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Harvard Business School

Committee Chairman Ron Brown to purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65 million. Breaking ground as the first minority owner of an NBA franchise, he opened the doors of sports management for all minorities. Bynoe founded Telemat Ltd., a... View Details

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

blind spots.” More than likely, says Gompers, the increased performance is due to a combination of all three factors. He is currently working on a way to determine whether ethnic diversity causes the same spike in financial results. Gompers is exploring possible... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

01 Feb 1998
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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

01 Feb 1998
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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

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

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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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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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

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

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 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