Sports - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Winners and Losers at the Olympics

glory on the slopes or on the ice are looking for endorsement opportunities that will lead to a post-Olympics pot of gold. In short, the Olympic Games are big business. Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser has been studying, teaching, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Stephen A. Greyser; Sports; Sports; Sports

01 Feb 1998
News

Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)

For fans and management alike, with so much of professional sports now indistinguishable from other high-powered enterprises, where can one turn for an affordable and quality sports experience? Ask Frank... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made the decision to go ahead with the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Feb 1998
News

Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser

In his MBA elective, The Business of Sports, Professor Stephen A. Greyser brings an insider's knowledge to topics such as league development, sports and the media, corporate sponsorship of sports, marketing for teams in turnaround... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

December 2011 (Revised May 2012)
Supplement

Nike Football: World Cup 2010 (B)

By: Elie Ofek and Ryan Johnson

Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry

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October 2006 (Revised November 2007)
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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (B)

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Yannis Katsarakis

Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry; Greece

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August 2005
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Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (B)

By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock

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21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

the heyday of the suggestion box, some overflowed with penciled index cards while others sported cobwebs. Dialogue is necessary for creating a shared reality—especially now. People’s pandemic experiences have varied widely depending on... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

Sports in America have always had a magical, transcendent allure. Life may be ambiguous but slam dunks and touchdown passes create their own heroic reality and final truth at game's end. Sports are a bond... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Media, and Sports Professor Anita Elberse No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info What does the future of entertainment look like? Fueled by advances in digital technology, will a select few superstars in media and View Details

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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June 2006
Teaching Note

Hala Madrid: Managing Real Madrid Club de Futbol, the Team of the Century (TN)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Keywords: Sports; Management; Sports Industry; Spain

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June 2005 (Revised October 2005)
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Coach Roy Williams: What Next? (B)

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Christopher Chang and Scott Schweitzer

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Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry

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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 last Sunday of the regular... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Sep 2024
News

Net Positive

At LOVB, designing a “community-up” volleyball ecosystem, from youth teams to a professional league. (photo by Melissa Golden) Volleyball is the number-one sport for girls in the United States by participation, yet unlike soccer and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

June 1983 (Revised December 1991)
Teaching Note

Utah Stars, Teaching Note

By: Henry B. Reiling

Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry

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May 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Case

Total Fitness, Inc. (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr., Richard D.R. Stark and Marc H. Zablatsky

Keywords: Sports; Sports Industry

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01 Mar 2011
News

Life Is a Marathon

A few days past his 90th birthday, Jon Mendes (MBA ’47) was featured right alongside a lot of younger, bigger, and more famous athletes in the sports pages of the New York Times (November 7, 2010). That’s because Mendes was about to run... View Details

11 Dec 2017
News

Leadership Lessons from the Basketball Court

Chrissie Gorman (MBA 2012) created PowerForward with Duke basketball legend Coach K. to bring leadership and team-development lessons from sports to the business world. In this video, she explains the ground rules of team play and lessons... View Details