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Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in... -
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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Life’s Work: An Interview with Greg Louganis
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Sports and Social Justice
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Life’s Work: An Interview with Billie Jean King
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How to Make Every Dollar of Infrastructure Investment Go Further
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Building the Green Way
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleJust five or six years ago, the term "green building" evoked visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception.... -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Sugar Ray Leonard
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Why Is the NFL's Brand More Valuable than Ever?
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The Subtle Stressors Making Women Want to Leave Engineering
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Rupert Murdoch, the NFL, and the Negotiation That Remade TV
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Life's Work: Jimmie Johnson
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Life's Work: Pele
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe soccer superstar talks about becoming an informal team leader, why he came out of retirement to join the New York Cosmos, and what he thinks about... -
Who’s the Most Important Member of an NFL Franchise?
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The Five Messages Leaders Must Manage
Management communication Magazine ArticleAll too often, leaders fail to explain what they mean when they talk about organizational structure, financial results, their own jobs, time management, and corporate culture. Left unclear, these concepts can throw a firm into turmoil—but when given proper focus, they confer extraordinary leverage. -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Cal Ripken Jr.
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Life’s Work: Joe Girardi
Leadership Magazine ArticleJoe Girardi wrote in a third-grade essay that he wanted to play for the Chicago Cubs and grew up to do exactly that. After retiring from catching, he coached for the New York Yankees and managed the Florida Marlins for one year, at the end of which he was both fired and named National League […] -
How Olympic Sponsors Can Be Socially Responsible
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Life's Work: An Interview with Megan Rapinoe
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The World's Housing Crisis Doesn't Need a Revolutionary Solution
Global Business Digital ArticleIt needs better management.
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COVID and Crisis Management: How the Tour de France Averted Ultimate Super-spreader Status
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By all reasonable counts, the 2020 Tour de France 2 (Tour) probably should have been cancelled. The phenomenon could have become an extreme transmitter... -
Bauing Construction Holding Group Co. Ltd: Going Global
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Shenzhen Bauing Construction Holding Group Co. Ltd. (Bauing Group) decided to expand internationally, and successfully established subsidiary... -
Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Nike's selection of politically polarizing Colin Kaepernick as the spokesperson for the 30th anniversary of its iconic "Just Do It" campaign catapulted... -
Kmart, Inc. and Builders Square
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 1997, Kmart received an offer from retail buyout specialists Leonard Green & Partners for the purchase of its ailing 162-store home improvement chain,... -
SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W19170 Case B describes how management at SÄBU Holzbau GmbH was able to overcome the crisis with the help of a team of consultants... -
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired... -
CEMEX (B): Cementing Relationships (2004-2007)
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La Liga's RCD Espanyol
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case presents an evaluation of a game played every year by the RCD Espanyol soccer team as a start to the season. The case provides the economic details... -
TSG Hoffenheim: Step-by-Step Analysis in Excel
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Street League Skateboarding: The Challenges Facing a New Sports League
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Rob Dyrdek launched a new skateboarding league called Street League Skateboarding (SLS) with the goal of raising the profile of street skateboarding... -
America's Cup in 2013: Oracle Team USA vs. Emirates Team New Zealand (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Four teams across the world are furiously designing, building, testing, and learning to sail a boat that would be one of a kind, in order to win the 2013... -
Keystone Excavating Limited: Preserving a Legacy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In June 2015, a new president and chief executive officer, Sandip Lalli, was hired by the board of directors of Keystone Excavating Limited (Keystone)... -
CMR Enterprises
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Sam Marcus recently purchased a small cabinet-making company, and is looking for dramatic growth. The company competes in commercial and residential construction... -
West Ham United Football Club's Olympic Stadium Move
Communication Case Study8.95View Details West Ham United are an English football team that competed to win the right to move their games to play in the stadium being constructed for the 2012... -
Mirvac (B): Building Balance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This award-winning case case explores the challenges facing Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, the CEO of Mirvac, an Australian property group, as she leads a major... -
Escapes Outdoor Living Designs Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The owner of Escapes Outdoor Living Designs (Escapes) must decide what to do with his small landscaping and construction business. Escapes has been doing... -
Coach McKeever: Unorthodox Leadership Lessons from the Pool
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case explores the remarkable rise of Coach Teri McKeever to the top of a sport traditionally dominated by male coaches. Her success is driven by an... -
Striders: Running Toward or Away from Growth?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The founders of Strider Miles (Striders), a running club headquartered in Mumbai, India, faced a dilemma. Over 14 years, they had built a business based... -
Buildings and Energy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Presents data on opportunities to conserve energy in buildings, which account for about a third of all energy use. Encourages readers to think about the... -
Steve Jackson Faces Resistance to Change
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Steve Jackson, a project professional at Western Construction (an international construction conglomerate), is attempting to introduce BSO, a new software...
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Ferguson's Formula
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen Alex Ferguson took over as manager of the English football team Manchester United, the club was in dire straits: It hadn't won a league title in... -
And Now, a Word from Our Sponsor (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBryant Pharmaceutical's flagship product, a popular arthritis medicine called Seflex, is selling well--but not well enough. With generic versions due... -
COVID and Crisis Management: How the Tour de France Averted Ultimate Super-spreader Status
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details By all reasonable counts, the 2020 Tour de France 2 (Tour) probably should have been cancelled. The phenomenon could have become an extreme transmitter... -
Bauing Construction Holding Group Co. Ltd: Going Global
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Shenzhen Bauing Construction Holding Group Co. Ltd. (Bauing Group) decided to expand internationally, and successfully established subsidiary... -
Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Nike's selection of politically polarizing Colin Kaepernick as the spokesperson for the 30th anniversary of its iconic "Just Do It" campaign catapulted... -
Kmart, Inc. and Builders Square
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 1997, Kmart received an offer from retail buyout specialists Leonard Green & Partners for the purchase of its ailing 162-store home improvement chain,... -
SÄBU Holzbau GmbH: From a Leadership Crisis to Qualitative Growth (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W19170 Case B describes how management at SÄBU Holzbau GmbH was able to overcome the crisis with the help of a team of consultants... -
Life’s Work: An Interview with Greg Louganis
Career coaching Magazine ArticleThe Olympic gold medalist talks about his early training and finally winning a place on the Wheaties box. -
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired... -
CEMEX (B): Cementing Relationships (2004-2007)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product.