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- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll: The MTV Approach to Tackling HIV/AIDS (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna, Sonali R. Bloom and David E. Bloom
Teaching Note for [709429]. View Details
- January 1994 (Revised April 1994)
- Supplement
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (B)
By: Linda A. Hill
Provides an update of the (A) case. Describes de Passe's career from 1986 to 1993. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Hill, Linda A. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-014, January 1994. (Revised April 1994.)
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Soul Man
post–Christian America, like post–Christian Europe.” Added Luce, founder of Teen Mania, a 20-year-old youth ministry, “We’ve been working as hard as we know how to work — everyone in youth ministry is working hard — but we’re losing.” Over the last fifteen years,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Hopping to It
represented the full spectrum of pop music genres and featured a stable of veteran, big–time artists, including Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, and Bruce Springsteen. As the New York Times (March 2, 2003) reported, Reid has “silenced his... View Details
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning
its market penetration—like that of rivals Microsoft (with the Xbox) and Nintendo (with the GameCube)—has been limited by a narrow customer base of mostly males in their late teens and twenties. Sony's goal is to make the PlayStation a broad platform for home View Details
Keywords: by Youngme Moon
- January 2012 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Hip Hop (A): Rapper's Delight, Producer's Dilemma
By: Mukti Khaire and Kerry Herman
Khaire, Mukti, and Kerry Herman. "Hip Hop (A): Rapper's Delight, Producer's Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 812-106, January 2012. (Revised September 2014.)
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
who volunteers to teach dance in the New York City public schools. “I want to make movies that are entertaining and commercially successful but also have the potential to change someone’s outlook on life and make a difference in a good... View Details
- November 1986 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
Illustrates: 1) the impact of a manager's leadership style on corporate culture, direction, and performance; 2) the concept of fit between leadership style and the requirements of situations in which managers find themselves; and 3) the need for managers to adapt their... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Race; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Gender; Management Teams; Change Management; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Relationships; Music Industry; Music Industry
Hill, Linda A. "Suzanne de Passe at Motown Productions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-042, November 1986. (Revised October 1995.)
- 10 May 2019
- News
Bringing Art to the People It Depicts
Kasseem Dean (OPM 50, 2017), known in the music world as Swizz Beatz, was used to seeing Gordon Parks’ photographs in meetings with business partners and at the homes of friends who were not African American. It was far more unusual to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Some Racquet
bachelor," the Newark, New Jersey, Star-Ledger (July 12, 2001) observed, "For 24 years, Korff has worked to shrink the widening chasm between sports fans and their heroes by turning his [tennis] event into a week-long food and music... View Details
- 09 Jun 2011
- News
The Tycoons, HBS's First A Cappella Group
days. It included spirituals like "Innocent Lamb" and "Steal Away," barbershop quartet standards like "Aura Lee" (which Elvis Presley sang as "Love Me Tender") and "Up a Lazy River", Broadway show tunes like "Lida Rose" from The Music... View Details
- March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Bertelsmann AG
By: Bharat N. Anand, Michael G. Rukstad and Christoph Kostring
On July 28, 2002, Bertelsmann announced the firing of its CEO, Thomas Middelhoff, in a move that surprised industry observers, analysts, and many employees. Bertelsmann, a privately held company headquartered in Germany, was one of the largest global media... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy; Entertainment; Media; Change Management; Integration; Resignation and Termination; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Business Units; Music Industry; Music Industry; Music Industry; Germany
Anand, Bharat N., Michael G. Rukstad, and Christoph Kostring. "Bertelsmann AG." Harvard Business School Case 703-405, March 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
- Profile
Aline Camargo
& career path? One of my main goals coming to HBS was to identify a career that combines my passion for music and my business skills. During the MBA program, I took Entrepreneurship and Strategic Marketing courses for Creative... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
talk about children’s play, an expert in collaborative living systems, and a researcher in music and brain-wave activity. Two weeks of “mental grazing” prepared the group to begin spinning out ideas. One of the hardest adjustments for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
marketing, Michael Moynihan (MBA 1993), has been with the company since 1996, long enough to remember its missteps in attempting to broaden Lego’s customer base by expanding into product categories such as action figures, arts and crafts, and View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
Lincoln Center is mind-boggling in its scope and prestige. Eleven resident organizations in arts and education share the campus: the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the... View Details
- Web
Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
leisure activities to combat the fatigue and monotony of factory work. Trade catalogs advertised the wares of emerging industries devoted to sports, hobbies, and entertainment activities, promoting products from toys and View Details
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
music to advertising to industrial products. (A course segment on organizations that tried to change and failed—like Nokia—is also included.) "We talk about why Google would buy Nest—a thermostat company—and how it is also getting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
they experience the cultural, sexual, and student revolutions and the music of the age. The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them—And They Shape Us by Ray Fisman (PhDBE 1998) and Tim Sullivan (PublicAffairs) Breakthrough companies... View Details