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- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
multinational companies, including Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Deutsche Post AG, Walt Disney Co., News Corp., and Ikea. These efforts would include work stoppages in countries where employees in these companies are unionized (in the case of...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
reusable insulated water bottles. Kauss works with designers and artists to introduce new looks every season, often in partnership with major brands such as Disney and National Geographic. Her goal, however, is not to help people look...
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
An Emmy Award–winning television writer, Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) started out by taking a sitcom writing class at the UCLA Extension School while working as a senior business planner at Walt Disney Studios. Now an executive producer for...
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- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
before innovations like bunless sandwiches and boneless ribs, Disney began harnessing the power of limited availability by making its movies available for limited periods. The company locks away Dumbo, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and other...
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Re: Michael I. Norton
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Disney or Pixar. Instead, anime producers are locked into a highly fragmented domestic market, dominated by content distributors (TV stations and DVD companies) and advertising agencies. We argue that Japan has to adopt legislation in...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
arise primarily from the wave of mergers and acquisitions that continue to alter the balance of power among media firms. The Walt Disney Company, for instance, in addition to owning the American Broadcasting Company and ESPN through the...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
for instance. Yahoo!Internet Life recently called Vibe Online "the most comprehensive and attractive hip-hop site in cyberspace." Vibe/Spin Ventures has also teamed up with entertainment giant Walt Disney to host Vibe Live, an annual...
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Susan Young
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806069 Disney Consumer Products: Marketing Nutrition to Children Harvard Business School Case 507-006 In an effort to capture market share in the children's foods category,...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and author of NY Times bestseller Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration will be the featured speaker for the next CEO Series Fireside Chat...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
the company’s revenues have increased by leaps and bounds. But the melamine pet food scare last spring could have ruined everything. The bad news came to a place it shouldn’t: Disney World. It was during one of the few vacations that Paal...
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- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
pipeline at every stage; if we could, then good things would happen,” he says. After HBS, Rice worked at Walt Disney Co. for four years, in new business development and marketing. Next he joined the National Basketball Association as...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
businesses develop products, expand into new markets, and create jobs. If we can be the port in the storm where people come when they need us most—that’s a really great place to work.” Alan Horn (MBA 1971) Chairman, The Walt Disney...
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- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
significant geopolitical consequences in Europe and in Russia.” Tucker: “We had a case on Disney and Alan Horn (MBA 1971) in SMICI (which is now called BEMS, I think). Alan Horn came to class and gave one of the most open and honest guest...
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- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
Tucker: “We had a case on Disney and Alan Horn (MBA 1971) in SMICI (which is now called BEMS, I think). Alan Horn came to class and gave one of the most open and honest guest appearances I had at HBS. It was invaluable to hear from a...
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- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
While in India, he was watching the NBA playoffs on his iPhone, very easily, with high resolution," Higgins says. "I was at Disney World with my kids, holding a place in line for the family, and I was watching the NCAA Harvard...
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Lisa Cousins
& Resorts, then accepted a full time offer with Disney Parks & Resorts, a company I'd always dreamt of working for and which certainly makes the impossible happen every day. After some time with Disney, I revisited my values and...
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- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109013 Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109014 The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire?...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Disney Company expects to lose up to $190 million on its summer fiasco The Lone Ranger, another star vehicle featuring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. Welcome to the risky strategy of "blockbusters," practiced increasingly by...
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- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
math In a study for the journal article Beliefs about Gender (pdf), Coffman and her colleagues asked participants to answer multiple-choice trivia questions in several categories that women are perceived to have a better handle on, like the Kardashians, View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
to helping the combined companies compete with rivals such as Disney and Cap Cities/ABC. To get the deal done, however, Michael Ovitz, talent agent turned unorthodox corporate matchmaker, kept the parties mostly apart during the process,...
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