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  • 1 Mar 2013 - 2 Mar 2013
  • Conference Presentation

The Value of Flexibility in Baseball Roster Construction

By: Timothy Chan and Douglas S. Fearing
Drawing inspiration from the theory of production flexibility in manufacturing networks, we provide the first optimization-based analysis of the value of positional flexibility (the ability of a player to play multiple positions) for a major league baseball team in the... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Design; Production; Resource Allocation; Groups and Teams; Adaptation; Sports
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  • August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget

By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case considers Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane’s data driven and, in baseball circles unconventional, approach to winning games over the duration of the long Major League Baseball season. Beane’s critical approach to crafting strategy within his... View Details
Keywords: Data Analysis; Metrics; Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Measurement and Metrics; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Culture; Sports Industry
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  • November 2018
  • Case

The Bundesliga in the U.S.

By: Stephen A. Greyser, Sascha L. Schmidt and Florian Holzmayer
The Bundesliga, Germany’s premier football (soccer) league, is assessing its global broadcast and marketing strategy, with special focus on the very lucrative but highly competitive U.S. market. Its CEO Christian Seifert believed that a strong international position... View Details
Keywords: Media; Sports; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

emerge. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308013 Club Atlético Boca Juniors Harvard Business School Case 508-056 Club Atlético Boca Juniors is the most popular soccer club in Argentina and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • TeachingInterests

The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (MBA)

By: Anita Elberse
This second-year MBA course is primarily designed for students pursuing a career in the entertainment, media and sports sectors -- including film, television, music, publishing, video games, the performing arts, sports, fashion, and advertising -- or who plan to work... View Details
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

level of accountability for that performance. Furthermore, the influence of senior minority managers on hiring practices may differ substantially, depending on where a manager sits in the firm's hierarchy. Examining hiring practices on coaching staffs of teams in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Feb 2024
  • HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

five-year, $6.5 million-a-year contract with LA Galaxy that positioned him to buy the Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Miami franchise in 2018. As his two-decade soccer career... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
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About the Program - Summer Venture in Management

church, or soccer team. Examples of leadership and impact in or outside of the college campus environment include, but are not limited to: Serving in student government positions Leading a student association or club Volunteering in... View Details
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Curriculum - Case Method Project

theories; majority rule vs. tyranny of the majority; dangers of small republics; “expanding the sphere”; the Constitutional Convention; origins of American federalism, Articles I-III of the U.S. Constitution In Detail: Debt and Paper... View Details
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Hiring Organizations

Performing Arts, Inc. Lindsay Goldberg Ling Aging Lab Lithos Carbon Locust Walk Lone Pine Capital Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator - LACI LTS One Lux Capital Lyra Health M M33 Growth Macy's Mae Deli, The Magdrive Magna International Main Street Health View Details
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Past Programs - Crossover Into Business

the fall and spring semester) featured around twenty athletes—from sports leagues such as the MLS, the NBA, NFL, NWSL, and WNBA, from the UFC, and from the world of ballet—and nearly fifty MBA students and two student coordinators who... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

the University of Melbourne. Put another way: the more evenly matched teams are on the field, the less certain the final game score, and the bigger fan interest. Professional sports leagues around the world, View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports
  • Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

first- and second-tier professional soccer league (known as “football” outside of the U.S. and Canada) in Spain, enters its 100th soccer season later this decade. The most... View Details
  • 01 Feb 1998
  • News

Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)

Women's sports is one of the hottest growth sectors in the business of sports. A case in point is the National Soccer Alliance (NSA), a new women's professional soccer league... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

arbitrage trading. Prior to that, he held managerial and trading positions at several major Wall Street firms. Blicksilver graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Brooklyn College in 1976 before earning his MBA with distinction... View Details
  • Web

Skydeck - Alumni

discusses the business plan behind her sustainable spending app Striving for Imperfection In a new book, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) offers problem-solving mindsets for uncertain times Lessons from Major League... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

illustrate techniques and best practices. Participants will leave with a toolkit to help assess the severity of exposures and to use probabilities and risk maps to make investment choices. Lessons from Major View Details
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg