Publications

January 2002 (Revised July 2007)
Case

Publishing Group of America (A)

By: Jay O. Light, Michael J. Roberts and Taslim Pirmohamed

A small start-up in the publishing business compares three possible alternatives for its new round of equity financing. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Equity; Financing and Loans; Information Publishing; United States

Awards

Frank M. Bass Dissertation Paper Award

By: Ayelet Israeli

Finalist for the 2018 Frank M. Bass Dissertation Paper Award for “Online MAP Enforcement: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment” (Marketing Science, 2018). Awarded in 2019 for the best 2017–2018 marketing paper based on a Ph.D. thesis published in an INFORMS journal. View Details

30 Mar 2010
News

An Optimistic Publisher

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

February 2013 (Revised March 2015)
Case

The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?

By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai

Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and... View Details

05 Apr 2010
News

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles & Publishing

Keywords: Professor Peter Olson; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

09 Oct 2017
News

Saving an American Publishing Icon

David Bradley (MBA 1977) is chairman of Atlantic Media. In this interview, he explains how the rise of the internet actually saved and helped improve the venerable Atlantic magazine. “The first company I started, when I was 26 years old, was called the Research... View Details

Article

Mergers and Competition in Book Publishing

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Books; Publishing Industry

Find at Harvard

05 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

Two days ago, the first buyers of Apple's iPad began putting it through its paces, playing games, navigating the Internet, and downloading electronic books. That groan you heard was from dozens of book publishers across the United States,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Information; Information

Web

5.0 Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies | MBA

5.0 Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies Student Handbook 5.1 Information Technology 5.2 Use of Harvard Name & Logo 5.3 Annual Notice: Digital Millennium Copyright Act View Details

Web

Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

course, visit the HBS Executive Education site . For more information about a published case, click its title. CVS currently in development Founded in 1963, CVS Health (CVS) was the leading drugstore chain... View Details

08 Jun 2015
News

USA TODAY publisher Kramer to retire before Gannett print spinoff

25 Aug 2014
News

'Atlantic' Publisher Had Role in Brokering US Hostage’s Release

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

Research Summary

Managing in an Information Age

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Lynda M. Applegate's research focuses on the influence of information technology on markets and organizations. Her findings on the evolution of electronic commerce and on the role of information technology as an enabler of flexible and adaptive ... View Details

December 2011 (Revised June 2014)
Case

From Paperback to the Future: The Penguin Group and Book Country

By: Mukti Khaire

Keywords: Publishing; Books; Publishing Industry

Web

Industry Information - Alumni

analysis of news and media from Pew, a nonprofit focused on informing the public about current issues and trends facing the world. Publishers Weekly Top industry publication catering to book View Details

Fast Answer

Identifiers in Business Information Databases

style="font-size:11pt">SEDOL ISIN CIK There are also proprietary identifiers used by publishers in their own... View Details

June 2012
Case

The Atavist: Reinventing the Book

By: Mukti Khaire and Mary Tripsas

Atavist, a start-up founded by journalists, publishes enhanced ebook singles as well as the software to create enhanced ebooks. The company is currently engaged in both publishing and software development, but as they raise funding and grow, must decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Technology; Growth Strategy; Innovation; Publishing; Software Industry; Technological Change; Disruptive Innovation; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry