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      The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
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      • 2021
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      Consuming Contests: Outcome Uncertainty and Spectator Demand for Contest-based Entertainment

      By: Patrick J. Ferguson and Karim R. Lakhani
      Contests that are designed to be consumed for entertainment by non-contestants are a fixture of economic, cultural and political life. In this paper, we examine whether individuals prefer to consume contests that have more uncertain outcomes. We look to...  View Details
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      Ferguson, Patrick J., and Karim R. Lakhani. "Consuming Contests: Outcome Uncertainty and Spectator Demand for Contest-based Entertainment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-087, February 2021.
      • February 2021 (Revised February 2021)
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      World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Endline and Michael Norris
      In 2021, Ron DeShay, former American Idol producer, is launching his new business venture: World of Dreams Entertainment Group. World of Dreams rethought the existing TV production model, giving audiences more power to directly influence the creation of shows through a...  View Details
      Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media; Social Issues; sports; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Sarah Endline, and Michael Norris. "World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business." Harvard Business School Case 821-039, February 2021. (Revised February 2021.)
      • February 2021
      • Case

      Rolex SA

      By: Doug J. Chung
      Rolex SA was one of the most successful watchmakers in the world. In recent years, the global demand for Rolex watches, especially the stainless-steel sports models, had dramatically increased, resulting in a supply shortage worldwide. The shortage in supply further...  View Details
      Keywords: Watches; Pricing; Marketing; Strategy; Demand And Consumers; Price; Marketing Channels
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      Chung, Doug J. "Rolex SA." Harvard Business School Case 521-034, February 2021.
      • February 2021
      • Case

      Muhammad Ali: Changing The World

      By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
      This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame. The case describes how Ali won a gold medal in the Olympics, three heavyweight boxing titles, and became a role...  View Details
      Keywords: Sports; Mission And Purpose; Personal Characteristics; Religion; Work-life Balance; Family; Success; sports; sports Industry
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      Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Muhammad Ali: Changing The World." Harvard Business School Case 121-053, February 2021.
      • January 2021
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      Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out Of The Gun Business (A)

      By: George A Riedel
      Dick's Sporting Goods was one of the top five retailers of a range of firearms in the US. Over the last several years and specifically following the Parkland shooting of 2018, Ed Stack, the CEO and chairman, had wrestled with the question of their role as a leading...  View Details
      Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Sporting Goods; sport; Human Behavior; Violence; Ethics; Decision Making; Social Issues; sports Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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      Riedel, George A. "Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out Of The Gun Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 321-024, January 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Case

      Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out of The Gun Business (B)

      By: George A Riedel
      Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Sporting Goods
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      Riedel, George A. "Dick's Sporting Goods: Getting Out of The Gun Business (B)." Harvard Business School Case 321-025, January 2021.
      • October 2020
      • Case

      Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'

      By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
      In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,...  View Details
      Keywords: Mental Health; Talent And Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development And Career; Family And Family Relationships; sports; Competition; sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London
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      Groysberg, Boris, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Michael Norris. "Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'." Harvard Business School Case 421-044, October 2020.
      • September 2020
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      Wladimir Klitschko: F.A.C.E. Your Challenges

      By: Boris Groysberg, Michael Norris and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In 2020, Olympic goal medal winning boxer and former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko had built himself a “second ring” to continue his career after retiring from professional boxing. He was a hotelier, boxing promoter, author, teacher, speaker, and had...  View Details
      Keywords: Experience And Expertise; Business Education; Training; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development And Career; sports; sports Industry; Consulting Industry; Education Industry; Ukraine; Germany
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      Groysberg, Boris, Michael Norris, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Wladimir Klitschko: F.A.C.E. Your Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 421-032, September 2020.
      • September 2020
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      The Indian Premier League, 2020

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      Since its founding in 2008, the Indian Premier League (IPL), India’s eight-week Twenty20 (T20) cricket competition, had become one of the most popular and lucrative sporting leagues in the world. In 2019, the IPL attracted 462 million TV viewers and 300 million digital...  View Details
      Keywords: sports; Organizational Structure; Marketing; Health Pandemics; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Growth And Development Strategy; sports Industry; India
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Indian Premier League, 2020." Harvard Business School Case 721-362, September 2020.
      • 2020
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      Emotions and Emotion Regulation

      By: Svenja A. Wolf, Amit Goldenberg and Mickaël Campo
      This is the first textbook to explore and explain the contribution of social groups and social identity to all aspects of sports and exercise—from leadership, motivation and communication to mental health, teamwork, and fan behaviour. In the context of increasing...  View Details
      Keywords: Emotion Regulation; Emotions; Social Psychology
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      Wolf, Svenja A., Amit Goldenberg, and Mickaël Campo. "Emotions and Emotion Regulation." In The New Psychology of Sport & Exercise: The Social Identity Approach, edited by S. Alexander Haslam, Katrien Fransen, and Filip Boen, 147–164. London: SAGE Publications, 2020.
      • July 2020
      • Case

      Oxygen Esports

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      On May 4, 2020, a press release from Boston, Massachusetts, announced the launch of Oxygen Esports (Oxygen), a new organization that hoped to dominate the rising esports scene in New England. Oxygen was created from a merger between Helix eSports (Helix), an owner and...  View Details
      Keywords: Esports; sports; Online Technology; Games, Gaming, And Gambling; Entrepreneurship; Strategy
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Oxygen Esports." Harvard Business School Case 721-351, July 2020.
      • July 2020
      • Case

      Steve Kerr: Coaching the Golden State Warriors to Joy, Compassion, Competition, and Mindfulness

      By: Francesca Gino and Jeffrey Huizinga
      Steve Kerr, coach of the 3-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors, reflects on his values-driven leadership style in the wake of a challenging season.  View Details
      Keywords: Coaching; Values; Basketball; Agility; Leadership; Values And Beliefs; Diversity; Leadership Style; sports
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      Gino, Francesca, and Jeffrey Huizinga. "Steve Kerr: Coaching the Golden State Warriors to Joy, Compassion, Competition, and Mindfulness." Harvard Business School Case 921-001, July 2020.
      • July 2020
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      Paris Saint-Germain: Building One of the World's Top Sports Brands

      By: Anita Elberse and David Moreno Vicente
      In March 2020, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the president of French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain (‘PSG’) sees his team clinch a spot among the last eight clubs to compete in the UEFA Champions League. Established in 1970 and initially a club with only moderate success, PSG’s...  View Details
      Keywords: Soccer; Football; Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; General Management; sports; Entertainment; Media; Talent And Talent Management; Globalization; Brands And Branding; Marketing; Strategy; sports Industry; Europe
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      Elberse, Anita, and David Moreno Vicente. "Paris Saint-Germain: Building One of the World's Top Sports Brands." Harvard Business School Case 521-006, July 2020.
      • June 2020
      • Case

      AFC Ajax

      By: Anita Elberse
      In July 2019, AFC Ajax’s chief executive officer Edwin van der Sar finalized one of the biggest transfers in soccer—that of Matthijs de Ligt, only 19 years old but already one of the sports world’s brightest stars—from AFC Ajax to Italian powerhouse Juventus FC for a...  View Details
      Keywords: Soccer; Talent And Talent Management; sports; Globalization; Competitive Advantage; Strategy; sports Industry; Europe
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      Elberse, Anita. "AFC Ajax." Harvard Business School Case 520-131, June 2020.
      • 2020
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      Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?

      By: Sonali K. Shah and Frank Nagle
      In this essay, we explore how strategic management research and practice could benefit from considering the benefits and challenges obtainable through working with user communities. User communities represent a unique organizing structure for the exchange of ideas and...  View Details
      Keywords: User Communities; Innovation; Open Source; Collaboration; Cooperative Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Strategy; Collaborative Innovation And Invention
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      Shah, Sonali K., and Frank Nagle. "Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?" Special Issue on Open Innovation. Strategic Management Review 1, no. 2 (2020): 305–353.
      • May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick

      By: Jill Avery and Koen Pauwels
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-046. Nike’s selection of politically polarizing Colin Kaepernick as the spokesperson for the thirtieth anniversary of its iconic “Just Do It” campaign catapulted the brand into the media spotlight and made it a political flashpoint...  View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Brands And Branding; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Consumer Products Industry; sports Industry; United States; North America
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      Avery, Jill, and Koen Pauwels. "Brand Activism: Nike and Colin Kaepernick." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 520-104, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
      • April 2020
      • Teaching Plan

      Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt

      By: David G. Fubini, Amy Klopfenstein and James Barnett
      This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt,” HBS 420-024. The case examines the early decisions of Vanderbilt University’s new athletic director, Malcolm Turner. A newcomer to college athletics, Turner made a series of...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizations; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Culture; sports; Planning; Strategic Planning; Education; Higher Education; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Education Industry; sports Industry; Tennessee
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      Fubini, David G., Amy Klopfenstein, and James Barnett. "Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 420-081, April 2020.
      • March 2020
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      Hotstar

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kairavi Dey
      Hotstar was an online video streaming platform owned by Star India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Corporation. Since its launch in 2015, the platform had grown to offer over 100,000 hours of TV content, movies in nine Indian languages...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Television Entertainment; Disruption; Business Strategy; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; Media And Broadcasting Industry; India; Mumbai
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      Palepu, Krishna G., and Kairavi Dey. "Hotstar." Harvard Business School Case 120-015, March 2020.
      • December 2019
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      Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (A)

      By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford
      In 2016, members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (WNT) took steps to fight for equal pay relative to the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team. Their legal representative declared that the memorandum of understanding governing the relationship between the players...  View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation And Benefits; Equality And Inequality; Gender; Prejudice And Bias; Negotiation Tactics; Corporate Governance; Lawsuits And Litigation; sports; sports Industry; United States
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      Exley, Christine, John Beshears, Manuela Collis, and Davis Heniford. "Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (A)." Harvard Business School Case 920-029, December 2019.
      • December 2019
      • Supplement

      Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)

      By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford
      Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following from the actions of the WNT players.  View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation And Benefits; Equality And Inequality; Gender; Prejudice And Bias; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Corporate Governance; Lawsuits And Litigation; sports; sports Industry; United States
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      Exley, Christine, John Beshears, Manuela Collis, and Davis Heniford. "Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 920-030, December 2019.
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      Summary Nowhere has the impact of digital technology been felt more keenly than in the entertainment world, where it has dramatically changed how...
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