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  • June 2004 (Revised June 2004)
  • Case

Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal

By: Thomas J. DeLong and David L. Ager
Anne Ewers, general director of Utah Opera, is awaiting the decision of the members of the board of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera about whether to merge Utah's top two arts organizations. If the vote favors the merger, Ewers will be asked to assume the helm of the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Management; Fine Arts Industry; Music Industry; Utah
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  • 20 Apr 2017
  • Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry

Name and Graduation Year: Ching Ching Chen, 2017 What inspires you to want to make an impact in the music industry? I grew up studying violin, piano, and opera and my mother was a world-touring musician so music has always been a big part... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • April 2019
  • Case

American Ballet Theatre

By: Anita Elberse, Tsubasa Nakajima and Melissa Rodman
Kara Medoff Barnett, executive director of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), widely regarded as one of the world’s premier ballet companies, faces several challenges. It is June 2018. Despite its prestige, the company’s $45 million annual budget and $22 million endowment... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts; Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; Non-profit; Contracts; Labor Economics; General Management; Arts; Entertainment; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing; Strategy
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  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

did not want a rate hike that could potentially hinder economic growth and increase its already large fiscal debt burden. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709056 The Metropolitan Opera (A)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
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  • Web

Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

rock opera adaptation of the Mahabharata, reflecting on the endurance and popularity of mythological narratives. Duration: 04:26 Amina Laraki Slaoui Amina Laraki Slaoui Art & Music Amina Laraki Slaoui, President of AMH Group, emphasizes... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Made in Italy

the property with one of the project’s developers, who showed off the building’s artworks and a ballroom where the first opera was believed to be sung in 1594. Segel had arranged a surprise for the group: While the case protagonist... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Action Plan: Life Study

Above: photo by Beth Perkins “There’s an artistic spark in everybody,” says Ted Hartley (MMP 4, 1956). “If you can get rid of that left-brain inner critic, you can explore what will open up in the right-brain side in all of us.” Hartley came to painting a little over a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Jan 2012
  • News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

phenomenal,” says Stamps, who interviews several candidates a week, usually via Skype. His eyes light up as he tells about a student who sang opera during an interview and another who had been homeless and now wants to reinvent foster... View Details
  • 05 Feb 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

million fee. The situation came to light when the negotiation leaked. (The dispute was apparently resolved when Wahlberg agreed to donate his $1.5 million to Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund.) This Hollywood soap opera raises an interesting... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 10 Feb 2016
  • Blog Post

Combining an Interest in Music and Business

Perú’s largest private bank, as I explored my own musicianship by trying a wide variety of different activities (from opera lessons, to a cappella and jazz, or even a brief experience in Peru’s Got Talent), I thought I had found my... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2002
  • News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

performances of daughter, Heidi, a professional opera singer Recommended Reading Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman "Goleman shows that integrity, the ability to communicate and influence, self-motivation, empathy, and social... View Details
  • Web

Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

course to your organization . Learner Stories 76% found HBS Online to be more impactful than other online business programs The academic rigor was thrilling. What made it extra special was the people I met through the experience. That community stays with me every day.... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

In the Spotlight

time to board work with other cultural institutions, although “it’s clear that NYCO will take up the lion’s share of Baker’s time in the near future,” declared the Opera News (September 1, 2007). In an interview, Baker noted that the NYCO... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance

    Richard R. Deupree

    sponsoring the first radio soap opera - “The Puddle Family” in 1932. In 1939, just five months after the introduction of television in the U.S., Procter & Gamble aired its first TV commercial (for Ivory soap) during the first... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
    • 01 Jan 2012
    • News

    Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

    1967 Founds Asset Management Company 1980 Provides early capital for Amgen, joins board 1998 Appointed chairman, San Francisco Opera Association 1999 Funds BUILD, nonprofit promoting entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth 2002 Receives... View Details
    • 18 Mar 2021
    • News

    Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

    career in the technology industry where he has directed financial strategies and decisions resulting in more than $45 billion in contracts. Determination, ambition, and resilience are the key drivers to his incredible journey. The Atlanta View Details
    • 10 Nov 2020
    • News

    In Harmony

    finance director of the New York City Opera. For the next 35 years, Weinstein made his way through arts organizations in roles as general director of the Pittsburgh Opera, executive director of the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center,... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2000
    • News

    Seeing the Light

    spot in 1996. Today, sales at Kirlin are 300 percent higher than in 1986; the company, which designs and manufactures lighting systems for commercial, institutional, and custom residential construction, has created lighting for a full spectrum of venues, including the... View Details

      Santiago Subotovsky

      backpacking around the world, Santi made it his lifetime mission to visit at least half of the countries in the world. He’s an avid opera and classical music follower and, like almost every Argentine, is passionate about soccer. View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital