olympics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

ones. For example, the two Mars missions launched in 1998 were given a budget of only half that of Mars Pathfinder, well before anyone knew how Pathfinder would fare. As one NASA executive remarked, "It was like being in the Olympic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2022
News

What We’re Reading

sport, and the comradeship generated among teammates. I actually have my own boys-in-the-boat story. Twenty years after the University of Washington team won its gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, I was the coxswain of the Yale crew that won an View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

strategy. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would coincide with the conclusion of the five-year plan, and ASICS had paid over $100 million to be a Gold Sponsor of the games—Oyama wondered whether his company was on the right track to achieving... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on the West Side of Manhattan. If built, the NYSCC would have served as the home for the Jets and possibly the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

previous World Cup and Olympic hosts. But the country's lack of transportation alternatives—particularly a useful rail system—has also put an extraordinarily heavy burden on the airlines to move fans to disparate match sites. "I don't... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

their next trip together — being planned to the nth degree by the patriarch — which will center on the Winter Olympics in 2010, which happen to be taking place in Vancouver, which of course is not far from the small town of Burnaby. For... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

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Past Issues - Alumni

times of the Class of 1971. Leading In a New Era 71 Snapshots Complete Table of Contents June 1996 Keepers of the Flame HBS's Olympic Organizers Class Acts Six MBA 1996 Standouts Complete Table of Contents April 1996 Technology for... View Details

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