Publications

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

Keywords: Social Psychology; Identity; Negotiation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Boundaries; Conflict and Resolution; Arts; Northeastern United States; Miami

28 Jun 2018
Cold Call Podcast

L.A. Philharmonic Shows the American Symphony Orchestra Isn’t Dead Yet

Keywords: Re: Rohit Deshpande; Fine Arts; Fine Arts

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

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

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Arts; Demographics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Strategy; United States; San Francisco

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

set the most successful organizations apart. State of the art technology will not be successful in response to a crisis without these additional components. With them, organizations will figure out how to leverage technology (not... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

birth was estimated at $190,800–$456,300. The percentage of HOM gestations among all ART pregnancies decreased from 11.4% in 1997 to 2.0% in 2012, with the sharpest year-over-year decline of 20.3% occurring in the year following the... View Details

23 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 23

PublicationsChallenges to Business in the Twenty-First Century Authors:Gerald Rosenfeld, Jay W. Lorsch, and Rakesh Khurana, eds. Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

also consider the relationship of these outcomes to the immigrants’ age at arrival to the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51811 2016 Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

performance arts empire with a global brand. The story has a personal as well as professional dimension to it, including the launch of the Blue School (with their spouses), to provide children with the kind of education they wish they'd... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

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

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

When Reynold Levy took over as president of New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 2002, he faced a classic challenge for any nonprofit leader navigating a complex environment: staying relevant to the next generation. Levy... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

in November 2004 by Princeton University Press. Jaffe is professor of economics and dean of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University. Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. In Innovation... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

better results. To advance the full set of their interests, they understand and shape the other side's choice—deal versus no deal—such that the other chooses what they want. As Francois de Callieres, an eighteenth-century commentator, once put it, negotiation masters... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

School Case 808-027 Saffronart, a five-year-old online art auction company, leads the market for modern Indian art and now faces competitors in the market it created. Established in 2000 by the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Turning High Potential into Real Reward

book, Crossing the Chasm. NB: Why do so many companies have a hard time getting traction during this phase? Lassiter: The art in this process is recognizing how you get from "today" to the mainstream market of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Lassiter; Consumer Products

April 2009 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Bono and U2

By: Nancy F. Koehn, Katherine Miller and Rachel Wilcox

This case traces the 30-year development of the rock band U2 and the development of its four members as artists, business leaders, and humanitarians (with particular attention paid to lead singer Bono's global humanitarian work). The case examines the beginnings of the... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Globalized Markets and Industries; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career; Social Enterprise; Music Industry