Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (212) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (212) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (212)
    • News  (36)
    • Research  (151)
  • Faculty Publications  (125)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (212)
    • News  (36)
    • Research  (151)
  • Faculty Publications  (125)
← Page 8 of 212 Results →
  • September 2017 (Revised July 2019)
  • Case

Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second largest player in the market, AFM,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Turkey
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 218-020, September 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption

By: Anita Elberse
Because online retailers are often able to provide products in a more cost-efficient manner than bricks-and-mortar stores, online channels are characterized by a vast assortment of products. Proponents of the "long tail" principle recently argued that the demand for... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Distribution Channels; Product; Renting or Rental; Online Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Related
Elberse, Anita. "A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-008, August 2007.
  • January 2021
  • Case

Cinépolis

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Fernanda Miguel
Two weeks after Cinepolis released a documentary film about corruption, a judge ordered its provisional suspension, claiming it had to be edited before it continued to be shown, against Mexican cinematography laws. Cinépolis, Latin America’s largest movie theater chain... View Details
Keywords: Movies; Entertainment; Corruption; Risk Assessment; Communication Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Film Entertainment; Ethics; Leadership; Risk Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Mexico; Latin America; North and Central America
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Margolis, Joshua D., and Fernanda Miguel. "Cinépolis." Harvard Business School Case 421-053, January 2021.
  • September 2017 (Revised July 2019)
  • Supplement

Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Turkey
Citation
Purchase
Related
Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 218-021, September 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
  • Web

The Reinvention of Kodak | Information Technology

Previous Next On 1963, Kodak unveiled its instamatic 100 camera and, in 1965, released its Super 8 camera, a motion picture camera used to record home movies on 8mm film. Previous Next More Featured Cases... View Details
  • September 2017
  • Supplement

Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)

By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Turkey
Citation
Purchase
Related
Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 218-706, September 2017.
  • August 2005
  • Supplement

The Passion of the Christ: An Interview with Bob Berney, President of Newmarket Films

By: Anita Elberse and John A. Quelch
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Purchase
Related
Elberse, Anita, and John A. Quelch. "The Passion of the Christ: An Interview with Bob Berney, President of Newmarket Films." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 506-702, August 2005.
  • August 2005
  • Teaching Note

Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios (TN)

By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel L. Loeb, Mark Veblen and Kathleen Luchs
Keywords: Taxation; Finance; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Purchase
Related
Desai, Mihir A., Gabriel L. Loeb, Mark Veblen, and Kathleen Luchs. "Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 206-011, August 2005.
  • July 2010
  • Teaching Note

Xanadu on Broadway

By: Anita Elberse
Teaching Note for 508062. View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Film Entertainment; Decision Choices and Conditions; Failure; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Purchase
Related
Elberse, Anita. "Xanadu on Broadway." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 511-033, July 2010.
  • 16 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 16, 2016

objectives. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50797 Harvard Business School Case 516-117 Legendary Entertainment: Moneyball for Motion Pictures Legendary, the Hollywood... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1995 (Revised May 1996)
  • Teaching Note

Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-292-140). View Details
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry; California
Citation
Purchase
Related
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 295-118, February 1995. (Revised May 1996.)
  • July – August 2008
  • Article

Should You Invest in the Long Tail?

By: Anita Elberse
The blockbuster strategy is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits will... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Distribution Channels; Sales; Marketing Strategy; Online Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Find at Harvard
Register to Read
Related
Elberse, Anita. "Should You Invest in the Long Tail?" HBS Centennial Issue Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2008): 88–96. (HBS Centennial Issue.)
  • March 2009 (Revised January 2010)
  • Case

DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To Distribute or Not to Distribute?

By: Juan Alcacer, David J. Collis and Mary Furey
Keywords: Film Entertainment; Distribution; Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Find at Harvard
Related
Alcacer, Juan, David J. Collis, and Mary Furey. "DreamWorks SKG Inc.: To Distribute or Not to Distribute?" Harvard Business School Case 709-488, March 2009. (Revised January 2010.)
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Film School

volunteer in Africa before attending HBS; thinking back to that time made him want to do "something useful and outrageous" once again. Particularly concerned about violence among young people, Seder decided that he wanted to "make a... View Details
Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
  • September 2007 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

Still Leading (B6): Sherry Lansing—Producing Social Change

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance Pierce
Sherry Lansing, head of a Hollywood studio, left to start a foundation. Describes the issues in her transition. View Details
Keywords: Transition; Problems and Challenges; Personal Development and Career; Nonprofit Organizations; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Lance Pierce. "Still Leading (B6): Sherry Lansing—Producing Social Change." Harvard Business School Case 308-036, September 2007. (Revised October 2017.)
  • August 2024 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel

By: Elie Ofek, Ryann Noe and Sarah Mehta
The 2023 release of the live-action film Barbie, and its accompanying marketing blitz, incited a worldwide Barbie craze. Suddenly Barbie was everywhere, a celebrated icon reinstated at the forefront of cultural conversation. This goodwill stood in contrast to... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Media; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Entertainment; Gender; Public Opinion; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Ofek, Elie, Ryann Noe, and Sarah Mehta. "Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel." Harvard Business School Case 525-006, August 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
  • 15 Sep 2016
  • News

Movies That Move People

have a picture that captures an audience most completely. And that’s what we strive to do. ”I’m very aware that the motion picture View Details
  • October 1989 (Revised May 1996)
  • Teaching Note

Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing, Teaching Note

By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-287-058). View Details
Keywords: Finance; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Purchase
Related
Kester, W. Carl. "Walt Disney Co.'s Yen Financing, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 290-009, October 1989. (Revised May 1996.)
  • April 1984
  • Case

General Cinema Corp. (B)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Keywords: Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Find at Harvard
Related
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "General Cinema Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 384-241, April 1984.
  • January 1976
  • Teaching Note

American General Films, Teaching Note

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Keywords: Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Citation
Related
Wheelwright, Steven C. "American General Films, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 176-155, January 1976.
  • ←
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • →
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.