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- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-031. NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to... View Details
- August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case considers Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane’s data driven and, in baseball circles unconventional, approach to winning games over the duration of the long Major League Baseball season. Beane’s critical approach to crafting strategy within his... View Details
Keywords: Data Analysis; Metrics; Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Measurement and Metrics; Competitive Strategy; Organizational Culture; Sports Industry
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget." Harvard Business School Case 118-010, August 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- June 2009 (Revised August 2014)
- Teaching Note
Negotiating on Thin Ice: The 2004-2005 NHL Dispute (TN) (A) & (B)
By: Deepak Malhotra
Teaching Note for [906038] and [906039]. View Details
Keywords: Sports Industry
- March 2009 (Revised July 2024)
- Teaching Note
Tottenham Hotspur plc
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 209-059. View Details
- winter 2007
- Article
Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls
By: Guillaume R. Frechette, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Unver
Frechette, Guillaume R., Alvin E. Roth, and M. Utku Unver. "Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls." RAND Journal of Economics 38, no. 4 (winter 2007): 967–982.
- June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
The American Basketball League: The Last Chapter
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth
Provides information on the demise of the American Basketball League (ABL) in December 1998. Reviews the League's attendance, television activity, and competitive positioning versus the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In conjunction with earlier cases... View Details
Greyser, Stephen A., and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth. "The American Basketball League: The Last Chapter." Harvard Business School Case 599-109, June 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- August 1978 (Revised June 1988)
- Case
University of Michigan Athletic Department
Keywords: Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A. "University of Michigan Athletic Department." Harvard Business School Case 179-008, August 1978. (Revised June 1988.)
- 01 Feb 2015
- News
Jonathan Kraft is Prepared for Next Step
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Just Super
Moments after the New England Patriots upset the heavily favored St. Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI, Patriots owner Robert Kraft (MBA '65) thanked the team's fans "for helping us bring this championship home" and observed that "our team symbolizes what's going on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
sporting goods companies. But Kim and Coup weren’t interested in selling the company yet. Meanwhile, Timberland, based in Stratham, New Hampshire, had been assembling a collection of brands under the umbrella of its outdoor group to... View Details
- Profile
Sara Roedner
Throughout college, Sara Roedner spent her summers working at Steiner Sports Marketing, where she saw, "the power of sports to motivate people." Companies came to Steiner asking for athletes who... View Details
- Web
Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates
including options for child care, transportation discounts, and real estate and mortgage resources. To sweeten the deal, your Harvard ID card acts as your passport to a University-wide offering of libraries, museums, and events, as well as discounts to movies, plays,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Bianca Tabourn
how many times my heart is broken. Say "I do" to a man who thinks I am most beautiful when sporting sweats and a pony tail. Dance at a night club, sober, and not have a care as to what others think of me. Walk into a meeting... View Details
Eric Boutin
Longwood Fund, a life sciences venture capital fund, where he led early-stage biotech deals and founded Flex Pharma, a neuromuscular sports performance company, which went on to IPO (NASDAQ: FLKS). Eric holds an MBA from Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- Portrait Project
Anita Gupta
child, playing on Hellshire Beach – a makeshift, impoverished playground, just a stone’s throw from Kingston’s slums. He playfully called himself royalty, sporting only a pair of tattered shorts and a giant, toothy smile. The beach was... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The way to measure success
people worldwide, with manufacturing and distribution facilities, executive office buildings, and sports stadiums located on four continents. Kraft’s commitment to philanthropy, with an emphasis in the areas of education, health care, and... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Longtime Harvard Athletic Director Retires
Bob Scalise (MBA 1989), who has spent more than four decades working in various roles at Harvard, announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the calendar year. As noted by the Harvard Gazette, Scalise spent his last 19 years at the school as director of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
High Stakes on the High Seas
In 1998, on the day after Christmas, 115 sailboats crossed the starting line in Sydney, Australia, bound for Tasmania, a 630-mile dash across the Bass Strait, one of the world’s most treacherous bodies of water. The fabled Sydney to Hobart race went ahead despite... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment