NFL - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

There is a theme to Dwayne Johnson’s life, and that theme is never settling. Johnson vividly remembers a moment in the mid-90s when he was being driven back home to Tampa, Florida, by his father after getting cut from a Canadian Football League team, his dreams of an... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

12 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

see whether performance is as portable as many in the NFL believe. To us, the fact that it is portable for some positions and not portable for others is interesting. Q: Companies' hiring managers must avoid errors, especially these days.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

which in 2005 surpassed the NFL in viewership, and Berggren's options in developing a plan to exploit new opportunities for his organization. Challenges students to develop a business plan in an industry where new technology and new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

Impossible, I draw out scores of actionable lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of fascinating real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608083 A.J. Washington: Retaining an NFL Star Harvard Business School Case 909-033 General Manager Luke Kolville, of the Los Angeles Spartans, struggles with the best approach to negotiate a long-term... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

choose one of the four options. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709424 Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad Harvard Business School Case 808-126 The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former... View Details