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27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

plural," Mike Krzyzewski, Duke's men's basketball coach, liked to repeat. Winning streaks are associated with not just one but many leaders—a nested series of leaders, like the Russian dolls in which each doll opens to reveal another... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, is in the heart of basketball country. Yet its record for the 2013/2014 basketball season was a dismal 5–20. The school recruited Jason Polykoff from the University of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

boxes on the way to promotion. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/418031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-042 LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire It is June 2016. Superstar basketball player LeBron... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809089 LeBron James Harvard Business School Case 509-050 In 2005, to the astonishment of many sports industry insiders, superstar basketball player LeBron James fired his... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

astrophysics to barbs about the National College Athletic Association. When asked who would win the NCAA basketball tournament, Foster Tweeted: Ncaa will win. They'll get billions, players get a trophy.RT @mcorado33: @ArianFoster... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

they need to worry about attracting and retaining the best talent,” Toffel says. “Or why CEOs of companies that largely sell to Indiana residents, like the Colts football team and Pacers basketball team, might oppose the law to ensure all... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

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