NFL - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

There is a theme to Dwayne Johnson’s life, and that theme is never settling. Johnson vividly remembers a moment in the mid-90s when he was being driven back home to Tampa, Florida, by his father after getting cut from a Canadian Football League team, his dreams of an... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

in 13 consecutive seasons, and is the second, after Chuck Noll, to win four Super Bowls. He has coached the Patriots to 13 division titles in 16 years. Arguably, Belichick and the Patriots have dominated the NFL longer than any other team... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

including NFL and NHL teams. Use cases also include military and elder care markets. All told, Unger estimates peak revenues to reach about $375 million. Nix is still in the midst of product development, but it expects to set the market... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

baseball games; the games that amateur players broadcast are more like a pickup basketball game. The world championships in each of the major games are the Super Bowl. But the comparisons begin to fall apart when attention turns to business considerations. “The View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

women and meant the difference between survival and starvation for dozens of families. Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL by Roger L. Martin (MBA '81) (Harvard Business Review Press) Martin lays... View Details

12 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

see whether performance is as portable as many in the NFL believe. To us, the fact that it is portable for some positions and not portable for others is interesting. Q: Companies' hiring managers must avoid errors, especially these days.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

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

broadcasters pay a premium for licensing rights. In terms of affiliate fees, nine out of ten of the most expensive cable networks per viewer carry high-engagement sports content, with ESPN, the NFL Network, and the MLB network leading the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

case study purposes, it doesn’t matter that Deflategate is still unfolding, he says, with a judge overturning the NFL’s four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the start of this season, and the NFL mulling an appeal.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

24 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

diseases that have no symptoms, or carrying an expensive backup quarterback on an NFL team. Co-benefits are real, tangible, and financeable. Take health improvement and time savings. We rode the new bus rapid transit (BRT) system in... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

former NFL cornerback Domonique Foxworth (MBA 2015), bringing his unique perspectives on football, the personalities surrounding it, and anything else he finds interesting. Listeners will also hear from Foxworth’s expansive list of... View Details

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

which in 2005 surpassed the NFL in viewership, and Berggren's options in developing a plan to exploit new opportunities for his organization. Challenges students to develop a business plan in an industry where new technology and new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021

Minneapolis to pursue his dream job working for the Minnesota Vikings NFL team. Ready to take on the world together (and probably just a little bit crazy), we got married relatively young when I was 21 and he was 24. Since then, we’ve... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

things seem impossible. Professor Malhotra draws out lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and... View Details

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

Impossible, I draw out scores of actionable lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of fascinating real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608083 A.J. Washington: Retaining an NFL Star Harvard Business School Case 909-033 General Manager Luke Kolville, of the Los Angeles Spartans, struggles with the best approach to negotiate a long-term... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

NCAA Division I and NFL athletes. He also served as program director for the Herman J. Russell West End Academy Barber Shop Talks, where he worked with students in the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program at Morehouse College to mentor high... View Details

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

choose one of the four options. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709424 Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad Harvard Business School Case 808-126 The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former... View Details