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- 29 May 2017
- Blog Post
The Diverse Community at HBS
musical theater bridges the gap between our vastly different upbringings and large height differential. I’ve found it particularly inspiring that there are so many students here willing to share their cultures informally and even organize... View Details
- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
was good at and where there were other people who were better," he said. "For me, distribution was bridging a lot of different parts of the industry." Seeing so many small, but worthy films struggle to find their way into a theater was... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause
coordinated effort to reach out to club members across Australia by publishing the Club News, a quarterly newsletter full of events listings such as cocktail parties, Leadership Luncheons, Monday Club discussions, and theater outings.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
West Point, where he learned the Cadet Prayer: "Lord give me strength to choose the harder right over the easier wrong." He calls upon this strength frequently. Back in Chicago during a college break, for example, an old friend sneaked into a movie View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- November 1997 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Cinemex
By: James L. Heskett
The founders of Cinemex, the largest capitalized venture start-up in Mexican history, are debating several issues concerning the operations of their new chain of motion picture theatres in Mexico City. The first concerns whether some seats should be left unsold to... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Service Operations; Debates; Venture Capital; Customer Satisfaction; Advertising; Investment; Theater Entertainment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Mexico City
Heskett, James L. "Cinemex." Harvard Business School Case 898-108, November 1997. (Revised December 1999.)
- Profile
John Nordin
element drives the quality of the classroom experience. "Our professors really care and bring an element of theater to the classroom," says John. "At first, I thought the idea of working ninety people into a conversation... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
Like countless others in the summer of 2023, HBS professor Elie Ofek went to the theater to see the blockbuster film Barbie and found himself enveloped by the pink-drenched marketing blitz that had all but taken over the world. To Ofek, who teaches in the Marketing... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
noting that “over the last 100 years they have been about storytelling, and good stories are born out of social relevance.” Despite technological advances in home and computer viewing, Lopez said, the “sight and sound” advantage of big-screen View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Profile
Xue (Ken) Yuan
one-hundred percent Mandarin comedy?” In August 2011, they pulled together their first show in a small bar that held fifty to eighty people. Within a year, thanks to word-of-mouth and Weibo – China’s equivalent to Twitter – they were packing View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
start a network from scratch?" In a stellar career that has also included stints running several movie studios and a national theater chain (as well as leading the initial U.S. rollout of Sony's PlayStation), Sagansky has always had his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
released in theaters nationally September 16. “Many of the patterns and issues that existed before the bailout are still present today,” says Burke, who was born outside Detroit in Pontiac. “We think it’s important for people to be better... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
there is excess screen capacity. Many exhibitors are or have been in financial difficulties, and have had to close theaters or screens, resulting in a decline in the total number of screens since 2000. Internationally, there is some room... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Graduating During a Pandemic
College are responsible for organizing the university-wide events traditionally held in Tercentenary Theater within Harvard Yard. Class Day is an HBS-specific program that looks to close out each student’s experience on campus. It... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
on comedy writing at the People’s Improv Theater in addition to writing for Monk, a USA Network weekly comedy-mystery series. Toplyn and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of two teenage sons. As an undergrad, I worked on the Harvard... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
that historically made up a significant share of ballet, symphony, opera, and theater audiences. "What do you do is the big question," Levy said. "It gets at a central tension. Do you modify your programs to attract a young... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
Wheeler has incorporated concepts and techniques from other arenas where circumstances are in flux and information is imperfect—from military combat and medical diagnosis to improvisational theater and jazz. Hitting The Right Notes "There... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
to friends. The case is about the marketers' decisions regarding what to do with these films: They could put them on DVDs, or run them in movie theaters before feature films, or do any number of other things. Q: What's the takeaway from... View Details
- October 2013 (Revised July 2025)
- Case
Rhythm & Blues
By: Willy Shih
The bankruptcy filing of Rhythm & Hues, who received an Oscar for the arresting visual effects in Life of Pi, raised questions about the challenges faced by the firms like it as well as the broader post-production industry. The rapid pace of technology certainly... View Details
Keywords: Post-production; Visual Effects; Digital; Entertainment; Animation Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Los Angeles
Shih, Willy. "Rhythm & Blues." Harvard Business School Case 614-036, October 2013. (Revised July 2025.)
- August 2023
- Case
Salma Qarnain: Spaceships to Broadway
By: Leslie Perlow, Mel Martin and Hannah Weisman
Salma Qarnain, daughter of Pakistani Muslim immigrants, is an engineer trained at Stanford and MIT. She began her career building spacecrafts but 30 years later finds herself pursuing her calling, acting on Broadway. The case explores Qarnain’s career path, family... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Happiness; Identity; Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Theater Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Talent and Talent Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Aerospace Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Boston; California
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
on." While Garrett continued to help various causes, she graduated from Smith College with a theater degree and moved to New York in hopes of launching an acting career. But she found a talent selling tax shelters over the phone, and her... View Details