Film
“We live in a world that emphasizes realistic expectations and clear successes. Quixote had neither,” narrates James March in his 2003 film, Passion and Discipline: Don Quixote’s Lessons for Leadership. “But through failure after failure, he persists in his vision and his commitment. He persists...
Every presidential election has its fair share of cringe-worthy moments, but the candidates themselves often commit highly destructive communications blunders that have handicapped – and in some cases derailed – their bid for the White House.
Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Bill...
In 1986, Janet Yang landed in Shanghai as the top China advisor to Steven Spielberg during the filming of Empire of the Sun, a drama about an English boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in Shanghai to becoming a prisoner of war during World War II. At that time, moviemaking in...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Declining readership and vanishing advertising dollars have left many mature news organizations reeling. But breaking down the “walls” that have historically separated publications’ news and advertising operations can help restore the industry’s financial...
In the world of Hollywood movies, the most important 20 minutes of a film may take place during the pitch meeting. The film "Alien" originally was pitched as "Jaws on a Spaceship" and that image sold. What makes a studio executive or producer bite on an idea? And what makes a successful pitch?...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—The shifting consumer market for video entertainment may be causing sweeping changes in the video rental market but Netflix has still left an indelible mark with its revolutionary patented business model that includes open-ended rentals for a fixed fee.
Rather...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Movie theaters are notorious for charging consumers top dollar for concession items such as popcorn, soda, and candy. Are moviegoers just being gouged?
Research from Stanford Graduate School of Business and the University of California, Santa Cruz suggests that...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—When Fox decided to make the movie Titanic, the studio called upon Paramount to put up $65 million to help finance the film in exchange for a portion of profits and movie rights. Fox covered its derriere by sharing risk for the picture through the co-financing...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer and one of Silicon's Valley's most successful college dropouts, wowed an overflow crowd at Stanford's Bishop Auditorium Thursday in the academic year's final View From the Top lecture.
Dressed in his usual long-...