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Michael Kaplan
actively involved in initiatives like The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research where he serves on the foundation's leadership council. Kaplan is also a volunteer for Manhattan School of Music and a member of After Arts, a...
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Ann Chao
pianist since age five, Ann had kept her artistic passion burning while pursuing her MBA. "I want to merge my love of music with business," she says. "It was about accomplishing a mission—making beautiful experiences in...
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- 01 Apr 1997
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Guitar Hero
As any music industry executive will tell you, rock-and-roll drives the business. And as any ten-year-old with a boom box knows, the guitar rules rock. So when it comes to pop music's signature instrument, even though he may lack flashy...
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Garry Emmons
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
Noa says, “it was electronic music – techno is my passion!” But how would she connect the dots between her enthusiasm for music and her business ambitions? Noa’s advisor suggested she review the websites of...
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Richard M. Schulze
Schulze transformed his small Sound of Music electronic store into an electronics retailing giant – Best Buy. Schulze introduced mass-merchandising techniques to the electronics marketplace and helped to transform the shopping process...
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Retail
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
“Music is wired into us,” says Keith Cerny (MBA 1991). “Singing is something that is very human, and from singing, it’s very easy to go into playing instruments.” Cerny’s own connection with music began at age 10, with the San Francisco...
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- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707511 Update: The Music Industry in 2006 Harvard Business School Case 707-531 The global recorded music industry was undergoing a major...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The World According to MTV
his favorite music is “the music of whatever country I've just been in.” “Music is an irrevocable step toward democracy,” Roedy declared. And noting that the most popular singer in India is from Pakistan, he...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
When you think of kids and music these days, it’s easier to imagine Chopin and Elgar spinning in their graves than getting any airtime. But move over, J.Lo — a classical music radio show, driven by youthful...
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- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
independent developers to build new features. The cell phone has become a lucrative platform for more than handset makers—also in on the party are makers of digital cameras, music services, and organizer software. Not only are existing...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Austin Club Provides Down-Home Hospitality
(HBS Club of Austin) Last February, the HBS Club of Austin sponsored a Texas-sized get-together for the HBS students who participated in the 2001 Austin High-Tech Trek. More than one hundred alumni, students, and partners were treated to an authentic barbecue and the...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Fine-Tuning
music of such quality that it has been performed to critical acclaim in major venues around the world. "I never resolved the two avocations," Flügelman told the Washington Times (August 2, 2012). "I just hoped the cocktail of View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rob Price (MBA 1997)
I learned classical piano in the traditional way as a kid, but as soon as I could get a synthesizer and play Foreigner and Journey, I escaped. That, for me, reinforces how our method builds on traditional programs. Our philosophy is that playing View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
Above: photo by Sarah Frankie Linder Vinyl is back. The once-anachronistic segment of the music industry was on target for its seventh straight year of double-digit growth in 2017, according to a Deloitte Global forecast, selling an...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)
with a range of music-based content, including live performances, music videos, news, and interviews. “Media is the soundtrack of life,” Clinkscales says. “As technology has changed, the need to tell stories has not stopped—but you need...
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Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Why was earning an MBA at HBS important to you? To achieve success as a business leader and agent of empowerment, I knew I had to learn valuable new skills. My experiences as a junior banker, young entrepreneur, and novice service organizer, did not provide a...
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Lisa Bourne
I want to "dream out loud." Bono said it best at U2's now famous New Year's Night concert in 1989 Dublin. Because every fiber of my soul dances to music at all times, I can respond to this question only by referring to music. I...
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- August 1988 (Revised November 1989)
- Case
Reebok International Ltd.
By: John A. Quelch
Reebok executives are reviewing the company's advertising and promotion programs for the second half of 1988. These include sponsorship of the 1988 Summer Olympics and a rock concert tour organized by Amnesty International. In addition, Reebok is launching a new...
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Marketing Strategy;
Music Entertainment;
Advertising Campaigns;
Sports;
Advertising Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry
Quelch, John A. "Reebok International Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 589-027, August 1988. (Revised November 1989.)
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
investment managers and firms. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5648.html. Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer Apple’s iTunes music download service and illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) music...
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- July 2024
- Case
Negotiating in a Hurricane: John Branca and the Michael Jackson Estate
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
When the "King of Pop," Michael Jackson, unexpectedly died in 2009, he left behind an estate that was over $500 million in debt, with largely illiquid assets, and legions of creditors poised to begin to seize assets in as soon as 60 days. The task of managing Jackson’s...
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Bargaining;
Dispute Resolution;
Negotiation;
Entertainment;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Management;
Music Industry
Sebenius, James K., and Alex Green. "Negotiating in a Hurricane: John Branca and the Michael Jackson Estate." Harvard Business School Case 924-026, July 2024.