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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
studied music and hosted a late-night jazz radio show. When he graduated from college, Nelson took a job with Boston-based Wellman International and immediately set off for China. “I had no idea what I was getting into,” he says. “But it... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Editor’s Letter
18 straight years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. And sure, the figures pale in comparison to streaming, which accounts for 84 percent of recorded music revenues, but vinyl isn’t... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
high-water mark for the valuation of an individual artist’s catalog: more than $500 million, according to the New York Times. Estimates by Music Business Worldwide suggest that investors, including many of the biggest players in private... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
consumers prefer single songs over music “bundles.” The result? It is time for the industry to rethink its products and prices, writes Associate Professor Anita Elberse. See... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Download This
positive effect: 150 downloads increase sales by one copy. This effect is particularly important because the profitability of the music industry depends almost entirely on the success of the most popular... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
to incorporate their dynamic ultimately subvert business and the workplace, rather than make them function better? All this got me to thinking that in America, it often seems we’re doing our best to make work into play — and vice versa. (In fact, we’ve made 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... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
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,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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... View Details
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
next chapter. Jen Flint: You've built your career in music because you love music. Has that changed your relationship with music? What is it like to work in the industry that you love so much? Caren... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at HBS in discussions of leadership, entrepreneurial marketing, finance, and ethics. I also spent some time at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
Kelleher in Gold Rush Vinyl’s listening room In the first days of 2025, when Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010) went from owning one small business to two, she entered an alternating reality. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, she’s still the founder and CEO of Gold Rush Vinyl;... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
Northwestern University before coming to Soldiers Field. Driggs and his wife, Lorraine, have six children. Edward F. Fischer (71st PMD) is vice president of manufacturing technologies and operations at Duro Industries in Fall River,... View Details
- 14 Jul 2010
- News
The Concerts in the Chapel
One of the cultural amenities of life on the HBS campus is the availability of free music concerts in the Class of 1959 Chapel. Designed by Moshe Safdie in 1992, the chapel and its adjoining clock tower were funded by members of the MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
Pacific Lake Partners cofounder Jim Southern (MBA 1983). Some 2,400 alumni and guests gathered on campus in October for fall reunions, which included presentations on the science of happier spending, leadership lessons from the musical... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Managing a Master
was being poorly managed." The two men arranged to meet again. A month later in New York City, they shook hands over dinner and agreed to work together. "I was shocked when I discovered how much the music View Details
Keywords: Jeff Lazar
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Toy of the Year as well as a nomination for the same title from the Toy Industry Association — the coveted T.O.T.Y. Award. The company had trouble filling orders from retailers that just months before were not interested in carrying the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Robert F. Diromualdo
CEO of Borders Group, Inc. - which includes more than 250 Borders Books & Music superstores around the globe, 900 Waldenbooks stores throughout the United States, and Borders.com - DiRomualdo runs an organization that rang up $2.6 billion... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
just a jogging soundtrack. “How can I be the person people think of when they think about power and inspiration? How can I be the go-to destination for music and feminism?” she says. “The best companies are the ones that think, ‘How can I... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
doing things as an entrepreneur and activist, you can often feel solo in your journey or that you are operating on the periphery of mainstream culture. So being recognized with such a prestigious accolade alongside many leaders of the mainstream View Details