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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)
I interned at a lot of different places in high school and college—a hospital, a retail store, a magazine, an ad agency. At Duke, I was part owner of a student-run food-delivery service. In Clay Christensen–speak, it was the “emergent strategy,” exploring as I went and... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
his story of turning around the Bucks organization, which includes a major focus on supporting the broader Milwaukee community. “He never called the Bucks a basketball team,” says Hung. “He called them a service organization or a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Where Are They Now?
several corporate boards and worked as a consultant to dozens of organizations over the years. This year, Merchant, the father of two school-age daughters, is on sabbatical and developing a new line of inquiry focused on corporate governance. In his spare time, he... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
technology. (The company also has deals with the Erie BayHawks, a National Basketball Hall of Fame and minor league NBA team.) Using your phone, you can home in on a geographic beacon like the pitcher’s mound and watch video highlights or... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads
here are 5 essential skills that will jump-start any young professional career: GRIT Not everyone will have a formal internship this summer, but that should never stop you from finding ways to get better. As legendery basketball coach... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)
It’s one thing to look at the entertainment business from an executive’s point of view. It’s quite another to see it through the eyes of a professional basketball player, supermodel, or actress. That mix of perspectives is exactly what... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’
sense, but sometimes you have to shock other parties to get their attention. Donald Dell tells about how in the 1970s he tried to dissuade high school basketball star Moses Malone from signing a multimillion-dollar contract to play in the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
the six-foot six-inch former Yale basketball player is conducting a whirlwind tour of the facility that houses Kettle Cuisine, Inc., the soup-making company Shafir has painstakingly nurtured since cofounding it in the mid-1980s. With... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
experiences before they need them plays out in many fields other than business. The coach of one of my favorite basketball teams while I was growing up was always driven to win and to win big. As one of his biggest fans, I loved watching... View Details
- Profile
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
assistant to Geoffrey Canada, CEO of Harlem Children's Zone (HCF). "They take a holistic approach to services, from cradle to college," Kwame says. "With the Zone, I did a wide range of things from consulting on education policy reform with Mayor... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51714 Harvard Business School Case 517-035 Dwyane Wade In July 2016, while on his annual China tour to help promote the sportswear brand Li-Ning, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade and his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Rachel Silverstein
would be a total Hail Mary, but I made it!" The program has been more than welcoming to both Silversteins. "By eagerly participating in our intramural sports, particularly basketball and flag football, Jason's made a lot of... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Moments at HBS
simplicity of our upbringing; stories of working summers on a farm and crowded high school basketball gymnasiums. · Sitting next to a young man who worked in manufacturing operations in China, while we listened to General David... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Place at HBS
spent six years living in New York and Switzerland and that I built my career in public accounting and finance. Harvard—and the Ivy League for that matter—always felt like a place for other people. I’ve been through transitions before. I went from playing View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
venture that's been heavy on your heart or to just think about how you want to leave your mark on the world. You have incredible resources at your fingertips and infinite possibilities, so take advantage!" In a Cornell Daily Sun interview (Rettig played college View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Putting the Game Within Reach
the FCFL will look to expand the concept to other sports. Baseball and cricket are naturals, with organic stoppages that allow fans to call pitches and set strategies. Free-flowing sports like soccer and basketball would be harder to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base. King [LeBron] James: “I don’t think we’ve seen a basketball player of his size and agility. He’s getting up there,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
for partnership between the faculty, staff, and students." Even as an undergraduate at Harvard, team leadership came naturally to Mitchell. He was a two-time captain of the varsity basketball team, was voted the team's most valuable... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
endurance. Physiologists say that rowing a 2,000-meter race is equivalent to playing two basketball games back-to-back. The difficulty of keeping oar strokes synchronized has been compared to “eight people trying to do the perfect golf... View Details
- Profile
Adam Kanner
laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup... View Details