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Sing it out loud! The entrepreneurship of SME opera enterprises in Scandinavia

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  • Staffan Albinsson

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The purpose of this study is to contribute new knowledge on the entrepreneurial facets of opera production based on an in-depth study of a dozen SME enterprises. Interviews have been conducted with a semi-structured set of questions. As the studied companies are SMEs, the majority of the respondents are their initiators, their artistic directors and their general managers - in short their entrepreneurs. The analysis shows that opera entrepreneurs do, fundamentally, follow normal entrepreneurial processes in their endeavours. However, along the path of that process there is a wide variety of choices made which influence the outcome, mainly regarding the choice of repertoire and its subsequent staging. For a few, there was some entrepreneurship or project management tuition in prior education. For most, the necessary skills have been acquired through trial-and-error experiences. The study includes an attempt at an 'observed quality' score and a value-for-money assessment.

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  • Staffan Albinsson, 2019. "Sing it out loud! The entrepreneurship of SME opera enterprises in Scandinavia," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 37(4), pages 449-471.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:37:y:2019:i:4:p:449-471
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    1. Staffan Albinsson, 2023. "Workers’ access to Swedish opera houses and concert halls, 1898–2019," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 47(1), pages 1-30, March.

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