[Assam] Harvard Business School : Walt Disney; Will the "Long Tail" Work for Hollywood?

[umesh sharma]

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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:12:33 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Newsletter: Will the "Long Tail" Work for Hollywood?

                
  Highlights this Week    
   Research & Ideas: Will the "Long Tail" Work for Hollywood?  
   First Look: Walt Disney as a leader; external forces and change; more  
   Research & Ideas: New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light  
   What Do YOU Think? How Do We Respond to the "Dependency Ratio" Dilemma?
==============================   New on the Site  Research & Ideas: Will the "Long Tail" Work for Hollywood?  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5520.html
The "long-tail phenomenon" is well documented: Amazon.com makes significant profits selling many low-volume books. But can the long tail work for video sales as well? A new working paper by professors Anita Elberse and Felix Oberholzer-Gee suggests that it may not bring the same benefits to Hollywood.
  First Look: Cutting-Edge Faculty Research  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/firstlook/index.html
Will a musical cell phone replace your iPod? ... Walt Disney as a leader ... How external forces influence organizational change. 
  Research & Ideas: New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5546.html
As Harvard Business School's ninth Dean, Jay Light takes control at a critical point in time. Light discusses the opportunities brought by globalism, challenges in recruiting and developing faculty, and program innovation needed to meet the needs of 21st-century business leaders.
  What Do YOU Think: How Do We Respond to the "Dependency Ratio" Dilemma?  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5539.html
Online forum OPEN until Thursday, October 26. Without knowing it, we have already heard a great deal about "dependency ratios." We can expect to hear a lot more, both at the level of nations and individual firms.
  Most Popular Stories  Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5523.html
  The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3246.html
  New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5546.html
  U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5454.html
  Racial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5538.html
  Best of Faculty Q&As  The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3246.html
Harvard Business School professor Gerald Zaltman says that 95 percent of our purchase decision making takes place in the subconscious mind. But how does a marketer reach the subconscious? Zaltman explains in this Q&A.
  Working Paper Spotlight  Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?  http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5427.html
by Ray Fisman, Rakesh Khurana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
CEO entrenchment has potential costs as well as benefits. What are the tradeoffs?
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