Blockbusters: hit-making, risk-taking, and the big business of entertainment
- ISBN-10
- 1922072699
- ISBN-13
- 9781922072696
- Series
- Blockbusters
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 321
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-02-03
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Author
- Anita Elberse
Description
What’s behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and MGM — along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sport an edge over their rivals? Anita Elberse, Harvard Business School’s expert on the entertainment industry, has done pioneering research on the worlds of media and sport for more than a decade. Now, in this groundbreaking book, she explains a powerful truth about the fiercely competitive world of entertainment: building a business around blockbuster products — the movies, television shows, songs, and books that are hugely expensive to produce and market — is the surest path to long-term success. Along the way, she reveals why entertainment executives often spend outrageous amounts of money in search of the next blockbuster, why superstars are paid unimaginable sums, and how digital technologies are transforming the entertainment landscape. Full of inside stories from Elberse’s unprecedented access to some of the world’s most successful entertainment brands, Blockbusters is destined to become required reading for anyone seeking to understand how the entertainment industry really works — and how to navigate today’s high-stakes business world at large.
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