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  • 2010
  • Article

Hiring for Strength, Hiring for Weakness: Evidence of Internal Strategic Fit from the NFL

By: Andrew Hill
Firms may hire senior managers to shore up a weakness or to build on a strength. Using evidence on the hiring of NFL head coaches, this paper finds that teams that hire for strength outperform teams that hire for weakness. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Performance; Sports; Sports Industry
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    What Precision Medicine Can Learn from the NFL

    • April 25, 2019
    • Article

    Who's the Most Important Member of an NFL Franchise?

    By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Abhijit Naik
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    • 02 Jan 2009
    • News

    Why Wall Street Should Be More Like the NFL

    • 03 Jan 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

    Every year, just as Hercules cleansed the Augean Stables, some NFL teams undergo a thorough reorganization of their coaching staffs. This annual exercise in bloodletting, known as Black Monday, takes place on the first Monday after the... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports
    • March 14, 2011
    • Article

    Mistaking Mistrust for Greed: How to Solve the NFL Dispute

    By: Deepak Malhotra
    Keywords: Entertainment; Sports Industry
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    • 21 Dec 2015
    • News

    Why the NFL gets a failing grade at Harvard Business School

    • Article

    NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

    By: Boris Groysberg and Abhijit Naik
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    • 19 Feb 2010
    • News

    NFL Players Learn Business Skills in Weeklong HBS Program

    • 14 Mar 2011
    • News

    Mistaking Mistrust For Greed: How To Solve The NFL Dispute

    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    How Rupert Murdoch Outfoxed Larry Tisch: Ten Enduring Lessons from the Negotiations that Wrested the NFL from CBS

    By: James K. Sebenius
    A remarkable 1993 negotiation rocked the world of American football with aftershocks that have directly shaped today’s entertainment and media landscapes and even our polarized politics. In December of that year, Rupert Murdoch’s fledgling Fox Network unexpectedly... View Details
    Keywords: Bargaining; Football; Negotiation; Sports; Media; Negotiation Tactics
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    • Article

    NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

    By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Abhijit Naik
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    • 01 Mar 2010
    • News

    From Pads to Pinstripes: NFL Players Make the Move to Finance

    • 12 Oct 2017
    • News

    Braude’s Believe It Or Not: Puerto Rico, NFL Protests & NBC

    • 30 May 2025
    • News

    Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

    HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • January 2024
    • Case

    National Football League and Private 5G

    By: Andy Wu, Grant Son and Shuoyu Chen
    On September 9, 2021, the National Football League (NFL) designated Verizon as its official 5G partner in a 10-year deal, committed to enhance the experience for NFL teams, players, and fans in stadiums. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, “Verizon will help us... View Details
    Keywords: Football; National Football League; 5G; Verizon; Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Sports Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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    • October 2014 (Revised September 2017)
    • Case

    The National Football League and Brain Injuries

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
    The National Football League (NFL) was both the most popular spectator sport in the U.S. and a major economic entity, taking in roughly $10 billion a year in revenue. However through the early twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of... View Details
    Keywords: Employee Safety; Safety; Employees; Sports; Health; Ethics; Sports Industry; United States
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      Preparing High-Earning Athletes for their Post-Play LIves

      The average NFL player makes upwards of a million dollars a year. Even rookies are guaranteed a minimum of $325,000, which is seven times the average starting salary of a college grad. It’s a lot of money, but with the career of an NFL player averaging just... View Details

      • June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
      • Case

      NFL-Network Television Contracts, 1998-2005, The

      By: Stephen A. Greyser
      The National Football League (NFL) is negotiating its next round of national television contracts with its broadcast and cable TV partners. The revenues from these contracts constitute a major source of income for the individual NFL teams. The case provides information... View Details
      Keywords: History; Rights; Contracts; Business Earnings; Negotiation; Partners and Partnerships; Budgets and Budgeting; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      • April 2005 (Revised March 2006)
      • Case

      Henry Walters (A)

      By: Paul W. Marshall
      Presents a custom program for NFL players. View Details
      Keywords: Sports
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