Publications

July 1988
Case

Boston Ballet

By: W. Earl Sasser and Lucy N. Lytle

Keywords: Arts; Boston

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September 2024
Case

Ming Min Hui at Boston Ballet

By: Edward H. Chang, David Allen and Annelena Lobb

This case asks how Ming Min Hui, the newly appointed executive director of Boston Ballet, should ensure that the company stays true to its art form yet relevant to its times. Hui stood out among ballet leaders as a young, Asian American woman with a Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Change; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston

November 2022
Teaching Note

Backstage at Boston Ballet

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Akshaya Varghese

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-005. View Details

04 May 2021
News

Legacy, Leadership, and Transformation at America's National Ballet Company

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
Case

Backstage at Boston Ballet

By: David G. Fubini, Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen and Julia Kelley

This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith “Max” Hodges became the youngest Executive Director (ED) in the Boston Ballet’s 51-year history. In her first year, she was able to claim several... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Video

Legacy, Leadership and Transformation at America's National Ballet Company

12 Jan 2016
News

American Ballet Theater Names Kara Medoff Barnett Executive Director

Keywords: Lincoln Center; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

26 Jul 2011
News

An Entrepreneur of the Arts

moved to the United States in 1993 and settled in Chicago. An early blooming entrepreneur, Efimova founded Russian Pointe, her first company, in 1998 while she was a junior in college. Russian Pointe, a brand of luxury ballet shoes, is a... View Details

Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

23 Jun 2014
News

How a Top Female Exec at Google Brings Poise from Ballet to Business

Keywords: Google; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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SEI25 Series: Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007), Executive Director, American Ballet Theatre | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

February 2020 (Revised August 2020)
Case

San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Nicole Tempest Keller

The SF Ballet was regarded as one of the top ballet companies in the world. It had an enviable earned revenue percentage of almost 50% and had an internationally recognized ballet school. However, by 2019 the Ballet faced a number of challenges. Ballet was a European... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Demographics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Cultural Entrepreneurship; United States; San Francisco

May 2020 (Revised October 2020)
Teaching Note

San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Nicole Tempest Keller

An examination of the strategic challenges facing the SF Ballet in 2019 due to changes in demographics, lifestyles, and the city of San Francisco itself View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Arts; Demographics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Strategy; United States; San Francisco