Trench Town Rock: The Creation of Jamaica's Music Industry Case Solution
“The world has crossed.” From its sources in Jamaica, it can be heard in nightclubs and pubs to Samoa from Senegal. It has also affected music from other states, like American rap. In the late 1990s, yearly sales of reggae records were estimated to be $1.2 billion, of which Jamaican musicians, producers, and songwriters brought in about $300 million, plus another $50 million from live performances and ancillary merchandise sales etc.
This note describes the evolution of Jamaican musical genres, the development of the nation's music business, and the sector's construction in the early 21st century; introduces the theory of industrial clusters--localized groups of businesses that grow around one sector and contain all the essential supporting businesses demanded by the business; and requests how industrial clusters supply advantages to participants, how they can be grown, and how a developing country can construct an industry.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLICATION DATE: February 13, 2004
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