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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
for partnership between the faculty, staff, and students." Even as an undergraduate at Harvard, team leadership came naturally to Mitchell. He was a two-time captain of the varsity basketball team, was voted the team's most valuable... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Where Are They Now?
several corporate boards and worked as a consultant to dozens of organizations over the years. This year, Merchant, the father of two school-age daughters, is on sabbatical and developing a new line of inquiry focused on corporate governance. In his spare time, he... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
More Than a Business
business, he just didn't know when or how. "Dad was good about exposing me to business-never pressuring me into it but always making it seem attractive and interesting," he recalls. After becoming a star basketball player at Yale as an... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
life. And I've been happy with all of them, so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Local Hero A lifetime basketball fan, Herb Kohl worked to get the Bucks to Milwaukee in 1969. Not wanting to see the NBA franchise leave his hometown when... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
the six-foot six-inch former Yale basketball player is conducting a whirlwind tour of the facility that houses Kettle Cuisine, Inc., the soup-making company Shafir has painstakingly nurtured since cofounding it in the mid-1980s. With... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
figures offer the hard data that prove HCZ’s approach works. So do the lives of its graduates. Owusu-Kesse coached basketball when he first came to HCZ; now those players are young men, out in the world. Falilou, a graduate of Boston... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
endurance. Physiologists say that rowing a 2,000-meter race is equivalent to playing two basketball games back-to-back. The difficulty of keeping oar strokes synchronized has been compared to “eight people trying to do the perfect golf... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
established in 2000 and dedicated to improving educational access and health outcomes for children from underprivileged backgrounds, through community initiatives and scholarships. Working at Meredith & Grew every summer throughout college, Lewis found his path. “I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
of those aged 18 to 34, tied with basketball at 11 percent and trailing only football, and a recent Nielsen survey found that 55 percent of 16to-24-year old Americans were “interested” or “very interested” in soccer. That makes it harder... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
more visible — lessons than do other endeavors is subject to debate. (Popular HBS cases include ones about Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, the West Point crew team, and the NFL’s New England Patriots.) Still, Bruins fans can be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
has their own three words, and it doesn’t need to be for a skiing or snowboarding competition.” Reading: Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization, by former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. “It’s been very helpful in... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
until seventh grade, basketball until eighth grade, football until ninth. Then I wrestled and threw the shot put and discus through high school. The faster the ball moved — or the smaller it got — the sooner my career in that sport was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
they exercise, and then monitor it for visual cues indicating when, what, and how much to drink. Hydration can dramatically affect athletes, says Nix founder and CEO Meridith Unger (MBA 2010), a former college basketball player and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
"The moment you think that you dictate what is hot is the moment you lose your cool." Blazing New Territory "Pigeonholing Vibe as a hip-hop magazine is the rough equivalent of calling Sports Illustrated a basketball magazine," explains... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
president of corporate development and strategy at the Madison Square Garden Company, which now hosts esports events in its venues across the country. “But, to use a basketball analogy, esports is still in the beginning of the first... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
pipeline at every stage; if we could, then good things would happen,” he says. After HBS, Rice worked at Walt Disney Co. for four years, in new business development and marketing. Next he joined the National Basketball Association as... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
think about this introduction, I wondered how I would answer that question. I was at my desk, and I turned away from my computer and I stared out my window, which overlooks a sprawling playground filled with skateboarders and pickup View Details
- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
chronologically. Please let me know about Olympians in your class or section who are missing here. Dick Davies (AMP 93, 1998) was a member of the US basketball team that won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. More information... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
television have always been mutually beneficial - sports provide television with a source of programming and content and a way of attracting viewers for other, nonsports program offerings. And for the four principal sports leagues, the National View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
clear that, even with that value, you had execution issues that kept you up at night,” she said of the MLIM decision. As the team packed up to head to the Shad basketball courts to congregate with the rest of the 1,400 students and alumni... View Details