music - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707511 Update: The Music Industry in 2006 Harvard Business School Case 707-531 The global recorded music industry was undergoing a major... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1997
News

An Orchestral Startup

two years ahead of Executive Director Lim's business plan projections and is proof that pleasure mixed with business can indeed lead to personal harmony. A second-generation Korean-American, Lim grew up in a musical family in upstate New... View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

Dick Griffey

Initially a co-owner of a black nightclub in Los Angeles, Griffey moved into music producing and built one of the most important black entertainment enterprises. A firm proponent of black culture and community, Griffey started a record... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

02 May 2023
Blog Post

From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job

interactive experiences. My friends and MBA classmates know how passionate I am about music and this role is nothing short of a dream job for me. In reflecting on my professional journey to get to this point, I wanted to share four pieces... 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 Global forecast, selling an... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2001
News

Austin Club Provides Down-Home Hospitality

(HBS Club of Austin) Last February, the HBS Club of Austin sponsored a Texas-sized get-together for the HBS students who participated in the 2001 Austin High-Tech Trek. More than one hundred alumni, students, and partners were treated to an authentic barbecue and the... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

In My Humble Opinion: Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990)

with a range of music-based content, including live performances, music videos, news, and interviews. “Media is the soundtrack of life,” Clinkscales says. “As technology has changed, the need to tell stories has not stopped—but you need... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Portrait Project

Lisa Bourne

I want to "dream out loud." Bono said it best at U2's now famous New Year's Night concert in 1989 Dublin. Because every fiber of my soul dances to music at all times, I can respond to this question only by referring to music. I... View Details

Richard W. Clark

hits and game shows including the $20,000 Pyramid, created the American Music Awards show, and published a variety of self-help and rock memorabilia books. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

01 Apr 1998
News

Sparking Internet Commerce

considered the pacesetter by many online businesses. Grouf understood early on that to entice users to provide personal data, it would be both necessary and proper to offer something useful in return. With BigNote, for example, Firefly's own recently sold online record... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 1998
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

and his wife, Lisa, live in Rhode Island with their two children. Robert A. Hut (12th OPM) is executive vice president of Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., which licenses to the world market the stage performance rights of Broadway View Details

Portrait Project

Hope Carlson

I learned to sing at the same time I learned to talk. My dad would rock me to sleep every night and have me fill in the words to his lullabies. That's when my love for music was first sparked. To sing well, you have to let go. To accept... View Details

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HBS Magazine - Alumni

Leadership-General For the Records In the midst of Austin’s buzzy music scene, Caren Kelleher is finding her harmony as both founder of Gold Rush Vinyl and new co-owner of Waterloo Records, with ambitions of preserving the local View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)

First love: Performing. “I spent pretty much every weekend from the age of five singing, acting, and dancing at the local theater school.” Take a bow: “My dad is originally from Zambia. Back in the day he bought rudimentary music software and laid down guitar tracks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Apr 1997
News

Managing a Master

Luther King, Jr. The music is superb and the evening unforgettable. It is another in a series of triumphs for an artist who seems destined to become a legend. Edward C. Arrendell (MBA '80), a Boston-based consultant at the time, was in... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Lazar

August 1988 (Revised November 1989)
Case

Reebok International Ltd.

By: John A. Quelch

Reebok executives are reviewing the company's advertising and promotion programs for the second half of 1988. These include sponsorship of the 1988 Summer Olympics and a rock concert tour organized by Amnesty International. In addition, Reebok is launching a new... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Music Entertainment; Advertising Campaigns; Sports; Advertising Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

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01 Jun 2015
News

Higher Ground

music director just a week before the flooding began, had led the orchestra only a handful of times as a guest conductor. Now, at 38, he was tasked with rebuilding an orchestra with no home or foreseeable income. When the orchestra took... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1998
News

A Joyful Noise

Boody organ builders. Peter Sykes, one of Boston's best-known organists and music director of the First Congregational Church in Cambridge, played pieces by Buxtehude, Bach, Brahms, and Sweelinck and performed an original piece by Edmund... View Details

Career Coach

Kevin Dolan

is an avid runner. He is on the Board of Directors of The People’s Music School in Chicago, an organization that provides rigorous music education to children who face financial barriers. Kevin has an MBA... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)

“Music is wired into us,” says Keith Cerny (MBA 1991). “Singing is something that is very human, and from singing, it’s very easy to go into playing instruments.” Cerny’s own connection with music began at age 10, with the San Francisco... View Details