Publications

January 1976
Teaching Note

American General Films, Teaching Note

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

November 1976 (Revised September 1986)
Case

General Cinema Corp. (A)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

28 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 28

by examining the association between top executive turnovers and guidance. Although firm and industry characteristics are important determinants of guidance, we conclude that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

initiative that will address a problem hinted at in the overall relationship survey ("this is the 'digging and understanding' layer," says Cunningham); and, at the most granular level, records of... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

31 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

database includes records from 11 states, including immigration hotbeds California and Florida, from 1992 onward. Twenty-eight states are present from 2000 onward.) “The scope of the database is enormous,”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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

April 1984
Case

General Cinema Corp. (B)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Keywords: Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

September 1971 (Revised July 1976)
Case

American General Films

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

January 1990 (Revised January 1993)
Teaching Note

General Cinema Corp.--1987, Teaching Note

By: W. Carl Kester

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

evidence that “short-termism" and “quarterly capitalism” are impairing firms' ability to invest, innovate, and provide good wages. We explain why S&P 500 shareholder-payout figures provide a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

productions. He reflects on the movie-making business and on the numerous barriers to entry he may face in entering the competitive motion picture industry. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

the work doesn't need to involve curing cancer in order to be meaningful. It simply must matter to the person doing it. The actions that set in motion the positive feedback loop between progress and inner... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Teaching Note

Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-096. View Details

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

demand." John Van Slyke commented that "business people have the leadership skills and command over the kind of technology that is needed, (but) the record of business, particularly the financiers,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

June 2005
Teaching Note

The Walt Disney Co.: The Entertainment King (TN)

By: David J. Collis

Teaching Note to (9-701-035). View Details

Keywords: History; Business or Company Management; Creativity; Boundaries; Business Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

June 1995
Case

Bright Horizons: "Caring for Tomorrow" Videotape

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

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

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