JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE
The Aesthetic Product as Entrepreneurial Driver: An Arts 
Perspective on Entrepreneurial Innovation 
Author(s): Jeffrey Nytch
Citation: Jeffrey Nytch, (2012) "The Aesthetic Product as Entrepreneurial Driver: An Arts 
Perspective on Entrepreneurial Innovation," Journal of Management Policy and Practice, Vol. 13, Iss. 5, pp. 11 - 18
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This article presents a case study of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (“PNME”), an arts 
organization transformed by reinventing its artistic product based on new methods of audience 
engagement. The PNME approach reveals valuable insights for artists, entrepreneurs, and scholars. 
These range from suggesting a methodology for artists and arts organizations to revitalize their art and 
reinvigorate their audience, to revealing new avenues for research on the nature of creativity within 
entrepreneurship. By viewing artistic innovation as a seminal act of entrepreneurship, scholars may 
contemplate how the arts can be more powerfully applied to mainstream entrepreneurship pedagogy and 
theory.