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- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
the chain's best-selling new item in Canada ever. When the sandwich made its Canadian debut in the fall of 2010, KFC sold a million Double Downs in less than a month, enough "to stretch across 2,083 hockey rinks," according to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Honorable Mention
Women's B-School Blades ice hockey team to the Bretton Woods Graduation Ball, was honored for her work in "creating a positive, balanced, and inclusive community for her classmates." The final Dean's Award winner, David Rosenblatt, chair... View Details
- 18 Sep 2008
- News
HBS Olympians
4x100 meter medley relay. More information here. Jack Morrison (MBA 1971H) played on the US Olympic hockey team at the 1968 Olympics at Grenoble, France. More information and photos here. Fritz Hobbs (MBA 1972E) competed on the US coxed... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
Canadian who sported not only a hockey stick but also an irrepressible enthusiasm for presidential candidate George McGovern. Elected class secretary upon graduation, Vibert has maintained strong ties to HBS and has zealously attended... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
For sports fans, this time of year is like a chocolate addict's free pass to Willy Wonka's factory. Horse racing's Triple Crown. The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League championship playoffs. And next up, the most... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
played the contrarian and rained all over Harvard's parade and other Commencement ceremonies. The awarding of HBS diplomas was moved indoors to Bright Hockey Center, where Dean Kim B. Clark complimented the Class of 2002 for its heroism,... View Details
- Student-Profile
Sarah Wolfolds
hockey in local leagues. Cambridge and Boston are very young, outdoorsy areas so it’s easy to meet new people and get involved with activities in the area! A run around the Charles River is a quick fix to a stressful day. After HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
league—began to play without fans in the stands. Outside, that is, of some cardboard facsimiles of fans that were purchased as part of a pandemic relief program. It’s an imperfect—albeit necessary—set up for fans. And Ruggiero, who is a four-time women’s View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
victory. "It can also lock a company into a community—a double-edged sword," Sull writes. You name monuments after your success. Renaming football stadiums, ice hockey rinks, and the like "is another red flag that sometimes... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
until we retired. That may no longer be possible. What are you doing, as hockey great Wayne Gretzky is quoted as saying, to "skate to where the puck is going to be"? What rate of change in communications technology can the... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
awards, buildings, scholarships, a professorship, and even a hockey tournament bear McArthur’s name. In 2013, he received the Order of Canada, a prestigious civilian honor, and last year he accepted the Harvard Medal. Now 83 and retired,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
public perception of white athletes as more poised, professional, and thoughtful than black athletes. The consensus: Absolutely. Foster noted a key difference between professional football and hockey, in which the players are predominantly white. "In View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
self-sustaining if it was going to be successful.” Another family lesson, about taking the long view, was first put to the test soon after Fisher, a standout field hockey player, entered Ursinus College. The small liberal arts school,... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
set-up, and why three dimensions are more powerful than one. Here's a Q&A and book excerpt. Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change Following the adoption of a collective bargaining agreement in 2005, National Hockey League GMs had... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
(NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), and the National Hockey League (NHL), television, both national and local, has been a boon as well. Television provides significant direct revenue as well as the added exposure that stimulates other... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
out.” Gertsacov has clearly taken full advantage of his time here. A star HBS rugby and ice hockey player, he’s a gourmet chef whose Thai cooking lessons earned his section $1,600 in its charity auction. He also launched a monthly... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
Will it solve the problem?” the answer would likely be no. The best is only the best yet, so I think as possibilitists, we must beware best’s siren call. Following the [2013 Boston] marathon attacks, the decision was made to cancel that night’s Boston Bruins View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
adjacent parking lot, which he hopes will be part of a redevelopment project when the nearby Joe Louis Arena, where the Detroit Red Wings hockey team plays, is demolished. “This is an area that eventually is going to get developed. It... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
regretfully. But if Weber occasionally can't make family gatherings, it's not for lack of trying. Consider the events of a Saturday last winter, when Vickers was in the middle of an acquisition deal: "In the morning I took my son to his View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
those paths would entail. There’s a failed Hollywood screenwriter, a washed-up NHL hockey player, and an under-accomplished woman who married the wrong man—all at the brink of life’s fragile breaking point. There’s a small-town braggart... View Details