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30 Jun 2021
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

January 2012 (Revised September 2014)
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Hip Hop (B): Can't Stop, Won't Stop

By: Mukti Khaire and Kerry Herman

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Music Industry

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11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

basically to impress her. So I learned how to sing. I learned how to play music and martial arts and many of those things basically just to make sure that she was attracted to me and she found me to be a worthy match. She's a very... View Details

January 2012
Teaching Note

Lady Gaga (A) and (B)

By: Anita Elberse

Keywords: Arts; Music Entertainment; Music Industry

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Harvard Business School

Inc., a startup magazine he co-founded. Cheryl Robinson Joyner MBA 1990 Cheryl Joyner is chairman of PARA Music Group, which sources music from 144 countries. Prior roles include vice president of Alliances... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

imposed by social distancing by facilitating community, offering empathy, and providing social support. AB InBev joined thousands of museums and performing arts organizations in offering virtual performances, sponsoring the Bud Light Dive Bar Tour: Home Edition... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

19 Jan 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Can Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Save Jazz Music?

Keywords: Re: Rohit Deshpande; Music

April 1975 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Boston Symphony Orchestra

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Arts; Music Entertainment; Music Industry; Music Industry; Boston

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September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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February 2007
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Paul Robertson and the Medici String Quartet

Describes the approach to creative collaboration and leadership adopted by Paul Robertson as leader of one of the most highly regarded string quartets in recent history. Intended to prompt a discussion of a variety of issues surrounding management of creative... View Details

Keywords: Management; Creativity; Groups and Teams; Music Entertainment; Music Industry

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January 1982 (Revised May 1983)
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CBS Record Co. (A): The Long-Range Industry Forecast

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Demographics; Music Entertainment; Music Industry

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10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

Robertson, of the acclaimed ensemble Medici String Quartet. It seemed a perfect opportunity to explore the process of creative collaboration, a central theme not just in music but in knowledge-intensive businesses. The result is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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Jeremy Andrus

consumer at the center of our circle is still the person who shops at a small skate, surf, snow, or independent music shop. They’re trendsetters. If we stay relevant to them, we can appeal to the broader demographic that’s influenced by... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

October 2008 (Revised November 2008)
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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Examines how successful companies can “jump to the next S-curve” through an analogy to the life's work of Miles Davis, especially his paradigm-shattering Kind of Blue album in 1959. Students consider how and why Davis, who had already proven he was tops in his field,... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Creativity; Music Entertainment; Music Industry

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Patrick Connolly

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? In my life before business school, I was a concert pianist and music theorist-disciplines that require truly deep, vertical expertise. My decision to attend HBS was consciously designed to... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

November 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Teaching Note

Sony and the JK Wedding Dance (TN)

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

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Keywords: Music Entertainment; Copyright; Situation or Environment; Online Technology; Music Industry; Music Industry

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August 2011 (Revised October 2011)
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Lady Gaga (B)

By: Anita Elberse and Michael Christensen

In March 2011, Troy Carter, manager of pop star Lady Gaga, reflects on decisions made regarding his artist's concert tour and faces a new set of challenges regarding the launch of Lady Gaga's new album, Born This Way. Is a huge, expensive launch akin to that of a... View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Product Launch; Product Development; Talent and Talent Management; Music Industry

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November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
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eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Sam Yagan, CEO of the upstart MetaMachine, Inc., received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. In September 2005, more than 30 million users relied on... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Crisis Management; Music Entertainment; Legal Liability; Copyright; Music Industry; Music Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2025
News

Editor’s Letter

last records I bought before switching to cassette tapes. Then like everyone else, my music migrated to CDs and eventually streaming services. By then it sure looked like the digital convenience of being able to conjure any album, or any... View Details

Keywords: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores

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Ann Chao

when a beautiful piece of writing or music has inexplicably moved them. I want to make such stories and art available to a greater audience, transcending national borders, language and other dividing lines. It is unfortunate that the... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

Hip Hop (B): Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Leading with Heart

Lady Gaga (A) and (B)

Harvard Business School

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

Can Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Save Jazz Music?

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Leadership and Teaming

Paul Robertson and the Medici String Quartet

CBS Record Co. (A): The Long-Range Industry Forecast

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

Jeremy Andrus

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Patrick Connolly

Sony and the JK Wedding Dance (TN)

Lady Gaga (B)

eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing

Editor’s Letter

Ann Chao