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February 2023 (Revised March 2023)
Case

The LPGA’s Long Drive Toward Gender Equity

By: Boris Groysberg and Alexis Lefort

This case provides a history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and examines the reasons for the gender pay gap in professional sports. The case protagonist, the commissioner of the LPGA, wrestles with the opportunities and challenges the LPGA currently... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Gender; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Sports Industry; United States

August 1996 (Revised July 2008)
Exercise

Network Assessment Exercise: Executive Version

Designed to help executives identify patterns in their approaches to developing networks of relationships. A "network" refers to the set of relationships that help people to advance professionally, get things done, and more generally, develop professionally and... View Details

Keywords: Networks

11 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Career Journeys | Mariah Cushman

HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. Mariah Cushman (MS/MBA 2023) shares her experience building a partnership with her career coach, and how... View Details

11 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Career Journeys | Mariah Cushman

HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. HBS Career & Professional Development sat... View Details

November 2008 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Tottenham Hotspur plc

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a publicly-owned professional soccer team based in London, England. The club's chairman, Daniel Levy, is contemplating a significant investment in physical assets, including the development of a new stadium as well as the acquisition... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Capital Budgeting; Decision Making; Competency and Skills; Cash Flow; Investment; Buildings and Facilities; Sports; Investment Portfolio; Financial Strategy; Sports Industry; London

August 2005 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Young Minister Confronts the Challenges of Montgomery

By: William W. George, Rick Buhrman and Andrew N. McLean

As the Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, the young Martin Luther King Jr. faces challenges to his leadership goals, strategic vision, and personal and family safety. Makes extensive use of King's own words and writings and builds a portrait of a young, talented, and... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Education; Values and Beliefs; Biography; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Alabama

02 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Career Journeys | Segolene Mahe

HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. “Flexibility can open doors to unexpected opportunities”, says Segolene Mahe (MBA 2023). She shares how... View Details

Career Coach

Phillip Andrews

Phillip (MPA, New Hampshire ’06; JD, Suffolk Law ’09) is formerly a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development responsible for employer relations in Africa, Europe, Latin... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Government; Social Enterprise; Clean Technology; Energy; Telecommunications; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing; Auto/Transportation/Logistics

December 1998
Background Note

Note on Dedicated Sports Stadium Revenues

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman

An overview of the rapid growth of stadium development in professional sports in the 1990s. The range of special stadium revenue streams is described along with specific examples of stadiums for the Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers. View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Decisions; Growth and Development; Revenue; Sports; Buildings and Facilities; Sports Industry; District of Columbia; North Carolina

14 May 2018
Blog Post

Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers

The arc of Diane Flynn's career will be familiar to many talented professionals – especially talented female professionals. After a successful run at The Boston Consulting Group, she got her MBA from HBS (1988) and went on to have an... View Details

11 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

In honor of Veterans Day, we checked in with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, the club on campus for student veterans. The mission of the Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA) is to help talented veterans transition out of the military to Harvard Business... View Details

20 Dec 2023
Video

Chat GPT for Job Searching Short

2015
Working Paper

Multi-Sided Platforms

By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright

We study the economic tradeoffs that drive organizations to position themselves closer to or further away from a multi-sided platform (MSP) business model, relative to three traditional alternatives: vertically integrated firms, resellers or input suppliers. These... View Details

Keywords: Two Sided Markets; Reseller; Business Model; Multi-Sided Platforms; Vertical Integration

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23 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Career Journeys | John Guzek

HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. John Guzek (MBA 2023) recounts the origins of his desire to combine social enterprise with... View Details

Career Coach

Sarah Sikowitz

Sarah (Kellogg '06) is the Director of Career Education and Coaching in the HBS Career and Professional Development office. Her team manages all the student and alumni programming, along with the career... View Details

2021
Working Paper

MLS as a Sports Product—The Prominence of the World's Game in the U.S.

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kenneth Cortsen

The purpose of this Working Paper is to analyze how soccer at the professional level in the U.S., with Major League Soccer as a focal point, has developed over the span of a quarter of a century. It is worthwhile to examine the growth of Major League Soccer (MLS) from... View Details

Keywords: Soccer; Major League Soccer; Sports; Growth and Development; Organizational Structure; Business Model; Sports Industry; United States