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- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
When Jessica Matthews (AB 2010, MBA 2014) was 19 and in her junior year of college, she and some classmates invented the Soccket, a soccer ball that generates and stores electricity during play. It was designed to provide a clean source... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
been able to anticipate. As Duncan Philps-Tate noted, “This after all is the nation which elected H’Angus the Monkey (the local soccer team’s mascot) as Mayor of Hartlepool.” Those endorsing the name saw it as a way of popularizing a... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
advertisers. Nor are they the World Cup—the quadrennial single-sport, multi-week championship of professional soccer that commands vast attention in much of the world, but limited interest in the United States. Rather, the Olympics both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
mainstream in the early 2000s. Leagues were organized by a central authority, and competitions were televised. Long before the rest of the world discovered the 21st-century sport, South Korean video gamers were held in the same regard as View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
one,” says Iansiti, who describes himself as more of a soccer person. “The more I got into it, the more I read about it, it became more and more interesting and more and more fascinating, so it kind of drew me in.” Iansiti read the Wells... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
behind one of pop culture's most successful icons. Over the past decade, Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has frequented star-studded galas thrown by LeBron James and Jay-Z, hung out with the CEO of Walt Disney Studios, and watched... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
models and policies are incomplete without taking into account the bargaining process and, in particular, the way in which this process interacts with underlying control structures in the household. Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
Review article with legendary soccer coach Sir Alex Ferguson, on his team management and leadership lessons. (It was so well received that it deserves a sequel!) But I am mostly very hard at work on the release of Blockbusters—it's my... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
his two daughters' soccer and basketball teams and usually finds time to go to a gym regularly. "When I'm not up physically, the whole company feels it," he says. "In fact, when things were really bad, one of the activities that kept me... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
that experience,” he adds. A devoted father of three, over the years Klarman has made family a top priority, taking time to coach his daughters’ soccer teams and attend his son’s piano recitals. Together with his wife, Beth, he has also... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Image by Greg Betza Alison Rapaport (MBA 2018) has always been passionate about sports, both as a spectator and a participant. “I love being part of a team and I’m super competitive, so I like to win,” she laughs. Rapaport grew up in Los Angeles playing View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
When TV Nova launched in 1992 as the first new television channel in post-communist Czechoslovakia, few might have imagined the joint-venture drama unfolding behind the scenes. Distinguished for bringing Baywatch, soccer matches, and sexy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
all-consuming. He makes time for family and outside pursuits. As his three children grew, he coached his daughters’ soccer teams and attended his son’s recitals. And he is deeply committed to a number of philanthropic causes. Klarman... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
It's not a thing that he tolerates. It's a thing of mutual respect, and that makes all the difference in the world. And thirdly, he talks about this with our boys. Our children don't think this is abnormal. There are many, many, baseball games, View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014) is cofounder and CEO of the market research firm the Sports Innovation Lab, and when we spoke in May, it was the week after the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
for soccer fans, FirstRowSports. The NFL’s as-yet-unnamed foray into online streaming will test the waters with an October 25 game only available online. The cable and telecom industry has taken note, evidenced by its heavy lobbying... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
grades in school. Thomas Yao - MBA ‘19 “You’re pretty good for an Asian kid!” As a Chinese boy growing up in Germany, I learned to deal with acts of everyday racism. I had always been a passionate soccer player and assumed that at some... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Stress the contributions of immigrants to their societies. One notable example is that of sport, where many stars—from soccer to basketball—are either naturalized immigrants or have foreign-born parents. Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini