Purpose: This longitudinal research examines US symphony orchestra sector organizations to determine individual efficiencies in allocating resources (donations, governmental/private funding, etc.) for desirable outputs (concerts, educational programs, community outreach). It provides researchers...

This article explores the performing arts as cultural heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the western Pacific. It examines policies for and ideas about the support, management and safeguarding of the performing arts, first through the colonial lens of historical preservation,...

This article proposes a framework conceptualizing the artistic dimension of organizational performance in performing arts organizations that is grounded in empirical findings from case research in two world-renowned institutions. Thus, the framework is embedded in the specific artistic and...

Most performing arts organizations offer their customers the choice of either buying event tickets individually or buying a bundle of tickets for two or more events. During the selection of the bundle to be offered, the theatre manager faces several possible combinations of events. In this paper...

Resource dependence theory holds that organizations adopt a variety of strategies to manage their dependence on resources drawn from the external environment. Most research on resource dependence theory, however, has focused on empirical contexts in which the organization is dependent upon a...

The arts scene in Turkey has been witnessing many discussions with the revealing of the governmental reform agenda on the state support model for the arts that includes establishment of an arts council type institution, the closure of the State Theatres and, the State Opera and Ballet....

It has been reported that some performing arts institutions operate at a less than optimal number of performances and could reduce costs by expanding the number of performances. It is the thesis of this paper that the above definition of output is too narrow, for it is unidimensional. The first...

European theatre and opera houses are mainly financed by public funds. In Germany, in the 1989/90 season, the larger theatre and opera houses received 85% of their funding from public authorities. When performing arts enterprises function within a 'non-market' situation the main agents involved are ...

This paper presents the results of a diagnostic research on the activities of art organizations, which was carried out by employing qualitative methods. Performance diagnostics was conducted by analysing public art organizations. The mission, activities, principle and funding of art organizations ...

Symphony orchestras and other not-for-profit performing arts organizations (PAOs) in the USA are desired by society, yet they are beset today as never before by threats to survival. The organizations themselves, their boards of directors, and their funding sources are changing dramatically. Our...