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- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
those opportunities.” An excellent tennis player, Burke volunteered to teach the sport as a teenager in Milwaukee’s inner city. “It taught me a lot,” she said. “You see kids with a passion for life and talents and you know if they could... View Details
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
recent case on tennis powerhouse Maria Sharapova. Key concepts include: On a global scale, total sports industry revenues are expected to be nearly $100 billion in 2007. The highest-paid athletes often make more money from endorsements... View Details
- Profile
Dana Hoffmann
science graduate, and the pair immediately began discussing new venture ideas. They entered the startup world with a company to sell a sensor for tennis rackets to help improve performance. But it was classes such as the Founders’... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
anticipates that people who bought tennis rackets might also want some tennis balls, the City might anticipate that people applying for a moving permit might also need to figure out their trash pick-up,... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
Levitt never let up on his students, he never let up on himself, either, continuing to work and play tennis even as his body failed. “He loved tennis, but it was a constant struggle for him,” remembers his son Peter. “We held his memorial... View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
instrument is popular, ninety percent of all players quit by age fifteen. "In sports," Ann observes, "the social connectivity helps people stay. But in music, that social aspect isn't as accessible. We don't get that bigger picture, the interactivity.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
Museum, and a gala dinner at the Royal Albert Hall featuring a command performance of Romeo & Juliet by the English National Ballet. Come early for optional trips to France or Ireland, or stay afterward for golf in Scotland or tennis at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Rites of Autumn
up with John J. Burns (MBA 1955). Members of the Class of 1960 participated in a lively classroom discussion on "Changing Technology and the New Economy". The Class of 1955 made time for a tennis tournament. Hamming it up are 1965... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Back to School
sophomores, 100 juniors, and 80 seniors. A significant percentage of Spingarn students receive reduced-price lunches. Many of those same students eat their lunch while sporting iPods, iPhones, and watches bigger than Texas belt buckles, wearing View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
firm believer in the Club Med philosophy. An avid tennis player and equestrian, he says that "when you clock a seventy-hour workweek, you need some fun in your life to make it all worthwhile." As for Giraud, the Club Med way is in his... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 23 Jan 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sports: Lessons for Managers
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement A case study on the marketing of tennis powerhouse Maria Sharapova. Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)? Few of us want to take less money to move to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Goes Back To School
interactions with each other are at the heart of this education.” Among the changes that Shad General Manager Sue LaRose has seen during re-opening is the appointment system for the facility and the tennis courts. “Members make a... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Siblings at HBS: Katie and Tyler Harris
HBS for the Harris sisters. These days the sisters can be found comparing case notes, swapping fashion advice (they live next door to each other), and engaging in the occasional friendly game of tennis (the loser always buys the... View Details
- Web
Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
leisure activities to combat the fatigue and monotony of factory work. Trade catalogs advertised the wares of emerging industries devoted to sports, hobbies, and entertainment activities, promoting products from toys and musical instruments to cameras and View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
benefit a wide variety of businesses, however, Sviokla offered a word of caution. "If you dive into the marketspace," he told the OPM graduates, "you have to expect that things are going to move very quickly." Golf and tennis tournaments,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
that are big enough to keep them interested. "Another concern is staying nimble," he continues. "Someone in a garage right now is inventing a product that could be threatening to me. It's important to stay paranoid and avoid complacency." Which isn't to say Ranadivé... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
opened the James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences. A trustee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, James has funded numerous programs that encourage youth to get involved in the sport. If there is one endeavor in which Tom James... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
fields. Can you imagine doing brain surgery without proper training? Or playing the cello at Carnegie Hall or tennis at Wimbledon without years of training and practice? Just as you cannot learn these skills solely in the classroom,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
activities in her hotel room. That Maria—who was 21 or 22 at the time—was able to address a room full of journalists at the UN and take questions about the war in Bosnia was eye-opening. I learned that, yes, she's an amazing tennis player... View Details