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- 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.
- October 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Cultural Entrepreneurship
By: Rohit Deshpande and Annelena Lobb
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (LA Phil), under the leadership of Deborah Borda, had enjoyed great successes in the 2000s and 2010s, even as other U.S. orchestras faltered. The architecturally acclaimed Walt Disney Concert Hall had opened its doors. The... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Arts; Music Entertainment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Los Angeles
Deshpande, Rohit, and Annelena Lobb. "The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Cultural Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Case 517-006, October 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- 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
- 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.)
- 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
- May 2023
- Supplement
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Video Supplement Playlist
By: Boris Groysberg
Keywords: Entertainment; Music Entertainment; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Goals and Objectives; Power and Influence; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Fine Arts Industry
Groysberg, Boris. "Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Video Supplement Playlist." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 422-701, May 2023.
- June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Kit Hinrichs at Pentagram (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
This case focuses on Kit Hinrichs, a 65-year-old partner at Pentagram, a privately owned multidisciplinary design firm. One of the world's most prestigious design firms, Pentagram was founded by five designers from different disciplines in London in the 1970s. By 2008,... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Business Offices; Customer Relationship Management; Design; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Groups and Teams; Creativity; Service Industry; San Francisco
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Kit Hinrichs at Pentagram (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-127, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": Fashion, publishing, art/architecture/design, film, music, and food. Her subjects include fashion pioneer Chanel, publishers Penguin and Atavist, film icons Variety and the Sundance... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
Jaipur Literature Festival 2024
By: Tarun Khanna and Kanika Jain
The Jaipur Literature Festival had evolved from a modest gathering in 2006 into one of the world’s most significant literary events. It was known for its principle of egalitarian access, allowing people from various social backgrounds to come together and engage with... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Media; Business Strategy; Expansion; Profit; Product Positioning; Asia; South Asia
Khanna, Tarun, and Kanika Jain. "Jaipur Literature Festival 2024." Harvard Business School Case 725-420, January 2025.
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
success in judo strategy. "Our strategy," she notes, "is as much the art of exclusion as it is the art of inclusion, or what you are going to do." Rule Two: Stay On The Offensive But... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
should allocate its resources over the next year in order to become profitable and ensure future growth. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-022 The Ullens Center for Contemporary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
from Perylon Hall on the fairgrounds to the IBM exhibit at the Business Systems Building, where a precursor of a form of e-mail was displayed: Not only technology but art had a place in IBM Day. The company had commissioned the IBM... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
disruption, but Gary Pisano says there are ways to stay ahead of the innovation curve. Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level James Sebenius explains the art of Henry Kissinger’s dealmaking. Problem... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- October 2019
- Case
Street Symphony: Making Human Connections Through Music
By: Rohit Deshpandé
To Vijay Gupta, music was sacred. A highly accomplished and renowned violinist with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gupta believed the act of making and performing music was a deeply spiritual practice — one that had the power to heal audiences and musicians... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Music Entertainment; Human Needs; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California; United States
Deshpandé, Rohit. "Street Symphony: Making Human Connections Through Music." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 520-701, October 2019.
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
for anything where the prior art is known," explains Prithwiraj Choudhury, an assistant professor in the Technology, Operations, and Management unit at Harvard Business School. "But when a Western firm goes to a Western... View Details
- June 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
By: Jill Avery and Jim Rosenberg
Digital was on Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Programs Bridget Coughlin's mind these days. DMNS had been dabbling in digital for the past few years, but had never fully committed to it. The time had come to establish a strategic vision, and to decide... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Nonprofit; Arts; Education; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Media; Education Industry; North America; United States
Avery, Jill, and Jim Rosenberg. "Denver Museum of Nature & Science." Harvard Business School Case 315-081, June 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- July 2005
- Teaching Note
Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal (TN)
By: Thomas J. DeLong
Teaching Note to (9-404-116). View Details