Publications

01 Dec 1997
News

New Releases

Iansiti spent eight years studying more than a hundred development projects in four computing-related industries - particularly turbulent and complex environments in which making the right technology choices is essential for success. In... View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

April 1973
Case

Gruner & Jahr AG & Co.

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Publishing Industry

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April 2012 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Social Strategy at Harvard Business Review

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and David Chen

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) Group was an early adopter of social media, boasting a robust presence on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Now the company is seeking to evolve the Group's efforts from social media to social strategy—and start moving both revenue... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Social and Collaborative Networks; Web; Publishing Industry; United States

August 2011
Supplement

Better World Books Video

By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh

This video contains an interview with David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books. Topics discussed include: the opportunities and constraints offered by having a social mission, an update on the company, and the future of Better World Books. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Management Teams; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Publishing Industry

June 2010 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Continental Media Group: Business Highlights

By: Robert L. Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg

Continental Media Group has a series of business reviews struggling to achieve profitability. This case focuses on the use of management control systems to identify emerging opportunities and the formulation of new strategies. The interactive system used by top... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Risk Management; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry

March 2007 (Revised October 2008)
Case

The New York Times Co.

The Sulzberger family owns 20% of the New York Times Co. (NYT) but controls 70% of the board through a dual-class share structure. At the company's April 2006 annual shareholder meeting, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28% of... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)

September 2006
Teaching Note

The Pellegrins (TN) (A) and (B)

By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson

Teaching Note to (899-009) and (899-010). View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industry

August 1999 (Revised October 2002)
Teaching Note

Xerox: Book-in-Time TN

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for (9-599-119). View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industry

May 1975 (Revised September 1977)
Case

Exemplar Bookbinding Co. (Revised)

By: Wickham Skinner

Keywords: Publishing Industry

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September 1994
Supplement

Time Life, Inc. (B)

By: David A. Garvin and Jonathan West

Provides a brief update to the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industry

13 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

everything. In school and in her career, she enjoyed starting as a generalist before specializing and was energized by exploring industries and functions. The consulting world, specifically McKinsey, offered that exact opportunity. “I... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Portrait Project

Marie-Laure Goepfer

dies to accomplish her destiny. Although I played her role for few hours, Antigone inspired the way I walk through my life. I want to always follow my dreams: I worked in the publishing industry because I... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

Years That Created America: The Story of the Explorers, Promoters, Investors, and Settlers Who Founded America by Ted Lamont (MBA 1951) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Fault Lines: A Layman’s Guide to Understanding America’s Role in the... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

01 Dec 2000
News

Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

Airline Industry Program at MIT, an initiative examining how major commercial airline carriers are facing the challenges of their rapidly changing industry. Staying on top of an industry facing more... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

team needed to expand. In addition to bringing on one of the angel syndicate’s original co-founders, Brandon Bryant, as Venture Partner, Tingle and Pierre-Jacques looked to their internship program, created in 2018, as a pool of View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity

December 2001
Case

Cisco China

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and David Kiron

Designed to show how Cisco has taken its U.S.-based infrastructure and applied it to China. It is stunning in its impact as one notes how so much of what is being done in the United States in terms of the intranet has been transferred to China. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry; Web Services Industry; China; United States