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  • 26 Jan 2022
  • News

Making Peace with Anger

efforts in the world to show up, to be there for a sports game, for a concert recital, whatever the case might be. But I wasn’t really there mentally. I wasn’t engaged in being present for the boys, I was there to sort of carry the flag.... View Details
  • 21 Aug 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

to reshape their companies, and explored how they can put data to work for them in ways that create value for their own businesses. The data advantage in sports Big data is already being used heavily in the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

Coach K: A Matter of the Heart

By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey
Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or continue to coach at Duke University. Provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and... View Details
Keywords: Power and Influence; Strategic Planning; Decisions; Personal Development and Career; Interpersonal Communication; Management Teams; Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Sports Industry; North Carolina
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  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

research, Michael Norton shows that rituals play a role in healing communities experiencing a great loss, marking life’s major transitions, driving a stadium of sports fans to ecstasy, and helping us rise to challenges and realize... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • Web

Industry Information - Alumni

theoretical and empirical on cross-border banking, as well as information on regulatory initiatives. Reuters: Finance Breaking news on the banking industry delivered by Reuters journalists. + – Business of Sports Business of View Details
  • Profile

Melcolm Ruffin

Growing up on the west side of Chicago, Melcolm Ruffin was immersed in three things: "a loving family that nurtured me," an emphasis on education, and a passion for basketball. "I loved sports and was a big basketball... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
  • 09 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

between people from diverse backgrounds, celebrating the uniqueness of every individual and fostering a spirit of inclusivity wherever I go. Whether it's through hosting meals, cheering on my favorite sports teams, or running marathons, I... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

sports some 80 million likes. Nutella has 23 million on its Facebook page. If fan communities feel supported by their brand, they are that much more likely to come to its defense when attacked. "Your best defense against the haters... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • 26 Oct 2018
  • Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

go to an indoor cycling class with her. I didn’t understand. The bikes didn’t move – why would I do this?  Nevertheless, I went to a class at Flywheel Sports and left feeling better, physically and mentally. While I grew up playing... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Banking on Success

time for vacations. What was your first job? I was a paperboy in Hartsdale, New York, for a few years, delivering the Reporter Dispatch. In high school, I sold sporting goods at E.J. Korvettes, a New York metropolitan area discount chain.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
  • 01 May 2020
  • Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

Student Organization (LASO), sports clubs like the B-School Blades, professional clubs like Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), and interest clubs like the Wine & Cuisine Society. With classes moving online for the remainder... View Details
  • January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
  • Case

Jackie Robinson: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of Jackie Robinson from the poor streets of Pasadena, California to one of the most famous people in America after he overturned the color barrier in baseball. The case describes how as a youth he excelled at basketball, football, baseball,... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Power And Influence; Personal Characteristics; Values And Beliefs; Mission And Purpose; Sports; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Leading Change; Personal Development and Career; United States
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  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 17 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

valio84sl As the National Basketball Association kicks off its regular season this week, a recent study makes a surprising discovery: Coaches favor players of their own race, giving them slightly more playing time than might be expected. And in follow-on research soon... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

FAMILY PORTRAIT: John and Aileen Crowley with Megan, John Jr., and Patrick. When John Crowley (MBA ’97) flew to Portland, Oregon, last spring to watch the filming of a movie about his life, what he saw was “beyond surreal.” The actors’ trailers all View Details
Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 25 Jan 2017
  • HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

young woman able to secure a job as a sports broadcaster only after applying the product. And several famous actors have endorsed skin-whitening products. Although men share this desire for fair skin and sometimes dip into similar creams... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • August 2021 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

Data Science at the Warriors

By: Iavor I. Bojinov and Michael Parzen
The case explores the development and early growth of a data science team at the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team based in San Francisco. The case begins by explaining the initial rationale for investing in data science, then covers a debate on the appropriate team... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Sports Industry; San Francisco; United States
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  • 30 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

disease, and if you thought it was associated with injury—of which there is no evidence—you could pass laws requiring the use of a helmet. It's interesting that some activities that seem repugnant strike me as very similar to other activities that are not repugnant.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2015
  • Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

Sports (basketball, volleyball, flag football, squash, section Olympics, IM trivia) Group Travel (spring break in Costa Rica and Machu Pichu, long weekends in Iceland and Nashville) Section Retreats (long weekends in Cape Cod or ski... View Details
  • 05 May 2011
  • What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. It was biased judgment on the part of supposedly unbiased referees and umpires. They hypothesize that the cause is a natural tendency to avoid excessive booing by the home team crowd, particularly in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett