Athletics - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2024
Teaching Note

Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs' Growth (A) and (B)

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 224-023 and 224-024. As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. A nascent direct-to-consumer apparel brand, birddogs had carved its niche in men’s... View Details

Keywords: Inventory Management; Forecasting Demand; Financial Constraints; Apparel; Startups; Corporate Finance; Forecasting and Prediction; Working Capital; Financing and Loans; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Demand and Consumers; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States

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20 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Tackle the First 90 Days of Your Next Role: A 5 Step Process for Success on the Job

of visualization that athletes have been using for decades.” Furthermore, when sharing your goals, make sure they are supported by defined action items to will work in service of those goals, as well as a clear articulation as to why... View Details

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Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

Changing consumer behaviors have redefined what it means to be direct to consumer ("DTC"). What once began online a decade ago as a distribution and disintermediation strategy has since evolved into a multifaceted approach for the modern-day brand.

The... View Details

14 Sep 2021
HBS Seminar

Dashun Wang, Northwestern

12 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia

we need to know who’s the most productive,” Myers says. “And that means we need to take seriously how we’re measuring scientists’ inputs and outputs, which can be quite a challenge.” You Might Also Like: Being a Team Player: Why College View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Education

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Program Details - Doctoral

2024 was $3,500; Fitness Center. Free use of Harvard athletic facilities, including the Malkin Athletic Center, Hemenway Gymnasium, and Blodgett Pool. Professional Photos. Professional headshot photo to use... View Details

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Crossover Into Business

For professional athletes. By Harvard Business School. For professional athletes. By Harvard Business School. Crossover Into Business is a semester-long program in which professional athletes develop their business acumen by working with... View Details

August 2021
Case

Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (A)

By: Anita Elberse, Briana Richardson and Cydni Williams

In May 2020, Chris Lyons, a partner at leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz receives the news that his company has reached a verbal agreement with one of Silicon Valley’s hottest social-media startups to lead its ‘Series A’ funding round, in a deal that... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment; Talent Management; General Management; Inclusion; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Nonprofit Organizations

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09 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

cross-pollinate through committees, seminars, speeches, athletic events, or even chance meetings. Zoom, Slack, and social media facilitate some virtual information sharing, but it’s unclear to what degree. While it’s still early days in... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional athletes. The company served 550 customers (made up of 2,000 teams), first signing collegiate sports teams and athletic departments before branching out to sports... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Solve Underemployment for People with Disabilities? Re: Richard Ruback 22 Oct 2024 Harvard Magazine Why Ivy Athletes Score in Careers Re: Paul Gompers 14 Oct 2024 The New Yorker The Home-Insurance Crisis That Won’t End After Hurricane... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

Wesleyan University and worked at Bain and Company before he helped launch Bright Horizons, a work-site childcare company. A father of three who was known for his passion, generous spirit, and extraordinary sense of humor, Kates was an accomplished View Details

03 Oct 2022
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Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

career advancement, Gompers is comparing intercollegiate varsity athletes’ careers with non-athletes. (Spoiler alert: The athletes have more career success.) You Might Also Like: It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty & Research - Global

athletes. The company served 550 customers (made up of 2,000 teams), first signing collegiate sports teams and athletic departments before branching out to sports governing bodies and professional sports teams and leagues. The size of the... View Details

06 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

The Truth About Authentic Leaders

with others. They don’t hide behind their flaws; instead, they seek to understand them. This lifelong developmental process is similar to what musicians and athletes go through in improving their capabilities. How leaders develop their... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

engine, that outboard motor is going to start [to sputter]. If you don’t know [the second curve] is there, or you’re afraid to use it, then it’s just going to be clear decline.” The striver’s curse Professional athletes expect that their... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

11 Aug 2022
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When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

than another. The cause might be situational, based on where a person grew up, the family they were born into, or the educational opportunities they had—in other words, luck. It might be individual, based on factors beyond a person’s control, such as raw intelligence... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

12 Oct 2021
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What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

After COVID-19 shut down most professional sports leagues last year, fans have been eagerly returning to games and matches. But what will keep them coming back after the pandemic? Leagues might assume that their star athletes and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports

01 Oct 1997
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J. Hughes Norton III

services. IMG also sponsors tournaments and events and does television production and merchandising as well. Behind this boom, however, is the industry concerned about overexposure or a backlash against the enormous sums athletes make? On... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

Valerie, a lifelong athlete who brings decades of experience in the fitness industry to the role of COO; Gordon is CFO and general counsel. People would naturally assume that a private, indoor club simply meant bringing the play out of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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