Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Music and Math (Case Review) Abstract This paper is an analysis of a case study originally conducted by the Harvard Business School in August of 2005 and is based on the challenges of introducing a new technology into a market place that for decades been based on “gut feelings and intuition”. The new technology was initially designed to assist consumers in music stores find music that met a certain criteria. Later this was changed because of a sharp decline in music sales
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analyze the issues and make recommendations for Polyphonic. Situation Analysis—Company‚ Product‚ Competitors‚ Consumers And Swot Analysis Company Polyphonic HMI was established to help market Grupo AIA’s artificial-intelligence tools to the music industry. Grupo AIA headquartered in Barcelona‚ Spain‚ specializes in using its knowledge in the fields of artificial intelligence to solve complex business problems. Polyphonic is launching Hit Song Science (HSS) which analyzes the mathematical characteristics
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I was Mike McCready of Polyphonic‚ I would pursue the record companies first. The following are the reasons: 1. Polyphonic can provide more demonstrable value to the record Labels. Since the record companies‚ because of their hefty investments‚ have the most to lose if an album or a song does not catches the public’s fancy‚ they are more focused on economic returns than artists and producers. Also‚ record companies have the financial resources to invest in Hit Song Science (HSS). 2. Record companies
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Polyphonic Business Strategy 2010 Marketing Plan Table of Contents Target Market 3 The Five Major Record labels 3 Size 3 Growth 4 Profitability 4 Artists 4 Size 4 Growth 4 Producers 5 Size 5 Profitability 5 Marketing Plan 5 Positioning Decision 5 Product decision 6 Pricing decision 6 Distribution decision 6 Promotion 7 Future Markets 7 EXHIBITS AND TABLES 8 Polyphonic HMI is a start-up technology company with a single potentially marketable product: Hit Song Science (HSS). HSS
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•For a long time the western music was monophonic. Monks from monastery choirs created a new form of music. They added a second line to Gregorian chants. This made the music polyphonic. Because it had more than one line. Medieval music that has two or more melodic lines is organum. •The estampie is from the thirteenth century. It is one of the earliest forms of music. It is played in triple meter. The estampie beat is strong and played very swiftly. It has a very upbeat sound and sounds very cheery
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“The Hit” By: Bubba Horne The hit that would shake the world and change my life forever occurred ten years ago. When I was seven years old just about to enter the first grade on a car ride back home from a family lunch my father asked me‚ “Son what do you think about playing football?”. Instantly my anxious mind said I would love to. My mother not so confident as my dad and I was always worried about what may happen on the football field‚ but seeing my love for the game she just could not
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George Garncarz 3rd Mr. Smith 11\25\13 Do you like stories about storms if so Storm Warriors by Jon Nappa is the book for you. This book is about a crew that gets caught in a storm. It had been 40 minutes of fighting wind and tide before Author and Heming recovered the longboat and crew. The tide fall signal on shore made it clear that there was not enough water in the outer portion of the harbor for the luger to ride in comfortably. They tacked and positioned and coursed in on a swift like
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There’s a time in everyone’s life that defines them‚ a time where there is a choice to seize the moment and make it yours or let the moment pass you by. My defining moment was an unsuspected two-day challenge of mental‚ emotional‚ and physical stamina in my athletic life. It’s the moment that I will never forget and one of which most athletes can only dream. My defining moment is a once in a lifetime happening in a lifetime event. A moment in which I never dreamed would become a reality. My sophomore
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lot of incidental deaths. That is where HIT comes in because it has been a major part in reducing deaths caused by medical errors. For example‚ patients verify their arm band and then the arm band in placed on the patient for the remainder of the stay to be used with lab draws‚ medication administration‚ and identification of the patient for different procedures‚ etc. Whereas HIT can reduce medical errors it cannot prevent every death due to medical error. HIT can only work as well as the medical staff
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transportation costs due to high petrol price | Strenghts Hong Kong deep-water harbour and ideal location at the intersection of global and regional shipping lanes. More than 80 shipping lines are operating in HIT. Proximity of fastest growing region in China. The Hong Kong HIT has been noted for its excellence in high end services‚ range of shipping lines and extensive coverage of destinations. Excellent institutional framework‚ a business-friendly environment‚ the professionalism of workers
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