numerous investments as well as new ventures like CNBC.com. Soon after CNBC.com is launched in 1999, NBC brings in a new CEO, Pamela... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Change Management; Management Teams; Corporate Strategy; Leadership Development; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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28 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

media both personally and academically. As a first year Required Curriculum (RC) student, I came to understand what financial, operational, and cultural aspects I needed to consider to be an effective leader post-HBS and, thankfully, I... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

March 2007
Supplement

Wily Technology: Interview with Lewis Cirne & Henry McCance - Video

By: Noam T. Wasserman

Keywords: Information Technology; Media

December 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Case

Super Bowl Storytelling

By: Shelle Santana and Jill Avery

The one day a year when consumers not only tolerate but actually eagerly anticipate ads is during the NFL's Super Bowl. In sharp contrast to their behavior on the other 364 days of the year, consumers watch an average of 89 commercials per Super Bowl game for an... View Details

Keywords: Television Advertising; Entertainment; Brand Management; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications; Advertising; Television Entertainment; Brands and Branding; Media; Cost vs Benefits; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; North America

21 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

It’s one thing to look at the entertainment business from an executive’s point of view. It’s quite another to see it through the eyes of a professional basketball player, supermodel, or actress. That mix of perspectives is exactly what has folks in the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Media & Broadcasting; Media & Broadcasting; Media & Broadcasting; Media & Broadcasting

June 2008
Supplement

PSI India -- Will Balbir Pasha Help Fight AIDS? (A) and (B), Supporting Video

By: Elie Ofek

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Media; India

Article

The Effectiveness and Targeting of Television Advertising

By: R. Shachar and B. Anand

Keywords: Media; Advertising

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September 2016
Article

Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

By: Michael W. Toffel

This article seeks to encourage scholars to conduct research that is more relevant to the decisions faced by managers and policymakers and addresses why research relevance matters, what relevance means in terms of a journal article, and how scholars can increase the... View Details

Keywords: Research Questions; Relevance; Rigor; Practice-based Research; Research; Communication; Media; Education Industry

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September 2020
Teaching Note

Facebook Faces the Regulators

By: Debora L. Spar

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-019. View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Technology; Facebook; Social Media

September 2013
Case

Vogue: Defining the Culture of Fashion

By: Anita Elberse, Joseph Ferrer, Elizabeth Gough and Victoria Katsarou

In March 2013, Susan Plagemann, vice president and publisher of Vogue—widely regarded as the world's most influential fashion magazine, and publishing conglomerate Condé Nast's marquee title—is seeking answers to two questions. First, how she can best approach the... View Details

Keywords: Creative Industries; Fashion; Publishing; Digital Technology; Entertainment; Product Portfolio Management; Magazines; Journals and Magazines; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Resource Allocation; Creativity; Media; Advertising; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry