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- 20 Jul 2021
- News
How Adidas Helped Monetize the Olympics (Preview Video)
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
A pall hangs over Sochi. Not since the bribery scandal overshadowed the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City has an Olympic Winter Games been so fraught with controversy. Fears of a terrorist attack by Islamic extremists; outrage over Russia's... View Details
- 13 Jan 2016
- News
Winning GE: Better than the Olympics
- 06 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End
Beijing National Stadium, also called the "Bird's Nest," has been in use since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (bingdian) Few sporting events can equal the pageantry, scale, and drama of the View Details
- March 2004 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Salt Lake Organizing Committee, The: 2002 Olympics
By: H. Kent Bowen, Bryce LaPierre and Courtney Purrington
After two and a half years of effort, Fraser Bullock, COO of the 2002 Winter Olympics, faced projected deficits and post-9/11 security requirements only five months before the opening ceremony. Summarizes the organizational structure and processes put in place by... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Knowledge Dissemination; Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Planning; Practice; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Sports; System
Bowen, H. Kent, Bryce LaPierre, and Courtney Purrington. "Salt Lake Organizing Committee, The: 2002 Olympics." Harvard Business School Case 604-092, March 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
- 11 Apr 2008
- News
Olympic sponsorship isn't an automatic gold medal
- 14 Aug 2008
- News
What the Olympics Means for China, IT
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Winners and Losers at the Olympics
There's much more at stake in the Olympics than medals. Giant corporations are eager to tie huge marketing and advertising campaigns to the Olympic rings and ideals. NBC spent more than $600 million to win... View Details
- October 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (A)
By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Yannis Katsarakis
Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style and how she and her team won the bid. After substantial planning problems threatened to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Bids and Bidding; Planning; Social Enterprise; Sports; Public Administration Industry
Marquis, Christopher, Doug Guthrie, and Yannis Katsarakis. "Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-050, October 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- 24 Mar 2022
- Video
Women in Sports: Gender and Equity in the Olympics and Beyond
- August 2021
- Supplement
The London 2012 Olympic Games Video Supplement
Gourville, John T. "The London 2012 Olympic Games Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 521-718, August 2021.
- 18 Feb 2022
- News
What Would You Do for Olympic Gold?
- June 19, 2012
- Article
Pricing Lessons from the London Olympics
By: Marco Bertini and John T. Gourville
Bertini, Marco, and John T. Gourville. "Pricing Lessons from the London Olympics." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 19, 2012).
- August 2010
- Teaching Note
The London 2012 Olympic Games (TN)
By: John T. Gourville and Marco Bertini
Teaching Note for 510039. View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Women in Sports: Gender and Equity in the Olympics and Beyond
- April 11, 2008
- Article
How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
By: Mark R. Kramer
Kramer, Mark R. "How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 11, 2008).
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
With China hosting the Summer Olympic Games starting this week, some reformers see an opportunity to use the world stage as a platform to pressure the country's leadership into expanding social freedoms. Judging by recent news, they don't... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2014
- News