L. Alessandrini et G. Bassanelli, MODIFICATIONS OF COMPACT BALANCED MANIFOLDS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 1, Mathematique, 320(12), 1995, pp. 1517-1522
Let M and ($) over tilde M be n-dimensional compact complex manifolds,
and f : ($) over tilde M --> M a modification. We prove here that M h
as a balanced metric (i.e., an hermitian metric such that its Kahler f
orm omega satisfies d omega(n-1) = 0) if and only if ($) over tilde M
carries a balanced metric too.