...Strategy and non-technological innovation Assignment for part-time MBA Competitive Strategies, week 6 October 4, 2012 This paper describes the consequences of a non-technical innovation for the strategy of a firm that operates in cultural industry. The example chosen is that of the company Stage Entertainment. In the first part of this paper we will provide a brief history of Stage Entertainment, single out two non-technological innovations and discuss how these innovations have affected the strategic behavious of Stage Entertainment. In the second part we will discuss both the horizontal and vertical processes Stage Entertainment is involved in and argue why one of these should be considered more important to Stage Entertainment’s overall sustainable competitive advantage. Stage Entertainment is the brainchild of the Dutch creative entrepreneur Joop van den Ende (born 1942). Stage Entertainment is the result of a merger of several other entertainment companies owned and run by Van den Ende and was incorporated in 1999. It has seen rapid international expansion and is now active in 9 countries, employing 4000 people. The turnover is €600 million (Nispen, M. van, Jaekele S. and Charrington, J, 2009). Van den Ende describes the strategy of Stage Entertainment as a strategy consisting of three elements (Nispen et al 2009): 1. Venues: programming and managing a network of venues across Europe (i.e. theatres) 2. Productions: presenting a wide range of existing...
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...Jacalan, Tristan A. POLISCI Final Paper Term 1, AY 2013 - 2014 The State of Music Today In my opinion, most of today’s music has no soul. Although opinions may differ, this statement holds true to many people. The music industry is slowly destroying music. It is a sad irony, but it true. Music has always been a lucrative way to make money. Music has always been a business. People paid to hear talented musicians play their music. People pay very large amounts, sometimes too extravagant, sums of money to watch their favorite bands or artists perform at live concerts. People constantly every release of their favorite band or artists. The fact is that, people spend money on music. Where there is money, there is greed. This is an inevitable fact. Everyone wants money and more money. Our lives revolve around money. This is where everything went wrong for the music industry. The business overpowered the music. The major record companies sign ‘hot acts’ or popular musicians to make money off them. It used to be that record companies were vessels in which the musician can use to let people hear their music. The true objective of a record company is to distribute the music of the artist and fairly pay the artist what they are rightly due. Record companies are not supposed to be bigger than the music, they are supposed to be about the music. They are supposed to support the artist and give the artist the means to make their music and then distribute that music to the fans. Popular...
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...Many types of people have had an effect on the world such as government officials, activists and scientists. One the most interesting types of people that can also have an effect on the world around them are the artists using their medium of choice, such as the visual artist creating a new style never seen before or reviving an old style for future generations. This can also be seen in the musical artist who can bring people together after a tragic event or rally people together to share a message of change. It can also be seen in more so than most with the writer who writes about the ills of a society to bring it to the forefront of the people’s mind. It is in these ways and others that the three artists that we will be looking at have had an effect on the world around them, but before we look at that we should look at the people themselves. The first person we will be examining is the visual artist Chuck Close who was born in 1940 and is part of the Photorealism...
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...Running Head: IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON MUSIC INDUSTRY The Cultural and Economic Impact of Technology on Music Industry [Name of Author] [Name of the Institution] Abstract Technology has played a pivotal role in evolving every industry at global scale, music industry is also influenced by technology. The impact of technology on the music industry has a mix reaction from the cultural and the economic domain. In this paper I will critically analyze the research on impact of technology mentioned in different journals, books, articles and papers. In order to compile this report a simple hierarchy has been followed. The impact in the cultural domain will be examined, its proposed solutions will be highlighted and alternative research methodologies will be defined. Then impact on the economic sector of the music industry will be critically reviewed in the evidence of different papers. Role of governing authorities will be examined and then proposed solutions will be defined. Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 4 Discussion 5 Cultural Impact of Technology on Music Industry 5 Negative Impact 6 Economical Impact of Technology on Music Industry 7 Positive Impact 7 Negative Impact 7 Conclusion 8 References 10 Cultural and Economical Impact of Technology on Music Industry Introduction Music is a form of art essentially created for the purpose of entertainment. It has now evolved as a resource of expression for multiple human activities ranging...
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...music began to move outside of the church. French nobles called troubadours and trouveres were among the first to have written secular songs. Music of this time was contained among the nobility, with court minstrels performing for them. There were also wandering minstrels who would perform music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares. These people were among the lowest social class, along with prostitutes and slaves, but they were important because they passed along information, since there were no newspapers. Although, the 80’s is different from the new aged music because a lot of young teens are starting to realize that the 80’s actually has meaning and not just random lyrics like today’s music. There has been a lot of research and survey’s that has stated that even 14 year old teens like the 80’s better...
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...Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Fiero, G. K. (2011). The humanistic tradition: Modernism, postmodernism, and the global perspective (6th ed., Book 6). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: Philosophy, Arts, and Architecture in the 20th Century Details Due Points Objectives 1.1 Identify the major philosophical perspectives at work during the 20th century. 1.2 Explain how the prominent philosophies of the 20th century reflected the changes in industry and the individual. 1.3 Identify notable artists and works—in art, music, dance, and architecture—that defined the 20th century. 1.4 Analyze how a notable work of 20th-century art, music, dance, and architecture reflected a specific movement or attitude of the time. Reading Read Ch. 32 of The Humanistic Tradition. Reading Read Ch. 33 of The Humanistic Tradition. Reading Read Ch. 35 of The Humanistic Tradition. Reading Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings....
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...The Who Before enrolling in American Popular Music, I had decent background on a fair amount of bands and artists we have talked about in class, including, but not limited to, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, and The Eagles. These artists are some of my Dad’s favorite, so therefore I learned a lot about them from him; however, he has never been a fan of The Who. Therefore, I was rather excited when I was assigned a research paper on The Who; a band who I really knew nothing about before American Popular Music. In the following paper, I will provide details about The Who’s individual band members’ lives, as well as information in relation to the band in general. The Who had four main members: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon. In addition to being the band’s guitarist, Pete Townshend took on the roll as the primary song writer. The most interesting fact I found about Townshend, is that he owns his own book publishing company. He actually published a book of his own called “Horse’s Neck” which consisted of a variety of short stories. Townshend has maintained a musical interest throughout his life, even after The Who broke up in 1983 (The Who Official Band Website). Roger Daltrey has always been a passionate musician; to the point where he even designed many of the bands guitars (The Who Official Band Website). Recently, Daltrey’s passion for music resurfaced. According to Mayer Nissim, a reporter for Digital Spy, “Roger Daltrey has confirmed that he...
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...characteristics of traditional and new music. Gives a brief biography of selected contemporary Philippine composers. Sings selections of contemporary music with appropriate pitch, rhythm, style, and expression. Explores ways of creating sounds on a variety of sources. Improvises simple vocal/instrumental accompaniments to selected songs. Creates a musical on the life of a selected contemporary Philippine composer. Evaluates music and music performances using knowledge of musical elements and style. From the Department of Education curriculum for MUSIC Grade 10 (2014) 88 All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without written permission from the DepEd Central Office. Contemporary Philippine Music CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE MUSIC A ccording to National Artist Ramon Santos, PhD, “contemporary music in the Philippines refers to compositions that have adopted ideas and elements from 20th century art music in the west, as well as the latest trends and musical styles in the entertainment industry.” The modern Filipino repertoire consists of musical pieces that have been written in 20th century idioms that have evolved out of such stylistic movements as impressionism, expressionism, neo-classicism, as well as avant garde and new music. New music are compositions which are improvisational works such as the early compositions of Dr. Ramon Santos, Radyasyon and Quadrasyon;...
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...John Cage as a Pioneer of Avant Garde Theater This paper will consist of analyzing the life of John Cage before and after his involvement with Avant Garde Theater. Therefore, this research paper will focus on how John Cage played a pivotal role as one of the early pioneers of the American Avant Garde Theater. Cage the Artist before the Label John Cage was born in Los Angeles, on Sept 5, 1912; and he passed away in New York, on Aug 12, 1992. Cage was an American composer. In addition, he was one of the "leading figures of the postwar avant garde"(Pritchett, James, et al). The influence of Cage's compositions, writings, and his personality has been widely felt by litany of composers around the world. Pritchett, James, et al, argue that Cage...
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...each with a microphone and a music stand at its front. Watching the performance and at the same time taking a note for my paper was also the only to do list for me. When time arrives, A young lady arrived a stage with a piece of paper and made a brief announcement about the concert and what they do, other notice like no photo graphs and others. Then Marrakech Express band arrived the stage with a full band instruments and after gaining the stage and awaiting the crowd’s silence, Samir El Yesfi begins picking the ‘ûd or lute which is what is called guitar in West accompanied by violin by Sandra Wong, Darbûka, the Moroccan bendir by Brett Bowen, and clarinet by Dexter Payne. After playing music for while Samir started singing “lama bada yatathana” which later I found on a YouTube being...
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...Research Paper 1: Sean “Puffy” Combs Who is Sean “Puffy’ Combs? How did he get to where he’s at today in his career? Sean Combs was born on November 4, 1969 in the Harlem District of New York City. His father was murdered on the streets of upper Manhattan when he was three years old. His widowed mother worked three jobs at once and was able to get enough money together to purchase a home in Suburban Mount Vernon, New York. Even though they moved his mother maintained her ties to Harlem, It was there in Harlem young Combs gained a remarkable cultural education, taking in the creations of the legendary hip hop founders Grandmaster Flash, Run D.M.C, KRS-One and many more. Combs got his nick name from a childhood...
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...World Music Genre Study NAME MUSIC INSTRUCTOR’S NAME DATE OF SUBMISSION INTRODUCTION This research paper is a specific study of one of the African dance musical genre-reggae, which was first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many other popular genres. Therefore, Jamaican popular music since 1960 can be roughly divided into four eras each of which had a distinctive beat – ska, rocksteady, reggae, and dancehall. (Chang and Chen W, 1998, x) But this African dance musical genre “reggae” has gained immense popularity since it was first introduced in the music world and since then it is one of the most popular genres of music. Hence, it is one of the most significant music genres in Western musical market. In my paper, the focus of the reggae music genre is from 1965 till 1975 as these were considered as the major years or a decade for reggae music when it flourished. This was the time period during which the culture of reggae music was civilized and spread widely in the parts of Jamaica. Bob Marley is known as one of the best artists of this genre and the impact he made and contributed has made beyond the shores of Jamaica and globally as well. Reggae was created by the Jamaicans and still it is the only music genre which is so much popular and not created by Europeans or Americans. It has gained immense popularity since its introduction and in the recent years as well that it is the first model in which a third...
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...Virginia Watkin Professor Dave Graham Music 118 November 26, 2013 Rock and Roll has Lost the Ability to Effect Meaningful Societal Change Music has often been said to be the universal language. Rock musicians especially learned to use the power of rock music and lyrics to effect powerful changes in society, most particularly in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The early age of Rock and Roll was an exciting time for the musicians, lyricists and the mass of young people who listened to them. While it may be that rock music in all of its genres of today can still prod listeners to champion for social change, the rock music market has fragmented so dramatically that rock and roll has lost the ability to impact mass sections of the population and has therefore, lost its unique voice and ability to effect real social change in US society. The turbulence of the 1960’s, due to the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam to a full out war, the assassination of both President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. and the push for civil rights for all people made for fertile ground for songwriters to encourage change for the better through their music. (Hibbard and Kaleialoha, p 122) Lyricists and composers worked in tandem to write songs to both inform the public and, in some cases, incite the public to take action against what was happening in, around and to the world. Songs such as “Blowin in the Wind, written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and “Ball of Confusion (that’s what the world...
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...University of the West Indies Open Campus – St. Lucia Name: Cecilia Clovis I.D. No.: 309100682 Course Code: FOUN1301 Course Title: Law, Governance, Economy and Society Course Coordinator: Mr. Orville Beckford E-tutor: Mr. Lance Gibbs Assignment No.: 2 Date: June 26, 2012 Historically, Jamaican and other Caribbean musicians gave the world a conscience as they became the ‘voice for the voiceless’ not just at home, but also internationally. Has the current crop of musicians in the region deviated from this practice? Explain your response. The Caribbean is home to many of the world’s greatest and renowned musicians. Musical icons like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Mighty Sparrow and Jimmy Cliff worked hard; and with their great musical talent were able to use their music to inspire and create a level of consciousness in black people of the region and all over the world. These men, through the lyrical content of their music touched the lives of the down trodden, lifted the spirit of the hopeless and stirred in the hearts of men and women the passion to fight against the injustices of their own region and in so doing sensitised the universal world. Bob Marley’s music is just as popular today as it was in the early seventies when he released the single ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ and has continued to live on even in his absence. His music and that of his fellow counterparts; has continued to be the voice for the voiceless, regionally and internationally...
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...University- Augusta Campus April, 2014 Abstract The purpose of the paper is to research and understand how the changes of globalization and technology have impacted the music industry. This paper will also apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how the music industries earn above-average returns. This paper will explain how the music industry’s success is through its mission and vision statements with Universal Music Group as an example. Finally, this paper will evaluate how the importance each category of the stakeholder impacts is to the overall success of the music industry. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched. The company researched was Universal Music Group because the music industry is ever growing and wanted to know more about the company. As we all know, technology has been a major part of the music industry both good and bad. Technology has helped plenty of artists and hurt others. Since the introduction of the mp3 and the popularity of the IPOD device, compact disc sales have declined and more music is being released without the record company’s permission. Some may view this as a major problem to the other major record labels that distribute music globally. But some are using the mp3 to their advantage. A while ago an artist could not walk out of a studio and release a record in ten minutes. Now artists can get the music to their fans in record time and the fans can...
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