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  • August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
  • Case

Jackie Taylor: The Black Ensemble Theater

By: Steven Rogers and Dan Perkins
Jackie Taylor, an African American social entrepreneur, founded the Black Ensemble Theater in 1976. Since the ensemble’s inception, she has rented spaces where her group performed original musicals about black entertainers including Nina Simone, Etta James, and Marvin... View Details
Keywords: Theatre-company; Theatre Expansion; Theatre And Community; Black Theatre; Theater Entertainment; Buildings and Facilities; Strategic Planning; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Chicago
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  • November 1993 (Revised September 2018)
  • Case

Rudi Gassner and the Executive Committee of BMG International (A)

By: Linda Hill and Katherine Seger Weber
Explores the roles of CEO Rudi Gassner and the 9-person executive committee in leading BMG International. BMG International is the international music subsidiary of Bertlesmann, a German company that is the second-largest media conglomerate in the world. Describes a... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Decision Making; Business Plan; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Business Subsidiaries; Business Conglomerates; Cost Management; Change Management; Music Industry; Music Industry; Germany
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  • October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
  • Case

Editora Abril S.A.

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
Brazil's media conglomerate Editora Abril S.A. is Latin America's largest publishing and printing company; it publishes books, and comic books, videos, maps, travel guides, music, and textbooks. It also owns Brazil's largest database marketing company, its... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Communications; Market Design; Media; Service Delivery; Private Ownership; Expansion; Web Sites; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Brazil
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  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

costs-and therefore also the risk-of the album, which had been one-and-a-half years in development and was a particularly expensive proposition because of the many videos. How would fans and music industry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Joseph L. Bower

    JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

    Keywords: information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry
    • 21 Mar 2016
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

    It’s one thing to look at the entertainment business from an executive’s point of view. It’s quite another to see it through the eyes of a professional basketball player, supermodel, or actress. That mix of perspectives is exactly what has folks in the media and... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
    • 02 Apr 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Summit Explores the New Economy

    difficult to have innovation without data—which is one reason why the health care industry in the United States is too expensive. One remedy: Make the patient the customer. who Has The Power In The Music... View Details
    • April 2005 (Revised September 2005)
    • Case

    Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision

    By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
    The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the largest entertainment retailers in Argentina. Just four days before the planned closing of the sale, Pegasus' 50%... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Music Entertainment; Investment; Business or Company Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Argentina
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    • 02 Apr 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

    in the industry that have obvious inefficiencies and solving those directly. Corbin turned back to the problem of customer service. "I'd pay attention to hospital systems and how they engage with payers," she said. "Providers are... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health
    • 21 Jan 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

    business,” he says. “I embed myself into an industry for multiple years to understand the nuances of what’s happening, and I try to uncover unexpected patterns that can be difficult to predict using traditional statistical models.” Three... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

      Rohit Deshpande

      Rohit Deshpandé is a Baker Foundation Professor and Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School, where he has been teaching in the Advanced Management Program,... View Details

      Keywords: marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry
      • 14 Feb 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

      has seen the information exchange work very well. Horowitz said the company's music division has been collecting personalized song ratings from users for years. Over time, users can create a personalized "radio station" based on... View Details
      Keywords: by Julie Jette
      • 30 Nov 2016
      • Op-Ed

      Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

      addressable market of $280 billion. That’s music to the ears of small businesses. Indeed, our research shows a sizeable credit gap exists for small businesses, particularly for loans under $100,000, which is the size that over 60 percent... View Details
      Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
      • Web

      Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

      constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have limited business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional ones, enable companies to straddle View Details
      • 09 Nov 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

      Few industries have had the competitive challenges—the literal ups and downs—experienced by the U.S. airline industry since its formation in the 1920s. Consider that its early pioneers had the unenviable... View Details
      Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation
      • Program

      The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports

      long-term competitive advantage. Key Benefits Emphasizing the obstacles facing entertainment industry decision-makers, this program will help you develop and execute more effective business strategies. You will debate and analyze the... View Details
      Keywords: Media & Entertainment; Media & Entertainment
      • November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
      • Case

      eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
      Sam Yagan, CEO of the upstart MetaMachine, Inc., received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. In September 2005, more than 30 million users relied on... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Crisis Management; Music Entertainment; Legal Liability; Copyright; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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        Bharat N. Anand

        Bharat N. Anand is the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Professor Anand is an expert in digital strategy, media and... View Details

        Keywords: music; music; music; music; music; music; music; music; music
        • 10 Aug 2010
        • First Look

        First Look: August 10

        Frank V. Cespedes, and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 709-441 In 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 04 May 2010
        • First Look

        First Look: May 4

        We propose that firms' corporate governance and firms' strategic business activities within an industry are interlinked. By conducting a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy and corporate governance, scholars can better... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace