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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Taking the Lead in Support of HBS
"When it comes to innovative business education, HBS leads the way. I contribute on a regular basis because it's important to me that the School continues on that path." —Andrew Hauptman (MBA 1995) Chairman, Andell, Inc.; Owner and Chairman, View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Systems, Atlanta Previous Job: associate, A.T. Kearney, Cambridge, corporate strategy and operations improvement Captain: runner-up team in Boston soccer league After HBS: moving to Washington, D.C., with... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
her move from Bursa, Turkey, to play in a more competitive volleyball league in Istanbul. There was a trade-off, however: The athletics were great, but her new high school was not. "I was frustrated that I couldn't get a good academic... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
director of sponsorships and marketing for Major League Baseball. His ultimate goal? "I'd love to own the Yankees," he says with a smile. It may have taken his parents some time to accept his change in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Putting the Game Within Reach
traditional sports—and it is only the beginning.” —Angela Ruggiero Jen Rottenberg (MBA 1996), CMO at Fan Controlled Football League (photo courtesy of Jen Rottenberg) Jen Rottenberg (MBA 1996), CMO at Fan Controlled Football View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
mainstream in the early 2000s. Leagues were organized by a central authority, and competitions were televised. Long before the rest of the world discovered the 21st-century sport, South Korean video gamers were held in the same regard as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
by Dan Morrell Perhaps the biggest free agent target in major league baseball this off-season was 25-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher in the Japanese professional league... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
three hours [when they’re] sitting in their seat.” To that end, new ballparks and arenas have begun to include physical diversions such as pools, kid zones, and beer pavilions. But Mariner, former executive vice president and CFO of Major... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
decade, according to the World Bank, an increase of more than 50 percent. The national unemployment rate has hovered under 5 percent, touching record lows. Income inequality—though still a major issue for the country—is dropping: Between... View Details
- Profile
Rye Barcott
says Rye. "When you show a genuine interest in their lives, they open up and share their innovative ideas." One was simple yet brilliant: a community soccer league that could bring different ethnic... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
little bit about how American women basketball players began playing professionally in Europe? Levy: Well, it happened like this. There were leagues in Europe-- very amateur except that the players would get paid modest sums. And no one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
focusing on and expecting major growth with younger fans (especially ages 6–13), US Hispanics ("more of whom watched the last Super Bowl than the last World Cup final"), and women ("a strong group and getting stronger"). To reach the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
For fans and management alike, with so much of professional sports now indistinguishable from other high-powered enterprises, where can one turn for an affordable and quality sports experience? Ask Frank Burke (MBA '87), owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts Double-A minor... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Harvard's MBA/AD
management. HBS official Bob Scalise (MBA '89) was named Harvard's new athletic director in July, stepping down from his position as the School's associate dean for administration, senior executive officer. An All-American lacrosse player at Brown who later coached... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
owners in the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Soccer. The fund grew quickly, not only because the founders have decades of previous investment successes, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
He’s Back
Formerly NBA senior vice president for business and league operations, Dennis Robinson (MBA ’90) is the new president and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, overseer of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which Robinson... View Details
Richard R. Deupree
sponsoring the first radio soap opera - “The Puddle Family” in 1932. In 1939, just five months after the introduction of television in the U.S., Procter & Gamble aired its first TV commercial (for Ivory soap) during the first televised View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
continues to grow in North America, that performance data will play a major role in how those take shape.” —Angela Ruggiero Chris Marinak (MBA 2008), Executive Vice President for Strategy, Technology, and Innovation at View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
on the name in the interest of creating public support for research were advanced. Far from being concerned about the loss of NERC control over the naming process, the majority of those commenting positively on the name saw it as a result... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jonathan Mariner
Mariner Photo courtesy Jonathan Mariner “There aren’t many activities that bring a community together so quickly — without respect to age, race, and gender lines — as a winning ball club,” observes Jonathan D. Mariner, the veteran sports executive who has served as... View Details