Publications

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

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01 Jun 2003
News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

Systems, Atlanta Previous Job: associate, A.T. Kearney, Cambridge, corporate strategy and operations improvement Captain: runner-up team in Boston soccer league After HBS: moving to Washington, D.C., with wife Irene Yackovlev Expecting:... View Details

September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
Case

Warner Bros. and BitTorrent

Involves the copyright issues associated with Bram Cohen's revolutionary program BitTorrent, which makes it possible to transfer very large files, such as movies, at a high speed over the Internet. The program, which is available for free over the Internet, is used for... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Copyright; Lawfulness; Distribution; Internet and the Web; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

the cash registers, unloading trucks, and cleaning the parking lots, floors, and bathrooms,” the study notes, citing the original lawsuit. They weren’t actually managing people. Phony titles, big corporate savings This is no niche... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

10 Apr 2008
News

The Sum of Our Own Greatness

mission to be achieved.” Ryder hopes to make the film available on the Web, but that requires working out issues involving copyrights for music used on the soundtrack. For more Centennial coverage, check the special issue View Details

Keywords: Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

The contributions made by immigrant scientists and engineers for developing new U.S. technologies have been formidable—but not always well described. What we do know: While the foreign-born account for just over 10 percent of the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

May 13, 2021
Article

The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership

By: Thomas Dudley and Ethan Rouen

Wealth inequality in the U.S. has been increasing for decades: The richest 1% own a majority of all business wealth, and the top 10% own more than 90%. Companies, which have played a vital role in the growth in inequality can also play one in reducing it. One place to... View Details

Keywords: Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employee Ownership; United States

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02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

they will be able to withdraw their funds at a later date—and at what exchange rate. This happened in Brazil in the early 1990s and in Argentina in the early part of this century, when similar desperate policies were enacted. The... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

02 Feb 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

acquired in marketing and entrepreneurship. “How do you reach consumers of this product, music, and maintain strong relationships with them?” he asks. “Something I’ll take away from my time here is that you’ve always got to hustle to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

January 2021 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out Of The Gun Business (A)

By: George A. Riedel

Dick's Sporting Goods was one of the top five retailers of a range of firearms in the US. Over the last several years and specifically following the Parkland shooting of 2018, Ed Stack, the CEO and chairman, had wrestled with the question of their role as a leading... View Details

Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Sporting Goods; Sport; Human Behavior; Violence; Ethics; Decision Making; Social Issues; Corporate Accountability; Sports Industry; Retail Industry; United States

June 2023
Case

Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems

By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger and Ruoshi Qi

At Investor Day 2022, Block announced a new vision for its businesses: creating an ecosystem of ecosystems. Outside the norm for many public growth companies, Block had recently acquired a variety of new business streams in the creator economy and Bitcoin despite a... View Details

March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Massport (A): The Aftermath of 9/11

This case looks at the turnaround at the Massachusetts Port Authority after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It begins with the situation during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and then describes how the new CEO restructures the public agency to operate much more like a... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Corporate Accountability; National Security; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts