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    Carolyn J. Fu

    Carolyn Fu is an assistant professor of business administration in the Strategy Unit. She studies innovation strategy in the context of high degrees of social construction – where the value of an innovation is continuously redefined between firms and their... View Details

    • 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
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    Alumni

    joined the Atlanta Opera as general and artistic director in 2013, he had big ambitions. Zvulun envisioned a top-tier company capable of staging the opera world’s most challenging production: the four-part... View Details
    • 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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    Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

    rock opera adaptation of the Mahabharata, reflecting on the endurance and popularity of mythological narratives. Duration: 04:26 Mallika Sarabhai Mallika Sarabhai Art & Music Mallika, Sarabhai, co-Director of Darpana Academy of Performing... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Made in Italy

    HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Action Plan: Life Study

    was more than the casting director wanted.”) But he was cast in his second outing to play Reverend Jerry Bedford on the popular television soap opera Peyton Place. Hartley (shown here in 1965 opposite actress Kasey Rogers) went on to... 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
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    Business Economics Online Course | HBS 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. Carla Dirlikov Canales Opera Singer Having a better business vocabulary... View Details
    • 25 Jun 2025
    • News

    Hitting A High Note

    As the Atlanta Opera's general and artistic director, Tomer Zvulun has big ambitions for the organization, imagining a “new model of performing arts." Photo and video credit: Melissa Golden Tomer Zvulun video Tomer Zvulun discusses the Atlanta Opera's contributions to... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 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