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- May 2017
- Article
The Reference Wars: Encyclopædia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence
By: Shane Greenstein
The experience of Encyclopædia Britannica provides the canonical example of the decline of an established firm at the outset of the digital age. Competition from Microsoft’s Encarta in 1993 led to sharp declines in the sales of books, which led to the distressed sale... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Britannica; Diseconomies; Encyclopedias; Applications and Software; Books; Competition; Publishing Industry
Greenstein, Shane. "The Reference Wars: Encyclopædia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 5 (May 2017): 995–1017.
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What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews
By: Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca and Alberto Motta
This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in the book industry. Reviews are determined not only by the quality of the product, but also by the incentives of the media outlet providing the review. For example, a media outlet may have the incentive to... View Details
Dobrescu, Loretti I., Michael Luca, and Alberto Motta. "What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 96 (December 2013): 85–103.
- March 2012 (Revised March 2015)
- Supplement
Claude Grunitzky, Founder & CEO of TRACE Magazine, In-class Comments, February 2, 2012
By: Julie Battilana, Lakshmi Ramarajan and James Weber
Keywords: Publishing Industry
Battilana, Julie, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and James Weber. "Claude Grunitzky, Founder & CEO of TRACE Magazine, In-class Comments, February 2, 2012." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 412-705, March 2012. (Revised March 2015.)
- July 1986 (Revised December 1986)
- Case
McGraw-Hill Book Co. (Condensed)
Keywords: Publishing Industry
Cash, James I., Jr. "McGraw-Hill Book Co. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 187-016, July 1986. (Revised December 1986.)
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Time Life Inc. (A) and (B)TN
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
Teaching Note for (9-395-012) and (9-395-013). View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industry
- November 1988 (Revised December 1988)
- Teaching Note
Valerie Morgan, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-386-164). View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industry
- Web
Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details
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Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
documents the development of scholarship devoted to marketing, consumer behavior, and industrial psychology, academic disciplines that have helped to spread American-style capitalism into every corner of the globe. — Deborah E. Blagg... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
data freely available. There aren't many industries that publish sales numbers on a weekly basis, for everyone to see, but the movie industry does. And when I started to... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
particular, supportive incumbent industrial structures for input and output markets are strongly linked to higher establishment entry rates. We also find substantial evidence for the Chinitz effect where small local incumbent suppliers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
What did Time Warner have that AOL wanted? According to many industry observers, the driving force behind the proposed megamerger was AOL's strategic need to acquire access to the media giant's broadband hardware. HBS professor Stephen P.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
industry to the production of mechanical (“dumb”) and electronic (“smart”) beds. Eventually, he expects to develop an entire suite of compact hospital room furnishings. The Alumni New Venture Contest was created with two goals in mind: to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
and keep informed; where to raise capital; and what help is available for any professional, entrepreneur, student, or researcher seeking to settle in the city. The Three Rules: How Exceptional Companies Think by Michael E. Raynor (DBA... View Details
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General File - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
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- 01 Oct 2001
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Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
U.S. Court of Appeals; made partner at Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in corporate finance; founded (with his father) a company that published an English version of the Russian newspaper Pravda; was appointed senior associate... View Details
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Amy C. Edmondson | Working Knowledge
teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business... View Details
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Introduction - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
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- September 1998 (Revised September 1998)
- Exercise
Working with Your "Shadow Partner"
By: Richard L. Nolan and Kelley Porter
Intended to introduce individuals to search engines and databases on the Internet, in particular those that are available to HBS. View Details
Nolan, Richard L., and Kelley Porter. Working with Your "Shadow Partner". Harvard Business School Exercise 399-051, September 1998. (Revised September 1998.)