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      • January 2021
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      Cinépolis

      By: Joshua D. Margolis and Fernanda Miguel
      Two weeks after Cinepolis released a documentary film about corruption, a judge ordered its provisional suspension, claiming it had to be edited before it continued to be shown, against Mexican cinematography laws. Cinépolis, Latin America’s largest movie theater chain...  View Details
      Keywords: Movies; Entertainment; Corruption; Risk Assessment; Communication Strategy; Crime And Corruption; Decision Making; Film Entertainment; Ethics; Leadership; Risk Management; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry; Mexico; Latin America; North And Central America
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      Margolis, Joshua D., and Fernanda Miguel. "Cinépolis." Harvard Business School Case 421-053, January 2021.
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence

      By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
      This working paper examines the social impact of the film industry in India during the first four decades after Indian Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India and the counterpart in scale to Hollywood in the United States, shared...  View Details
      Keywords: Film Industry; Bollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Social Impact; Stereotypes; Oral History; Film Entertainment; Gender; Race; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice And Bias; Business History; motion pictures And video industry; India
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      Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-077, January 2021.
      • January 2020 (Revised July 2020)
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      MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
      In August 2017, MoviePass dramatically lowered its subscription price from $50 per month to just $10 for up to one movie per day. The idea was to rapidly scale the business to the point where they could generate incremental revenue streams form related businesses...  View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry; Growth Strategy; Profit Vs. Growth; Subscription Business; Cash Burn; Data Analytics; Get-big-fast; Buyer Power; Strategy Implementation; Movie Industry; Racing; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Consolidation; Cash Flow; Growth Management; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Mobile Technology; motion pictures And video industry; Entertainment And Recreation industry; Advertising industry; Information industry; United States
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 720-854, January 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
      • November 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A) and (B)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
      In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry; Turkey
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-045, November 2019.
      • June 2019 (Revised September 2019)
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      Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry

      By: Rory M. McDonald, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
      In 2018, Henri Seydoux, CEO and Founder of Parrot, believed that his company was at an inflection point in its history. Parrot had been a European leader in consumer electronics since the 1990s, first developing Bluetooth kits for cars before moving on to electronic...  View Details
      Keywords: Forecasting And Prediction; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Competitive Advantage; Technology; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products industry; Electronics industry; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry; Technology industry; video Game industry; Europe; France; Paris
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      McDonald, Rory M., Emilie Billaud, and Vincent Dessain. "Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry." Harvard Business School Case 619-085, June 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
      • March 2019 (Revised July 2020)
      • Case

      MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
      In August 2017, MoviePass dramatically lowered its subscription price from $50 per month to just $10 for up to one movie per day. The idea was to rapidly scale the business to the point where they could generate incremental revenue streams from related businesses...  View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry; Growth Strategy; Profit Vs. Growth; Subscription Business; Cash Burn; Data Analytics; Get-big-fast; Buyer Power; Strategy Implementation; Movie Industry; Racing; Entrepreneurship; Market Entry And Exit; Growth And Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Disruption; motion pictures And video industry; United States
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel W. Fisher. "MoviePass: The 'Get Big Fast' Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 719-455, March 2019. (Revised July 2020.)
      • February 2019 (Revised July 2019)
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      MoviePass

      By: Willy C. Shih
      Mitch Lowe, the CEO of MoviePass, was having trouble convincing people of the viability of the company's business model. The company was building a multi-sided platform and was planning to extract value from increasing traffic to movie theaters through a number of...  View Details
      Keywords: Start-up; Start-up Growth; Start-ups; Business Model Innovation; Business Model; Innovation And Invention; Multi-sided Platforms; Business Startups; Planning; motion pictures And video industry; United States
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      Shih, Willy C. "MoviePass." Harvard Business School Case 619-052, February 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry

      By: Hong Luo, Jeffrey T. Macher and Michael Wahlen
      This paper studies a novel, light-touch approach to aggregate judgment from a large number of industry experts on ideas that they encounter in their normal course of business. Our context is the movie industry, in which customer appeal is difficult to predict and...  View Details
      Keywords: Judgment Aggregation; Creativity; Film Entertainment; Judgments; motion pictures And video industry
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      Luo, Hong, Jeffrey T. Macher, and Michael Wahlen. "Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-082, January 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
      • September 2018 (Revised April 2019)
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      AMC Entertainment: Creating a Spectacular Moviegoing Experience (A)

      By: Henry McGee and Aldo Sesia
      In 2018, the Hollywood film industry is facing tough headwinds. Fewer and fewer Americans are going to movie theaters, opting instead to watch movies on demand in the comfort of their own homes or on portable devices. Adam Aron, the head of the world’s largest movie...  View Details
      Keywords: Exhibitors; Movies; Film Entertainment; Disruptive Innovation; Consumer Behavior; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Global Range; Business Model; motion pictures And video industry
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      McGee, Henry, and Aldo Sesia. "AMC Entertainment: Creating a Spectacular Moviegoing Experience (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-024, September 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
      • May 2018 (Revised February 2020)
      • Case

      Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions

      By: Anita Elberse
      In March 2017, Jason Blum, the founder and chief executive officer of film and television production company Blumhouse Productions, has another blockbuster on his hands with the movie Get Out, produced for just $4.5 million. Remarkable returns for its micro-budget...  View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment; Media; Film; Movies; Creative Industries; Product-portfolio Management; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Talent; General Management; Strategy; Marketing; Blockbusters; Film Entertainment; Innovation And Management; Talent And Talent Management; Competitive Strategy; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; motion pictures And video industry
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      Elberse, Anita. "Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions." Harvard Business School Case 518-103, May 2018. (Revised February 2020.)
      • November 2017
      • Teaching Note

      Tencent

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426. Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking...  View Details
      Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; Wechat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2o; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; Pc; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; Jd.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Online Advertising; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers And Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Organization; For-profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, And Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms And Management; Globalized Markets And industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Or Company Management; Goals And Objectives; Growth And Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry And Exit; Market Platforms; Two-sided Platforms; industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems And Challenges; Business And Government Relations; Groups And Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social And Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Value Creation; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Segmentation; Business Units; Communication; Profit; Communications industry; Entertainment And Recreation industry; Financial Services industry; Information industry; Information Technology industry; Media And Broadcasting industry; motion pictures And video industry; Music industry; Service industry; Technology industry; Telecommunications industry; video Game industry; Web Services industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Tencent." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 718-457, November 2017.
      • November 2017
      • Teaching Note

      Amazon.com, 2016

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402. On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; Amazonfresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Market Platforms; Two-sided Platforms; Competition; Internet; Corporate Strategy; Online Advertising; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, And Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms And Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation And Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business Or Company Management; Goals And Objectives; Growth And Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices And Processes; industry Growth; industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking And Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-life Balance; Problems And Challenges; Labor And Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Hardware; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Price; Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus And Relationships; Customer Value And Value Chain; Retail industry; Advertising industry; Distribution industry; Electronics industry; Entertainment And Recreation industry; Information Technology industry; Manufacturing industry; motion pictures And video industry; Music industry; Publishing industry; Shipping industry; Technology industry; video Game industry; Web Services industry; United States; Washington (state, Us); Seattle
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Amazon.com, 2016." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 718-441, November 2017.
      • October 2017
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      LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire

      By: Anita Elberse
      It is June 2016. Superstar basketball player LeBron James and his childhood friend and business partner Maverick Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television...  View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment; Marketing; Film; Motion Picutres; Digital Strategy; Superstar; Innovation; Creative Industries; Talent; Sports; Media; General Management; Celebrities; Marketing; Entertainment; Sports; Media; Film Entertainment; Innovation Strategy; Talent And Talent Management; Strategy; Sports industry; Media And Broadcasting industry; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry
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      Elberse, Anita. "LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire." Harvard Business School Case 518-042, October 2017.
      • September 2017
      • Supplement

      Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
      In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry; Turkey
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 218-705, September 2017.
      • September 2017
      • Supplement

      Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
      In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second larger player in the market, AFM,...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry; Turkey
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 218-706, September 2017.
      • September 2017
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      Tencent

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking service provider with several of the...  View Details
      Keywords: Tencent; Tencent Holdings; Wechat; Social Networking; Social Networks; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Video Games; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Portals; Payments; Mobile Payments; O2o; Online-to-offline; E-commerce; Messaging; Subscription Model; Freemium; Mobile App Industry; Smartphone; Pc; Monetization Strategy; Antitrust; Streaming; Cloud Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Alibaba; Facebook; Jd.com; Tesla; Bundling; Synergies; Digital Strategy; Imitation; Licensing; Agility; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Advertising; Online Advertising; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers And Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Organization; For-profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Communication; Communication Technology; Blogs; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, And Gambling; Music Entertainment; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms And Management; Globalized Markets And industries; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Or Company Management; Goals And Objectives; Growth And Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry And Exit; Market Platforms; Two-sided Platforms; industry Growth; Monopoly; Media; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Service Delivery; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems And Challenges; Business And Government Relations; Groups And Teams; Networks; Opportunities; Social And Collaborative Networks; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Value Creation; Communications industry; Entertainment And Recreation industry; Financial Services industry; Information industry; Information Technology industry; Media And Broadcasting industry; motion pictures And video industry; Music industry; Service industry; Technology industry; Telecommunications industry; video Game industry; Web Services industry; Asia; China; Canton (province, China)
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Tencent." Harvard Business School Case 718-426, September 2017.
      • September 2017 (Revised July 2019)
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      Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
      In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu (HBS MBA 1994) led private equity firm Actera Group’s investment in Mars Cinema Group (Mars), the leading movie exhibitor in Turkey. Immediately after acquiring Mars and merging it with the second largest player in the market, AFM,...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry; Turkey
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 218-020, September 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
      • September 2017 (Revised July 2019)
      • Supplement

      Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Eren Kuzucu
      Supplements the (A) case.  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Value Creation; Transformation; Valuation; motion pictures And video industry; Turkey
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Eren Kuzucu. "Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 218-021, September 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
      • May 2017 (Revised November 2019)
      • Case

      The Dubai International Film Festival

      By: Rohit Deshpandé and Alpana Thapar
      This case follows the conception and emergence of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In an already crowded and highly competitive industry, Abdulhamid Juma was attempting to define and establish a unique brand positioning for DIFF. Committed to its vision,...  View Details
      Keywords: Brand Positioning; Underdog Brand Building; Business Models; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Non-profit; Managing Multiple Stakeholders; Film Entertainment; Brands And Branding; Business Model; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Growth And Development Strategy; Entertainment And Recreation industry; motion pictures And video industry
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      Deshpandé, Rohit, and Alpana Thapar. "The Dubai International Film Festival." Harvard Business School Case 517-110, May 2017. (Revised November 2019.)
      • May 2017 (Revised April 2020)
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      Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Snigdha Sur
      This case examines the career of Raj Kapoor, the legendary Bollywood filmmaker of the postwar decades. It explores how Kapoor built RK studios after 1948 by releasing a series of movies that combined romance with social messages focused on the fate of the common man in...  View Details
      Keywords: Film Entertainment; History; Personal Development And Career; Social Issues; Gender; Problems And Challenges; Values And Beliefs; motion pictures And video industry; India; Soviet Union
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Snigdha Sur. "Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman." Harvard Business School Case 317-100, May 2017. (Revised April 2020.)
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