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- 11 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Place at HBS
picture (from April 2018) I feel fortunate that I launched my organization right after graduation. I am Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Trey Athletes, a non-profit youth sports startup that empowers athletes to be leaders, role models, and... View Details
- January–February 2019
- Article
Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias
By: Letian Zhang
Although it is well known that organizational and team performance influences strategic decision-making, little is known about its impact on ascriptive inequality. This study proposes a performance effect on racial bias: higher team performance reduces managers’... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Race And Ethnicity; Performance Feedback; NBA; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Ethnicity; Performance; Sports
Zhang, Letian. "Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias." Organization Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 40–50.
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Buying Gold in the Olympics
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Mickey Herbert (MBA 1969)
Mickey Herbert parleyed a stint as an administrative assistant to a pediatric neurologist into a successful career as the founder and CEO of a Connecticut HMO. Not bad for someone who confesses he had “no clue” what he wanted to do after leaving HBS —except play... View Details
- 15 Apr 2010
- News
A (Literal) Game Changer
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Sail Away
ROBB: A luxury home in every glamorous port. Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times Set to launch in 2013, the $1.1 billion Utopia will be a cruise ship with a difference: About half its cabins will be sold as private residences, ranging in price from $3.7 million to $26... View Details
- October 2019
- Case
GRIT Fitness
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull
In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Plan; Trends; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Style; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Sports; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; Value Creation; Sports Industry; Sports Industry; Texas
Applegate, Lynda M., and Olivia Hull. "GRIT Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 820-016, October 2019.
- Portrait Project
Jessica Gelman
company or professional sports league, write a book, publish my poetry, positively impact and give back to society by mentoring younger people and improving the educational system, sit on four company boards, allow myself to fall in love,... View Details
- Profile
Daniel Schachne
to his first love and focused his passion and enthusiasm in a new direction. He concentrated on Sports Management at the University of Michigan, and after graduation, Daniel took a full-time position with the NBA. "It was a unique... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
- Student-Profile
Elliot Tobin
Accountants aren’t typically distinguished by their athletic prowess—unless that accountant is Elliot Tobin, HBS doctoral student and former captain of MIT’s football team, where he was named an all-conference offensive lineman. “I played lots of View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Start Your Engines
Formula One racing is known around the world for its glamor and drama, with stylish, celebrity-studded locales that have included Monaco, Shanghai, and Casablanca. With fans scattered around the world, some also consider it one of the few truly global sports—a fact... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- News
The Right Stuff at HBS
A few weeks ago, HBS threw a party for some neighbors — the 12-0 Brighton High School Division 4 Super Bowl football champions. Most everything about HBS is high profile, but the School also does generous, thoughtful things that a lot of people never hear about. This... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
Why is it that the U.S. federal government allows local communities to give tax dollars to wealthy sports team owners rather than to create better benefits for citizens? Why are organ-donor programs constrained to the point where... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
Swan (HBS MBA '91), former executive vice president of Nickelodeon and now on the advisory board of Ascend Venture, and Donna Lopiano, executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation. HBS professor Myra M. Hart was a co-organizer of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2023
- News
Taking His Shot
Before Matija Pecotić (MBA 2019) beat Jack Sock—a tennis star once ranked 8th in the world—at a Florida tournament in February, he had to ask his boss for time off to compete. "I had to send an email to the whole team. [My boss] let me off," Pecotić, the director of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami
Climate Pledge Arena The final case study presented was Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena, a powerful example of how sports and entertainment venues can lead in sustainability. Originally built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, this... View Details