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- 23 Jan 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sports: Lessons for Managers
strength." The following stories from our archives look into sports both as a business opportunity and as a metaphor. Are you ready to level the playing field? Alex Ferguson's Lessons on Leading For almost three decades, Sir Alex Ferguson developed the Manchester...
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- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
owners in the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Soccer. The fund grew quickly, not only because the founders have decades of previous investment successes, but...
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- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48334 Harvard Business School Case 815-071 The National Football League and Brain Injuries The National Football League (NFL) was both the most popular...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
strongly pro-Trump Fox News) wrote to all employees that he was donating $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League in reaction to the president’s statements. This issue raises the question, where does a CEO's responsibility lie when...
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by Gautam Mukunda
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
on the name in the interest of creating public support for research were advanced. Far from being concerned about the loss of NERC control over the naming process, the majority of those commenting positively on the name saw it as a result...
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- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
discussions that we’ve had” The case study, written by HBS’s Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration and head of the Technology and Operations Management unit, focuses on the data analysis used by the National Football View Details
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
manufacturing firms, asking whether they would be willing to take part in a study of how CEOs spend their time. Some 356 CEOs agreed to participate. Some family CEOs spend less time at work than professional CEOs, especially during major...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
consistently well on all six major league teams for which he has played from 1995 to 2011. The Tricky Business Of Managing Stars Shortly after the historic 2011 meltdown, Red Sox team manager Terry Francona...
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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
number of very sharp and very important junctures." Critical Junctures The first critical juncture was the invention of the printing press, which made it possible to have a media industry to begin with. The second major juncture...
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- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
Nobody understands the power of Twitter better than Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. In a now-infamous television interview in January after a National Football League playoff game, Sherman briefly ranted against rival Michael...
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- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
major highway system, the North-South East-West corridor (NS-EW). Improvements for portions of the NS-EW system were planned to occur at the same time as GQ but were subsequently delayed. Additional tests show that the GQ project's effect...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
harder to gain credibility with commercial messages. “The sports marketing industry is a global business.” As a result, many of the highest-paid athletes now make more money from endorsements and other commercial activities than from salary and winnings. The View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Contractibility and Contract Design in Strategic Alliances Authors: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier Publication: American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze how variations in contractibility affect the design of contracts in the context of...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
League in the MIT Sloan Management Review. "As research on the National Football League reveals, sometimes the specific nature of a job determines whether a great performer at one company can replicate that...
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- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
Are coaches worth the multimillion-dollar salaries they are offered? Is the same true of managers in the business world? Just what is the value of a top manager to the organization and employees? Do baseball managers improve performance? In 1993, Lawrence Kahn analyzed...
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- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
culture. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510091-PDF-ENG Major League Baseball Advanced Media: America's Pastime Goes Digital Anita Elberse and Brett LaffelHarvard Business School...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
financial officer of Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer and consumer finance company. Global banks are decreasing their positions in Latin America. Last year alone, he said, major banks reduced investments in Latin...
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by Julie Jette
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
Six National Football League head coaches were fired on December 31, or “Black Monday,” as it’s known in the sport. The infamous tradition begins immediately after the conclusion of each NFL regular season and represents efforts by...
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- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
allow people to act on temporary emotions and impulses. (A recent paper by David Card and Gordon Dahl shows a 10 percent spike in domestic violence immediately after a local National Football League team suffers an upset loss,...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
devotees, while drivers of the Cayenne (which came to be known as 'the SUV for soccer moms') tended to be safety-conscious, family-oriented, and conservative. Evolving debates on forums allow a class to debate whether the brand had...
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Sean Silverthorne