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June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
Case

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan

Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Testing and Trials; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Industry; Miami

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08 Feb 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Sports

06 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

flourish and thrive.” After all, people are good at faking when they are paying attention to others, consciously or not, smiling and nodding when they are really thinking about their favorite streaming show or the football game they... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions

Keywords: by Alvin E. Roth

29 Feb 2024
HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

despite the investments of Beckham and others, remained relatively small, dwarfed by homegrown sports like football and baseball. Beckham has committed to building US soccer as part of his legacy, the case says, and brands started... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

University of Virginia; Ovul Sezer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Juliana Schroeder of the University of California at Berkeley; and Jane Risen of the University of Chicago. From football traditions to tea time... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Research Summary

Strategic Human Capital

My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details

12 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

Ferguson and Lakhani decided to test this theory using data from the Australian Football League (AFL), the wildly popular sport also known as “footy.” They detailed their findings in the recent working paper Consuming Contests: Outcome... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports

12 Sep 2023
What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

statement? Nike’s decision to feature in its ads Colin Kaepernick, an American footballer whose patriotism has been questioned, ultimately resulted in what was described by one observer as a “bold success.” On the other hand, brands like... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

maximizing says nothing to employees or managers about how to find or establish initiatives or ventures that create value. It only tells us how we will measure success in the activity. Defining what it means to score a goal in football or... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

dust has settled a bit, I am seeing the best entrepreneurs realize that now is the time to play offense. The "play offense" playbook is well known to many, but hard to execute during a downturn. With the start of the football season... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

03 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

in, often from their previous clubs. But I think it is important to build a structure for a football club—not just a football team. You need a foundation. And there is nothing better than seeing a young... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

“It’s a match made in heaven!” One hears this said at weddings, at the end of mergers, at the hiring of CEOs, and, of course, at the hiring of coaches in the National Football League. Human history is rife with examples of a union of two... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

13 Jun 2014
Op-Ed

World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is expected to attract the attention of 3.2 billion people worldwide. During one month, 32 teams will vie for the trophy of best football (a.k.a. soccer) team in the world. With 64 matches and assuming... View Details

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

addressing endogeneity concerns. We find that success in men's football and basketball has a significant impact on a school's respective football and basketball revenues; however, the effect is different... View Details

23 Jan 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Sports: Lessons for Managers

'Moneyball' to the NBA Are people better off as a result of your presence? Leadership lessons from basketball, the ultimate team sport. Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing After one of the most dramatic plays in collegiate View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48334 Harvard Business School Case 815-071 The National Football League and Brain Injuries The National Football League (NFL) was both the most popular... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

The most damaging portion of former FBI Director Louis Freeh's comprehensive report on the Pennsylvania State pedophilia scandal is his conclusion that four senior university officials concealed football coach Jerry Sandusky's child abuse... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

Francisco 49ers football team, and Grousbeck, CEO of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. The fund focuses on sports media content, an industry headed to $60 billion in revenue, according to the Causeway partnership. Higgins says the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

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