Spreadsheet to accompany product 9B19E013.

An investment manager at Glitz Investments, a firm based in the United States with a focus on the entertainment industry, wanted to identify potential blockbuster movies in the Indian film industry for the firm’s potential investment purposes. The investment manager received a report compiled by analysts at the firm indicating that Bollywood would be an attractive industry for investment. The firm’s analysts had collected data but could the manager .....more

Teaching note for product 9B19E013.

Spreadsheet to accompany product 8B17E001.

Teaching note for product 9B17E001.

Two business-school grads are the co-founders of a technology startup that provides a mobile-based solution for automotive reviews. The case focuses on customer validation and on fitting a demand model to the aggregate sales data from the test versions of their product.

In 2009, the owner of a Broadway theatre has to figure out whether to switch to a new show or continue with the current one, which is not generating the revenue expected. He already has a new show booked to begin in five weeks; each new show requires a week of set-up time during which its producers pay rent to the theatre but there are no ticket sales. Is it worth closing the current show and replacing it with an unknown show for a very limited run? .....more

In recent years, men’s tennis has been dominated by Roger Federer, Rafeal Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. The question is whether their performance depends on the type of court surface.

Teaching note for product 9B13E022.

Instructor spreadsheet for product 8B13E022.