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  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Wizard to the Rescue

and a hostile takeover looms. Enter four heroic student characters — Justin Thyme, Anita Richman, Dia Prentice, and Kris Matic — who set off on a journey to summon the Wizard View Details
Keywords: The Wizard of Hawes; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • July 2024
  • Case

Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding

By: Boris Groysberg and Tom Quinn
This case traces the history and growth of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. From its development in 1993 by tiny studio Wizards of the Coast, to Wizards’ acquisition by toy giant Hasbro in 1999, to its evolution into a billion-dollar brand in 2023,... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Transformation; Cost vs Benefits; Business Cycles; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Selection and Staffing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Intellectual Property; Job Design and Levels; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Development; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle; Japan
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Groysberg, Boris, and Tom Quinn. "Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding." Harvard Business School Case 424-047, July 2024.

    Carlos Wizard Martins

    Keywords: Education
    • 01 Oct 2000
    • News

    Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

    Groundbreaking took place in early June for Hawes Hall, a new classroom building that will be constructed adjacent to the northeast corner of Aldrich Hall, facing Baker... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • 01 Dec 1999
    • News

    Pinball Wizard

    Richard Simon (MBA '66) is making Manhattan his playground - in this case, an indoor replica of the Big Apple as it appeared in the 1930s, the... View Details
    • Web

    Hawes Hall | About

    Bloomberg Center, creating a graceful courtyard in the Frederick Law Olmsted tradition. About the Name The construction of View Details
    • 01 Jun 2002
    • News

    Hawes Hall Dedicated

    Rod Hawes and Dean Clark had time to chat before the dedication ceremony. Photo: Richard Chase Two of the Hawes... View Details
    • 01 Dec 1999
    • News

    Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building

    without understanding technology. I admire the School's commitment to these areas," said Rod Hawes in a campus interview during his 30th Reunion in October. Hawes Hall, to be... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2001
    • News

    Hawes Hall Makes Tip-Top Progress

    On a warm day in late April, the HBS community gathered to celebrate progress made in the construction of Hawes Hall, a three-story,... View Details
    Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings
    • 22 Feb 2011
    • News

    Harvard B-School's Social Media Wizard

    • 21 Feb 2015
    • News

    The making of Hillary 5.0: Marketing wizards help re-imagine Clinton brand

    • 15 Dec 2018
    • News

    The math wizard who became a customer loyalty scheme guru

    • 01 Mar 2005
    • News

    A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue

    It was a Friday afternoon on a weekend when no "WAC" (Written Analysis of Cases) was due in the deposit slot by midnight Saturday, so a number of us were preparing to go... View Details
    Keywords: Jim Hawes; heroism; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 2014
    • Book

    Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

    By: Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Lineback
    Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot? You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there's only... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention
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    Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback. Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
    • 01 Dec 2010
    • News

    The Father of Modern Advertising

    lifelong bouts of depression. In 1942, Lasker unexpectedly sold the firm to three senior partners and withdrew from advertising. At the book’s close, Cruikshank and Schultz... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Mapping the Economic Grand Tour: Travel and International Emulation in Enlightenment Europe

    By: Sophus A. Reinert
    As the itinerant wizard (technically one of the Maiar, if not the Istari) Gandalf wrote to the then domestically-inclined hobbit Frodo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, “Not all those who wander are lost.” Indeed, as the recent brouhaha over the... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior; Globalization
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    Reinert, Sophus A. "Mapping the Economic Grand Tour: Travel and International Emulation in Enlightenment Europe." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-005, July 2016.
    • 01 Dec 2003
    • News

    A Legacy of Investment

    5d44e16e230f4261c6f0a40446934d91 A new exhibit at Hawes Hall pays tribute to alumni and friends whose generous financial support has made a lasting difference in the character and quality View Details
    Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 01 Mar 2006
    • News

    End of Campaign Celebrated

    Harvard Business School. Close to 200 members of the HBS community took part in the event, which highlighted the impact View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 01 Dec 2019
    • News

    Bridging the Gap

    brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
    • 21 May 2009
    • News

    Harvard Business School Hosts Annual Faculty Research Symposium

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