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- October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
New Economy Ethics: YouKnowIt.com
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Kim Slack
Entrepreneur Janice Schwartz is hoping to grow her start-up company by creating a technical advisory board and compensating members with discounted company stock. Schwartz is considering six candidates that can help her online education company in a variety of ways: as...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Crime and Corruption;
Customers;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Media;
Networks;
Internet
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Kim Slack. "New Economy Ethics: YouKnowIt.com." Harvard Business School Case 301-050, October 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- September 2000 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Radio One, Inc.
By: Richard S. Ruback and Pauline M Fischer
Radio One (NYSE: ROIA and RIOAK), the largest radio group targeting African-Americans in the country, had the opportunity to acquire 12 urban stations in the top 50 markets from Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE: CCU) in the winter of 2000. The stations were...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Valuation;
Race;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Strategy;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Indiana;
United States;
North Carolina
Ruback, Richard S., and Pauline M Fischer. "Radio One, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 201-025, September 2000. (Revised May 2003.)
- September 2000 (Revised February 2001)
- Case
CBS MarketWatch
Larry Kramer, the chairman and CEO of MarketWatch.com, is faced with a dilemma. In April 2000, his company--a joint venture of CBS and Data Broadcasting Corp.--has emerged as the leading financial information and data provider online. Yet, because of the downturn in...
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Dickson Louie. "CBS MarketWatch." Harvard Business School Case 801-175, September 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
- June 2000 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Must Zee TV
By: Bharat N. Anand and Tarun Khanna
Explores issues related to (1) the vertical boundaries of the firm in an emerging-economy context, especially the effects of lack of intellectual property rights and lack of contract enforcement on both industry structure and boundaries of the firm; and (2) the extent...
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Copyright;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Anand, Bharat N., and Tarun Khanna. "Must Zee TV." Harvard Business School Case 700-122, June 2000. (Revised February 2003.)
- Article
The Entrepreneurial M-Form: Strategic Integration in Global Media Firms
By: T. R. Eisenmann and J. L. Bower
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Integration;
Global Range;
Business Ventures;
Media;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Eisenmann, T. R., and J. L. Bower. "The Entrepreneurial M-Form: Strategic Integration in Global Media Firms." Organization Science 11, no. 3 (May–June 2000): 348–355.
- Article
The U.S. Cable Television Industry, 1948-1995: Managerial Capitalism in Eclipse
By: T. R. Eisenmann
Keywords:
Management Systems;
Television Entertainment;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, T. R. "The U.S. Cable Television Industry, 1948-1995: Managerial Capitalism in Eclipse." Business History Review 74, no. 1 (Spring 2000).
- February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Boston.com
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
How aggressively should an incumbent move when developing an online business that threatens its core product? With Internet competitors taking direct aim at the traditional print newspaper business model, the Boston Globe fought back with its own web initiative,...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Decision Making;
Change Management;
Internet and the Web;
Customer Relationship Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Publishing Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "Boston.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-165, February 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- February 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Women.com
By: Myra M. Hart and Sarah S. Khetani
Entrepreneurs Ellen Pack and Marleen McDaniel have founded a women's online network and watched it grow from an online subscription service in 1992 to one of the best known, widely visited women's networks on the web in 1999. While the company's vision has remained...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Partners and Partnerships;
Initial Public Offering;
Networks;
Transition;
Web Services Industry
Hart, Myra M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Women.com." Harvard Business School Case 800-216, February 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- January 2000 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices
By: Debora L. Spar and Jennifer Burns
In the mid-1990s Nike, one of the world's most successful footwear companies, is hit by a spate of alarmingly bad publicity. After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on...
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Spar, Debora L., and Jennifer Burns. "Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices." Harvard Business School Case 700-047, January 2000. (Revised September 2002.)
- January 2000 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
By the fall of 1999, StarMedia had sprinted to a sizable lead in the race to acquire Latin American Internet users. Its pan-regional, horizontal portal was the first to target Spanish- and Portuguese-language speakers on the Internet, registering 1.2 billion page views...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
History;
Risk Management;
Business Cycles;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Infrastructure;
Media;
Emerging Markets;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Jon K Rust. "StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 800-166, January 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
- December 1999 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
CNBC (A): NBC and Its Startup Friends
NBC expands further on to the Internet with CNBC.com. NBC's Internet strategy, supported by corporate parent General Electric, involves numerous investments as well as new ventures like CNBC.com. Soon after CNBC.com is launched in 1999, NBC brings in a new CEO, Pamela...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Change Management;
Management Teams;
Corporate Strategy;
Leadership Development;
Internet and the Web;
Expansion;
Media;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "CNBC (A): NBC and Its Startup Friends." Harvard Business School Case 300-090, December 1999. (Revised May 2002.)
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A2): Network Visions: Mike Clary on the Product that Hid in HR
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
Chief scientist Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems, Inc. had a vision for a new product called "Jini": a network computing piece of infrastructure that would reinforce Sun's leadership role in the industry for helping define how the Internet and networking technology...
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- August 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (D)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case.
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Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (D)." Harvard Business School Case 400-039, August 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- June 1999 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Angela Keros
Buzz Hargrove, national president of the Canadian Auto Workers, needs to find a way to secure an agreement from a negotiated contract with de Havilland, Inc. Local union leaders feel the deal is not good enough, but Hargrove is convinced management will close the plant...
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Keywords:
Media;
Power and Influence;
Negotiation Deal;
Leadership;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Labor Unions;
Negotiation Types;
Management Teams;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Canada
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Angela Keros. Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc. (A). Harvard Business School Case 899-138, June 1999. (Revised November 2006.)
- May – June 1999
- Article
The Wired Society: A Harvard Magazine Roundtable
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "The Wired Society: A Harvard Magazine Roundtable." Harvard Magazine (May–June 1999), 42–53.
- April 1999
- Case
Steve Perlman and WebTV (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
The dynamics of a linked series of internal and external negotiations involved in launching, growing, and selling a high-tech, Internet start-up are explored. Steve Perlman unfurled an impressive new technology, recruited a top technical and management team, secured...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Negotiation Process;
Value Creation;
Alliances;
Technological Innovation;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Television Entertainment;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Sebenius, James K., and Ron Fortgang. "Steve Perlman and WebTV (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-271, April 1999.
- December 1998 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate
By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and John M. Turner
Examines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed...
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Keywords:
Business Conglomerates;
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
France
Montgomery, Cynthia A., and John M. Turner. "Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate." Harvard Business School Case 799-019, December 1998. (Revised May 2003.)
- November 1998 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Mickey Maurer: IBJ Corp. and MyStar Communications
By: Paul W. Marshall and Jeremy Dann
Mickey Maurer is a successful entrepreneur who retired in the late 1980s and then reentered the business world with the purchase of two media companies. In the radio industry he faces competition from large national players. In his publishing enterprise, Maurer...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Competition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Management Teams;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Marshall, Paul W., and Jeremy Dann. "Mickey Maurer: IBJ Corp. and MyStar Communications." Harvard Business School Case 899-106, November 1998. (Revised August 1999.)
- November 9, 1998
- Article
Digital Media: Cutting through the Hype
By: J. A. Deighton and Patrick Barwise
Keywords:
Media
Deighton, J. A., and Patrick Barwise. "Digital Media: Cutting through the Hype." Mastering Marketing Financial Times (November 9, 1998), 2–4.