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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
MLB Advanced Media’s new Statcast system provides measures for every play, arming analysts like Tippett with a wealth of new data. (Courtesy of MLB.com) Tom Tippett’s love of sports data began at age seven, when his mom bought him a... View Details
- July 2014
- Article
Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games
By: Andrew Davies and Ian Mackenzie
Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction programme showed that systems integration is one of the major challenges involved in delivery of a complex "system of systems"—or array—project. Organizations cope with complexity by decomposing a project into... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Construction; Complexity; Sports; Projects; Sports Industry; Sports Industry; London
Davies, Andrew, and Ian Mackenzie. "Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games." International Journal of Project Management 32, no. 5 (July 2014): 773–790.
- November 2013
- Teaching Note
A.J. Washington: Retaining an NFL Star
By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang
A.J. Washington explores the early phase of a contract negotiation between a professional football team and its star quarterback. This case illustrates the challenges associated with negotiation for human capital. Specifically, it explores the tension between... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
to be an extremely risky decision made by a sports fanatic, but in time it proved to be a winning business move. The decision to buy the Patriots fits a pattern that Kraft developed at a young age. He is a man who believes that anything... View Details
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
The National Hockey League
By: Robert F. Higgins and John Masko
Teaching Note for HBS No. 819-036. View Details
Keywords: Sports; Media; Multinational Firms and Management; Expansion; Strategy; Sports Industry; United States; Canada
- October 2013
- Article
Ferguson's Formula
By: Anita Elberse and Sir Alex Ferguson
When Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in nearly 20 years and faced a very real threat of being relegated to a lower division. In 26 seasons under Ferguson,... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business or Company Management; Management Style; Success; Sports; Sports Industry; England
Elberse, Anita, and Sir Alex Ferguson. "Ferguson's Formula." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 116–125.
- August 2005 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
The NFL
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
From 10-cent tickets to $17 billion television contracts, examines how a game became a multibillion dollar industry. Looks at the birth and growth of the NFL, how the NFL responded to competitive challenges, how the NFL maximized revenues, revenue sharing, the salary... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Groups and Teams; Sports; Corporate Finance; Sports Industry; United States
Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "The NFL." Harvard Business School Case 706-412, August 2005. (Revised September 2006.)
- February 2006 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Negotiating on Thin Ice: The 2004-2005 NHL Dispute (A)
By: Deepak Malhotra and Maly Hout
On September 15, 2004, the existing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) expired. Because the two sides had failed to negotiate a new CBA by that date, NHL... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Trust; Sports; Compensation and Benefits; Sports Industry; United States
Malhotra, Deepak, and Maly Hout. "Negotiating on Thin Ice: The 2004-2005 NHL Dispute (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-038, February 2006. (Revised March 2006.)
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)
basketball camp for girls, ever, in the Pocono Mountains. They wanted to build the sport by approaching sponsors to support women’s basketball in the few forums it had at the time. I was a big sports fan,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
triumph since 1972 hold lessons for other kinds of organizations and companies? Sports and games serve as a handy source of metaphors for business. Performance metrics abound, and success and failure are on the scoreboard for all to see.... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
New England Patriots, The: Making the Team
Examines the organizational strategy of a professional football team that contributed to the team's sustained success. Considers several aspects of the team's "blueprint" with respect to players: recruitment, retention, task structure, training, culture, and... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Sports; Compensation and Benefits; Sports Industry; New England
Beaulieu, Nancy D., and Aaron Zimmerman. "New England Patriots, The: Making the Team." Harvard Business School Case 905-011, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- October 1999 (Revised July 2000)
- Case
MasterCard International: World Championship Soccer Sponsorship
By: David J. Arnold and David Lane
MasterCard must decide whether to renew the sponsorship of the World Cup and other soccer events in light of a 100% increase in the sponsorship fee and a strategic realignment by MasterCard. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Arnold, David J., and David Lane. "MasterCard International: World Championship Soccer Sponsorship." Harvard Business School Case 500-036, October 1999. (Revised July 2000.)
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Twenty-five students from Brighton High School toured the Chao Center construction site as part of the Urban Neighborhood Design Alliance’s City/Build project, which teaches students about design and engineering. On campus to kick off the University-wide Deans’... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Linking Donors, Students
guests. “I am inspired and empowered by your philanthropy, and I am determined to offer a strong return on your investment,” she said, citing her future goal of launching a nonprofit arts and sports center in the Brooklyn neighborhood... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
$250,000 seed-funding round. Cofounder and consultant Jen Rottenberg (MBA 1996) estimates that the high-school athletics market alone is worth $2 billion in annual transactions. And the market hasn’t proved overly competitive: Other companies that work in the local... View Details
- July 2005 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Real Madrid Club de Futbol (Multimedia)
By: John A. Quelch
In June 2004, Florentino Perez, a well-known Spanish businessman, was elected president of Real Madrid, one of the world's top soccer clubs. In his campaign, Perez had promised to turn around the club's finances, bring in world-class talent, and extend the club's brand... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sports; Expansion; Sports Industry; Spain
Quelch, John A. "Real Madrid Club de Futbol (Multimedia)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 505-081, July 2005. (Revised April 2009.)
- November 2003 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
San Francisco Giants
By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Larry Baer, executive vice-president and COO, was eager to improve profitability for the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Over the last few years, the Giants have had a number of successes. They successfully built the first privately financed ball park in over 30... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business or Company Management; Success; Sports; Sports Industry; San Francisco
Sahlman, William A., and Elizabeth Kind. "San Francisco Giants." Harvard Business School Case 804-092, November 2003. (Revised January 2005.)
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
"We had 100 volunteers who worked almost around the clock," says Lehrer, who also helped host visits from HBS's Business of Sports Club and the annual Tech Trek. "There were lots of people answering questions from the same brand, so we... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
A Whole New Game
According to research compiled by the Federal Reserve, cities, not suburbs, are now the leading generators of US economic growth. From 2010 to 2016, urban populations grew faster than those in the suburbs, reversing a nearly 70-year-old trend. And View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons