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- 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
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Managing Change; Strategy Execution; Priorities; Arts; Buildings and Facilities; Decision Making; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Marketing; Price; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; United States; North America; Massachusetts; Boston; New England; Northeastern United States
Fubini, David G., Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen, and Julia Kelley. "Backstage at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 420-005, July 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- summer 1993
- Article
Underinvestment and Incompetence as Responses to Radical Innovation: Evidence from the Photolithographic Industry
Henderson, Rebecca. "Underinvestment and Incompetence as Responses to Radical Innovation: Evidence from the Photolithographic Industry." RAND Journal of Economics 24, no. 2 (summer 1993).
- March 2000
- Case
People's Light and Theatre Company, The
Describes in operational detail the activities involved in creating a collaborative and artistic product. Parallels to companies in dynamic industries emerge from the management philosophies and artistic methods of the case protagonist, Artistic Director Abigail Adams. View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Service Operations; Business Strategy; Theater Entertainment; Fine Arts Industry
Austin, Robert D. "People's Light and Theatre Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 600-055, March 2000.
- Jun 2008
- Conference Presentation
The Impact of (Legal) Digital Distribution on Music Sales: Who Benefits?
By: Anita Elberse
- April 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
The Venice Biennale
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Elena Corsi
La Biennale of Venice, which organized festivals in different disciplines, pondered how to remain relevant in front of fading boundaries across arts. View Details
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Elena Corsi. "The Venice Biennale." Harvard Business School Case 523-097, April 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- April 1986
- Supplement
Lyric Dinner Theatre: Deborah Denenberg, General Manager, Video
Presents Deborah Denenberg, general manager, answering questions about her successful turnaround of an ailing dinner theatre. View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Restructuring; Business Ventures; Arts; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G. "Lyric Dinner Theatre: Deborah Denenberg, General Manager, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 886-523, April 1986.
- 1 Apr 1993
- Conference Presentation
Effects of Expected Evaluation on Task Persistance and Artistic Creativity
By: R. Conti, H. Coon and Teresa M. Amabile
- August 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Colorscope, Inc. (Abridged)
By: V.G. Narayanan
A small company in the graphic design business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Price; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Competition; Fine Arts Industry
Narayanan, V.G. "Colorscope, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 113-025, August 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
process better, they looked at the emergence of modern Indian art as a category in the international fine art market between 1995 and 2007. Before 1995, fine art was produced... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 2025
- Case
Giving Up on a Passion: Elizabeth Rowe at the Boston Symphony Orchestra
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and Alexis Lefort
For 20 years, Elizabeth Rowe was a world-renowned principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But in 2024, Rowe decided to leave her position to pursue a new full-time career as a leadership coach. At 50, Rowe was well under the typical retirement age, and,... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Small Business; Social Media; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Learning; Music Entertainment; Values and Beliefs; Creativity; Happiness; Identity; Interests; Satisfaction; Motivation and Incentives; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Culture; Resignation and Termination; Personal Development and Career; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; United States
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon, and Alexis Lefort. "Giving Up on a Passion: Elizabeth Rowe at the Boston Symphony Orchestra." Harvard Business School Case 425-037, April 2025.
- February 2007
- Case
Update: The Music Industry in 2006
By: John R. Wells and Elizabeth Raabe
The global recorded music industry was undergoing a major transition in 2006. Sales had been declining for a decade, and consumers were buying music in new formats and through different distribution channels. CD sales still accounted for the majority of revenues, but... View Details
Keywords: History; Arts; Music Entertainment; Intellectual Property; Market Timing; Performance Evaluation; Trends; Music Industry
Wells, John R., and Elizabeth Raabe. "Update: The Music Industry in 2006." Harvard Business School Case 707-531, February 2007.
- 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
- February 2002 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Roundabout Theatre Company, The (A)
Todd Haimes is the artistic director of the Roundabout, a nonprofit theatre. He must decide if he is willing to accept a large sponsorship from American Airlines and, in doing so, allow the airline to the name the Roundabout's new Broadway theatre. In making this... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Decision Making; Financing and Loans; Theater Entertainment; Fine Arts Industry
Levy, Reynold, and Daniella Ballou. "Roundabout Theatre Company, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-097, February 2002. (Revised February 2002.)
- February 1982 (Revised April 1990)
- Teaching Note
Steinway & Sons, Teaching Note
By: David A. Garvin
Teaching Note for (9-682-025). View Details
Keywords: Fine Arts Industry
- December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
The Metropolitan Opera (A)
By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez
In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Advantage; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Crissy Perez. "The Metropolitan Opera (A)." Harvard Business School Case 509-033, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- December 2007
- Background Note
The Music Recording Industry: Digital Rocks
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Digital and mobile technologies profoundly and forever changed the long-held value proposition for the recorded music industry--the 12-song physical CD selling at $15. By 2007, it was apparent that the music recording business had become a digital business, and... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Disruption; Music Entertainment; Distribution; Practice; Technology Adoption; Value; Music Industry
- January 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria
By: Caroline Elkins, Tarun Khanna and Joyce J. Kim
In 2014, Ifeoma Fafunwa, an award-winning playwright and director, founded iOpenEye, a commercial production company dedicated to driving social change through performance art. iOpenEye’s flagship theatrical production was called “Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True,”... View Details
Keywords: Theatre; Social Change; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Arts; Entertainment; Social Issues; Health Pandemics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Nigeria
Elkins, Caroline, Tarun Khanna, and Joyce J. Kim. "iOpenEye: Theater and #MeToo in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 321-111, January 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- 2008
- Thesis
Being B-Boys: Style, Identity, and Respect Among New England and Miami Street Dancers
By: Curtis K. Chan
This study examines the phenomenon of a street dance known as "b-boying" to explore how dancers locate, negotiate, and perform identities, as well as the tensions that occur concomitantly. Drawing on data from participant-observation, interviews, and diverse archival... View Details
- March 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Teaching Note
Bono and U2 (TN)
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth Legris
Teaching Note for 809148. View Details
- July 2010
- Teaching Note
Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (TN)
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Lisa Kwan
Teaching Note for 410018. View Details