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Ken Burns on “The Roosevelts” and American Leadership
Leadership Digital ArticleAnd making documentaries for the era of binge watching. -
What Happened When Linkin Park Asked Harvard for Help with Its Business Model
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA look inside an unlikely partnership. -
Management Lessons from Women's Soccer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleProfessor Michael W. Klein contends that countries affording women greater economic opportunities are more successful in women's international sports. -
Why I’m Not Going Near Spotify (and Why You Shouldn’t Either)
Management Digital ArticleFor another look at the Spotify launch, see “Why Spotify Will Kill iTunes.” Unless you’ve been living somewhere without net access for the past week or so, you have heard about Spotify, an online music service that just launched in the U.S. The initial reviews have been pretty positive, and it has generated a lot […] -
Will Our Customers Bail Us Out?
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe Clarinda Company is struggling and may go under. Asking customers for help could aid the effort to keep the company afloat—or torpedo it. -
Life's Work: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the most celebrated centers in basketball history, has evolved into a successful writer, historian, and filmmaker. -
Ai Weiwei
Creativity Magazine ArticleAi Weiwei is a multimedia artist and provocateur whose work has frequently challenged the Chinese government. His overtly political tweets and social activism (including his boycott of the Beijing Olympics after helping design its famed Bird’s Nest stadium) may have led to an 81-day detention last year—though the official charge was tax evasion. Still, he […] -
Why Spotify Will Kill iTunes
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleFor another look at the Spotify launch, see “Why I’m Not Going Near Spotify (and Why You Shouldn’t Either).” iTunes as we know it is over. It is walking, talking, and continuing to pretend it’s alive, but Spotify, Europe’s outrageously successful streaming music product, has just shown us the future. Though you might not even […] -
Succession and Failure (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNorman Windom, the chairman of Tiverton Media, may not know much about the world of popular music, but he does fancy himself a careful planner and a superb... -
Do You Know What Your Employees Are Watching?
Management Digital ArticleThe fall launch for TV is now over. Fifty-eight shows. Seventeen of them new. My DVR is filled to bursting and now threatens memory loss of epic proportions. Millions of employees hustled home to catch these shows, but, officially, the corporation betrays not the smallest hint of interest. The official position: what our employees do […] -
A Film Director’s Approach to Managing Creativity
Managing people Magazine ArticleWhen someone mentions a film unit, most people think of location shooting—depending on their generation it’s either Robert Shaw duelling the shark off Martha’s Vineyard or John Wayne and the U.S. cavalry charging through Death Valley! But, in fact, most major films are made in a series of predictable phases, of which shooting is only […] -
Why Newspapers Were Doomed All Along
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleThe best job I’ve ever had was as an editorial writer at The Birmingham News in Alabama in the early/mid 1990s. It was a perfect combination of boss, colleagues, place, subject matter, and time of life. I left in 1995 because my then-fiancée (now-wife) had taken a job in Washington, D.C., and I was getting […] -
All the Wrong Moves (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNutrorim's products have been gaining national attention. In particular, sales of the company's organic, performance-enhancing sports supplement powder,... -
Horrible Bosses?
Managing people Digital ArticleIn a comment on our recent blog post on freedom, we were accused of management bashing. That was certainly not our intention, but it does seem to be the intention of many writers these days. Why? Why are bosses so often maligned in the media and our popular culture? A case in point is the […] -
Leadership’s Online Labs
Leadership Magazine ArticleTens of millions of people are honing their leadership skills in multiplayer online games. The tools and techniques they’re using will change how leaders function tomorrow—and could make them more effective today. -
CEOs with Headsets
Executive compensation Magazine ArticleAnalysis of college coach compensation shows how hard it is to align pay with performance. -
Inside the Mind of the Chinese Consumer
Consumer behavior Magazine ArticleFor the last decade, the Gallup Organization has surveyed the people of China, as both consumers of goods and employees of the companies that produce those goods. The data provide a unique picture of changing consumer attitudes, market opportunities, and management challenges. -
Why Mergers Like the AT&T-Time Warner Deal Should Go Through
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIf the government sues, it's likely to lose. -
Tronc vs. the Right Way for Publishers to Compete in the Digital Age
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's not about getting more eyeballs. -
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
Economics Magazine ArticleIt pays to be big in a global economy, right? Wrong. The rush toward huge cross-border mergers is based on a faulty understanding of economics. There are better ways to address globalization than relentless expansion.
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Serious Materials
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Serious Materials is a start up who is moving into clean tech markets. The company's first product, QuietRock, originated the sound proofing drywall category... -
Avatar: Product Development in Creative Industries
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox faced a number of issues in the production of Avatar-a movie that was widely anticipated but had raised concerns in the... -
The World Wrestling Federation (A): Vince McMahon vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation faces a serious threat to survival from the deep pockets of media mogul Ted Turner and Time-Warner, Inc. McMahon... -
This Case Sucks: Beavis, Butt-head, and TV Content (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Erik Peterson (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Describes the outcome of Erik Peterson's one-day meeting with his superior and the events of the subsequent day's meeting with the president and vice... -
Drowling Mountain
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details It was August 2011 and Martin Cartier, senior board member, was beginning to feel the pressure of Drowling Mountain's 2010 general meeting that was coming... -
Headspace vs. Calm: A Mindful Competition
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details By 2021, the mindfulness app wars reached their apex. Over 2,000 meditation apps were available to consumers, but two apps, Headspace and Calm, dominated... -
TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, had placed multiple strategic bets on his company. In September 2007, that strategy was due for a major test. TiVo was a maker... -
The Rise and Fall of the Circus
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the origins of the traditional circus, including its rise to popularity in the United States in the 1800s, and examines the factors... -
Marquee: Reinventing the Business of Nightlife (Multimedia Case)
Management Tool25.00View Details In January 2013, nightlife impresarios Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg are celebrating the re-opening of their famed New York City-based nightclub Marquee.... -
FERROVIAL CONQUERS THE UK: FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF PHILIP II (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The A case, Financial Strategy at BAA PLC, discusses the structure of the target company and specifically its capital structure. BAA's asset base was... -
Online Music Distribution in a Post-Napster World
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Provides a description of the rise and decline of Napster, the free Internet music-swapping service. Also describes second-generation peer-to-peer services... -
Del Mar Racetrack: Reinventing the Horse Racing Fan Experience
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Thoroughbred horse racing was in decline at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. Nearly all metrics, from number of horses and... -
Erik Peterson (D)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Implicitly raises the question of what Peterson should do to extricate himself from his difficulties. Should he consider resignation, go directly to the... -
Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In late 1999, the Walt Disney Co. and the Hong Kong government agreed to develop Hong Kong Disneyland, a HK$28 (U.S.$3.6) billion theme park and resort... -
Kuaishou: Developing a Livestreaming E-Commerce Business
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details As a leading short-video social and livestreaming app in China, Kuaishou Technology's Kuaishou application (app) was facing various challenges, including... -
Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details What happens when an MBA buys a football team and hires a bunch of MBAs and a coach with an economics degree to run it? In this case, a historic three... -
The Beiteddine Festival: Bridging the Gap
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Beiteddine Art Festival (BAF) is a non-profit organization that manages an art and musical festival in Lebanon with the aim of using cultural activity... -
Time Warner vs. The Walt Disney Co. (A): Pulling the Plug
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes negotiation impasse between Time Warner, Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. over the retransmission of the ABC Network over Time Warner's cable systems.... -
Disney's "The Lion King" (B): The Synergy Group
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details In the late 1980s, Disney CEO Michael Eisner introduced a synergy group to the company's organizational structure. The synergy group was responsible for...
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Serious Materials
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Serious Materials is a start up who is moving into clean tech markets. The company's first product, QuietRock, originated the sound proofing drywall category... -
Avatar: Product Development in Creative Industries
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox faced a number of issues in the production of Avatar-a movie that was widely anticipated but had raised concerns in the... -
The World Wrestling Federation (A): Vince McMahon vs. Bret "the Hitman" Hart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation faces a serious threat to survival from the deep pockets of media mogul Ted Turner and Time-Warner, Inc. McMahon... -
Ken Burns on “The Roosevelts” and American Leadership
Leadership Digital ArticleAnd making documentaries for the era of binge watching. -
This Case Sucks: Beavis, Butt-head, and TV Content (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
What Happened When Linkin Park Asked Harvard for Help with Its Business Model
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA look inside an unlikely partnership. -
Erik Peterson (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Describes the outcome of Erik Peterson's one-day meeting with his superior and the events of the subsequent day's meeting with the president and vice... -
Management Lessons from Women's Soccer
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleProfessor Michael W. Klein contends that countries affording women greater economic opportunities are more successful in women's international sports. -
Drowling Mountain
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details It was August 2011 and Martin Cartier, senior board member, was beginning to feel the pressure of Drowling Mountain's 2010 general meeting that was coming... -
Headspace vs. Calm: A Mindful Competition
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details By 2021, the mindfulness app wars reached their apex. Over 2,000 meditation apps were available to consumers, but two apps, Headspace and Calm, dominated...