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- 1 Aug 2010
- Conference Presentation
Firm Performance, Top Management and Minority Hiring: African‐American Coaches in the NFL, 1970‐2007
By: Andrew Hill and David Thomas
Studies of minority hiring have found that low-status firms are more likely to hire minority candidates. However, most work has examined hiring for entry and mid-level positions, not senior management, which differs in the level of 1) uncertainty regarding the optimal... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia
Roberts, Michael J., and Nabil N. El-Hage. "Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad." Harvard Business School Case 808-126, February 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Pete Carroll: Building a Winning Organization through Purpose, Caring, and Inclusion
By: Ranjay Gulati, Matthew Breitfelder and Monte Burke
Competing at the highest levels of the National Football League (NFL) requires tremendous skill, dedication and persistence. The most successful coaches in the NFL know how to draw out a higher level of performance and consistency from their players. This is typically... View Details
Keywords: National Football League; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Relationships; Performance; Success; Sports; Sports Industry
Gulati, Ranjay, Matthew Breitfelder, and Monte Burke. "Pete Carroll: Building a Winning Organization through Purpose, Caring, and Inclusion." Harvard Business School Case 421-020, October 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
- Research Summary
Strategic Human Capital
My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
from the Negotiations That Wrested the NFL from CBS By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—A remarkable 1993 negotiation rocked the world of American football with aftershocks that have directly shaped today’s entertainment and media landscapes... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
president of media strategy and digital media for the NFL, was faced with the challenge of determining the league's strategic approach to the wireless market—and presenting his views to NFL team owners. What was the league's best strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
caught the eye of major brands and led to marketing contracts. Ultimately, Sanders would go on to become one of the only athletes in the world to simultaneously play professional football and baseball, winning two Super Bowls in the NFL... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?
In a famous scene from the film "Jerry Maguire," NFL wide receiver Rod Tidwell repeatedly screams, "Show me the money!" as his agent listens on the other end of the telephone. Intuition might tell us that showing the money motivates, and... View Details
Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette
- 25 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?
the NFL does simply from television contracts, those monies annually dwarf all the numbers you just mentioned, which include everything for baseball. Baseball may be bouncing back to some degree, but at the end of the day, it still... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
on Super Bowl can have a negative effect on a brand, but it's a calculation that, I think, the best brands make and they make wisely. Another case I have is on Nike and (former NFL quarterback) Colin Kaepernick, and the decision to use... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
negotiator who doesn't have either an explicit understanding about emotions, or is highly intuitive about the process." Negotiating In The NFL Wasynczuk (HBS MBA '83) should know—he served as chief operating officer for the New... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of head injuries on NFL players indicated a serious threat to the long-term viability of the game. Particularly concerning was the indication that some deceased... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
broadcasters pay a premium for licensing rights. In terms of affiliate fees, nine out of ten of the most expensive cable networks per viewer carry high-engagement sports content, with ESPN, the NFL Network, and the MLB network leading the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
iPhoto This weekend the NFL is concluding its annual draft. Up to 255 college football players will be distributed over three days across the 32 NFL teams. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
Six National Football League head coaches were fired on December 31, or “Black Monday,” as it’s known in the sport. The infamous tradition begins immediately after the conclusion of each NFL regular season and represents efforts by... View Details
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
American history? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810106-PDF-ENG NFL U.K Elie Ofek and Peter WickershamHarvard Business School Case 510-105 The NFL faces a decision on how to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
first head coaching job in 2006 with the New Orleans Saints, and won the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award that year; Chuck Noll, who took his first head coach job with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 and coached the team to... View Details
- 12 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
There is a theme to Dwayne Johnson’s life, and that theme is never settling. Johnson vividly remembers a moment in the mid-90s when he was being driven back home to Tampa, Florida, by his father after getting cut from a Canadian Football League team, his dreams of an... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806045 The NFL Harvard Business School Case 706-412 From 10-cent tickets to $17 billion television contracts, examines how a game became a multibillion dollar industry.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
see whether performance is as portable as many in the NFL believe. To us, the fact that it is portable for some positions and not portable for others is interesting. Q: Companies' hiring managers must avoid errors, especially these days.... View Details