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  • 13 Jan 2014
  • News

Harvard Meets Ballet

Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 28 May 2014
  • News

Boston Ballet Names Meredith Hodges New Director

Keywords: Boston Ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 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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Elberse, Anita, Tsubasa Nakajima, and Melissa Rodman. "American Ballet Theatre." Harvard Business School Case 519-085, April 2019.
  • July 1988
  • Case

Boston Ballet

By: W. Earl Sasser and Lucy N. Lytle
Keywords: Arts; Boston
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Sasser, W. Earl, and Lucy N. Lytle. "Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 688-114, July 1988.
  • November 2022
  • Teaching Note

Backstage at Boston Ballet

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Akshaya Varghese
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-005. View Details
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Raffaelli, Ryan, and Akshaya Varghese. "Backstage at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 423-049, November 2022.
  • September 2024 (Revised December 2024)
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Ming Min Hui at Boston Ballet

By: Edward H. Chang, David Allen and Annelena Lobb
This case asks how Ming Min Hui, the newly appointed executive director of Boston Ballet, should ensure that the company stays true to its art form yet relevant to its times. Hui stood out among ballet leaders as a young, Asian American woman with a Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Change; Diversity; Gender; Race; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
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Chang, Edward H., David Allen, and Annelena Lobb. "Ming Min Hui at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 925-003, September 2024. (Revised December 2024.)
  • 24 Jun 2025
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Ensuring Boston Ballet Stays Relevant

  • February 2025
  • Supplement

Boston Ballet Video Supplement

By: Ryan Raffaelli
Video Supplement for HBS Case No. 420-005 View Details
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Raffaelli, Ryan. "Boston Ballet Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 425-719, February 2025.
  • 04 May 2021
  • News

Legacy, Leadership, and Transformation at America's National Ballet Company

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
  • July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
  • Case

Backstage at Boston Ballet

By: David G. Fubini, Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen and Julia Kelley
This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith “Max” Hodges became the youngest Executive Director (ED) in the Boston Ballet’s 51-year history. In her first year, she was able to claim several... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Managing Change; Strategy Execution; Priorities; Arts; Buildings and Facilities; Decision Making; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Marketing; Price; Fine Arts Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Education Industry; United States; North America; Massachusetts; Boston; New England; Northeastern United States
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Fubini, David G., Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen, and Julia Kelley. "Backstage at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 420-005, July 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
  • 21 Apr 2021
  • Video

Legacy, Leadership and Transformation at America's National Ballet Company

  • January 2025
  • Teaching Note

Ming Min Hui at Boston Ballet

By: Edward H. Chang
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 925-003. View Details
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Chang, Edward H. "Ming Min Hui at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 925-020, January 2025.
  • 12 Jan 2016
  • News

American Ballet Theater Names Kara Medoff Barnett Executive Director

Keywords: Lincoln Center; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • News

An Entrepreneur of the Arts

moved to the United States in 1993 and settled in Chicago. An early blooming entrepreneur, Efimova founded Russian Pointe, her first company, in 1998 while she was a junior in college. Russian Pointe, a brand of luxury ballet shoes, is a... View Details
Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 23 Jun 2014
  • News

How a Top Female Exec at Google Brings Poise from Ballet to Business

Keywords: Google; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • Web

SEI25 Series: Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007), Executive Director, American Ballet Theatre | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

  • February 2020 (Revised August 2020)
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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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Deshpandé, Rohit, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 520-054, February 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
  • May 2020 (Revised October 2020)
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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
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Deshpandé, Rohit, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "San Francisco Ballet: On 'Pointe' for the Future." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-115, May 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
  • 07 Jul 2015
  • News

Misty Copeland: A Role Model For Girls Everywhere Who Want To Find Their Power

    Howard H. Stevenson

    Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

    Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry
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