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- 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
Groysberg, Boris, and Tom Quinn. "Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding." Harvard Business School Case 424-047, July 2024.
- 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
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.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Mapping the Economic Grand Tour: Travel and International Emulation in Enlightenment Europe
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
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.
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
To construct a house, builders need a firm foundation. For a financial empire, Wall Street wizards need only greed, gullibility, and optimism. The subprime empire began with a tangible structure: a house.... View Details
- 17 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve
key to success of these early tests is to resist the temptation to correct your customer—just go with them on their user experience. You can tweak things along the way as you... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
these foreigners were to the nation's survival. While Washington, Jefferson, and Madison enjoy most of the credit for the country's establishment... View Details
- 2010
- Book
A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy
By: Amar Bhide
Our prosperity requires the enterprise of innumerable individuals and businesses who exercise their imagination and judgment—and bear responsibility for outcomes. And it is through dialogue and relationships that widespread enterprise is fostered, not merely prices in... View Details
Keywords: Recession; Banking; Banks; Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bhide, Amar. A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- 03 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Web Services
Movie buffs may recall that "plastics" was the whispered tip to Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate; if the movie were remade today, "Web services" might replace... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
successful $500 million capital campaign that included the opening of the Spangler and Rock Centers, the construction View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
“Just as the leitmotif of the Wicked Witch of the West from The View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation By: Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Abstract—Why can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne