Sports - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Mar 2018
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A Dream Job at World Wrestling Entertainment

Keywords: wrestling; women; leadership; sports; career paths

06 Feb 2014
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Why the X Games Won't Dethrone the Olympics

Keywords: disruptive innovation; sports; competitive advantage; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

16 Oct 2014
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Tampa Bay Rays Name New President

Keywords: baseball; sports team management; local government; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage

to contribute financially to his family back home. Gonzalez has given much thought to the concept of leadership, in sports and in business, and describes it as “the glue for different opinions.” “Leaders need to listen and to value what... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; courage; sports; illness; cancer; international students; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
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3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)

I interned at a lot of different places in high school and college—a hospital, a retail store, a magazine, an ad agency. At Duke, I was part owner of a student-run food-delivery service. In Clay Christensen–speak, it was the “emergent strategy,” exploring as I went and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; sports reporting; digital media; strategy; management

01 Mar 2014
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Insight: Yenball

Business of Sports course and has conducted research for both professional teams and leagues. In a new HBS working paper, he and Isao Okada—a journalist and former Fulbright visiting scholar at Harvard's Reischauer Institute of Japanese... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Masahiro Tanaka; Hideki Matsui; Isao Okada; business of sports; Arts, Entertainment