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- May 2013
- Supplement
From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Michael Vitale
This case focuses on the growth of an innovative non-profit institution that motivates aboriginal children to attend school by harnessing their love of football. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Michael Vitale. "From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 913-416, May 2013.
- June 18, 2015
- Article
What Makes FC Barcelona Such a Successful Business
By: Andres Hatum and Luciana Silvestri
This article explores how FC Barcelona's identity as "more than a club" fuels the team's impressive performance on the field. We focus on the role of La Masía, the club's youth academy, to explain how a strong sense of organizational identity underlies the team's style... View Details
Hatum, Andres, and Luciana Silvestri. "What Makes FC Barcelona Such a Successful Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 18, 2015).
- March 14, 2011
- Article
Mistaking Mistrust for Greed: How to Solve the NFL Dispute
By: Deepak Malhotra
Malhotra, Deepak. "Mistaking Mistrust for Greed: How to Solve the NFL Dispute." Forbes.com (March 14, 2011).
- July 2008 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson
Larry Scott, the new CEO of the Women's Tennis Association, arrives amidst turmoil. Players and tournaments clash over opposing interests. As a result, the board members who represent them are equally divided and feel conflicted about their role. They aren't sure how... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Cooperation; Sports Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-018, July 2008. (Revised September 2010.)
- October 2009
- Journal Article
Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence from Soccer
By: Oriol Carbonell and Diego A. Comin
This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to renegotiate their agreement. We study optimal contracts with and without commitment and derive an exclusion restriction that is useful to identify... View Details
Carbonell, Oriol, and Diego A. Comin. "Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence from Soccer." Art. 1. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 5, no. 4 (October 2009).
- September 2007
- Case
Dice-K: The Hundred (Plus) Million Dollar Man
Describes the efforts made by the Boston Red Sox to sign superstar Japanese pitcher Daisuke (Dice-K) Matsuzaka within the context of the team's attempts to keep pace with longtime rival, the New York Yankees. In late 2006, Dice-K is viewed as the prize of the free... View Details
Cohen, Randolph B., Michael Barry, and F. Mark D'Annolfo. "Dice-K: The Hundred (Plus) Million Dollar Man." Harvard Business School Case 208-043, September 2007.
- October 1995 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
Marketing the National Hockey League
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
One third of the 24 National Hockey League (NHL) teams are unprofitable. Another third are barely profitable. This case provides the background and market research data to help the senior managers of the NHL make decisions pertaining to how they would like to grow the... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Research; Sports Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Marketing the National Hockey League." Harvard Business School Case 596-059, October 1995. (Revised December 1995.)
- October 1995
- Case
Korff Enterprises, Inc. (Abridged)
By: Myra M. Hart
Keywords: Sports Industry
Hart, Myra M. "Korff Enterprises, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 396-103, October 1995.
- June 1985
- Teaching Note
CML Group, Inc.: Carroll Reed Ski Shops, Inc., Teaching Note
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Keywords: Sports Industry
- Portrait Project
Jeff Chochinov
promote the Olympic sport of curling. I also plan to write a comedic screenplay about my hometown of Winnipeg and open a photography gallery to display my work when it becomes good enough. Above all else, my most important goal in life is... View Details
- Profile
Monne Williams
sponsor?" Seeking answers, Monne landed a college internship with Roush Racing, a NASCAR team based in Charlotte, NC. "I got to see how licensing and merchandising worked from the inside," she says. When Monne returned to Duke, she aggressively networked... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
Photographed by Luciano Munhoz From her São Paulo office, Claudia Sender (MBA 2002) has a clear view of the Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, a spectacular 450-foot-tall structure of yellow steel cables laid over an X-shaped support tower that spans the Pinheiros River... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
People Watching
finance department before moving to Sports Illustrated, where she spent ten years before accepting the top spot at People. At the time, the magazine was just a black-and-white “grocery store” publication. “Nobody else wanted the People... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Sochi Preview
Alexander Zhukov (PMD 61, 1991) With the Winter Olympics just months away, it's not only the athletes who are beginning to feel the pressure to perform well. Alexander Zhukov (PMD 61, 1991) is president of the Russian Olympic Committee, and some would say his... View Details
- April 2024
- Supplement
Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs
By: George Serafeim
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Carbon Abatement; Sustainability; Recycling; Waste Management; Technology; Entrepreneurial Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Decisions; Energy Conservation; Investment Return; Profit; Technological Innovation; Patents; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Sports; Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Sports Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; France; United States; Pennsylvania; Europe
Serafeim, George. "Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 124-707, April 2024.
- Portrait Project
Jason Brown
I’m all too familiar with not fitting in. It started when I was young. Coming from a Filipino-Japanese-Caucasian family, I’ve never known anyone who looks like my brother and me. It got harder as a teenager. Never “one of the boys,” I was always the last pick for View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
SCOTT O’NEIL (MBA ’98), on the nature of his job as president of Madison Square Garden Sports, a $1 billion operation, at a Business of Sports Club presentation at HBS, February 23, 2010. 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