The Business of Sports : Cases and Text on Strategy and Management
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Book Description
This is a case book written by prominent authors at both Harvard and Stanford. It contains ten sections with approximately three to five cases per part. The parts include Leagues and Events, Sponsorship and Marketing, and Finance and Valuation. Each section is preceded with an Overview of Key Topics that set the stage for the cases and each section concludes with summary materials and discussion questions. The cases themselves focus on certain teams or aspects of team sports. It includes cases on major league soccer, the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, the pros and cons of hiring a sports agent, Magic Johnson's endorsement deals and the Women's NBA. Each individual case is also followed by discussion questions.
About the Author
George Foster?s teaching and research interests are sports business management, globalization strategies of new ventures, entry strategies of ventures into the U.S., and cost management analysis. He is active in venture capital, and the Silicon Valley business community. He serves on the board of several startups and is an advisor to entrepreneurs. He directs the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University and works with MBA?s in the development of business plans. Foster is author or co-author of seven books and over 30 articles and has received multiple research awards from academic and business associations. Companies he has worked with include Apple Computer, ARCO, Australian Stock Exchange, Borland, DEC, Exxon Corp., Frito-Lay, Hewlett Packard, McDonald?s Corp., and PepsiCo. Stephen A Greyser is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School, where he specializes in brand marketing, advertising/corporate communications, sports management, and nonprofit management. A graduate of Harvard College, he received his MBA and DBA degrees from HBS, where he was the Chirurg Advertising Fellow. At Harvard College, he is a Trustee of WHRB, a Faculty Associate of Winthrop House, and a past director of the Harvard Alumni Association; he is also a member of the Harvard Professional Sports Panel advising Harvard undergraduates considering professional sports careers. He is a Hauser Center Faculty Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School.
Most recently (2002), his co-authored California Management Review article explored 'The Multiple Identities of the Corporation.' He is co-author of Revealing the Corporation (2003) on corporate identity, image, and branding. He conceived and developed the HBS elective course on the 'new' Corporate Communications, exploring business efforts to influence its many external constituencies, particularly through the media. This has involved over 40 new case studies and articles on business-media relations, crisis/issues management, corporate identity and images, investor relations, changing roles for public relations/public affairs, sponsorship, and corporate reputation (the topic of his 1992 invited presentation to the Arthur Page Society and of a 1995 article in Reputation Management.) He co-developed the Strathclyde Statement on Corporate Identity (1995), an international academic-practitioner initiative on the subject. Bill Walsh, BA, San Jose State Univ., 1954, MA, 1957. Natl. Football League Hall of Fame NFL Coach of the Year 1981, 1984, 1988; Stanford Univ. Hall of Fame. Teacher?Head Football Coach, Washington High School, 1957?59; Asst. Football Coach, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1960?62; Asst. Football Coach, Stanford Univ., 1963?65; Asst. Football Coach, Oakland Raiders, 1966?67; Asst. Football Coach, Cincinnati Bengals, 1968?75; Asst. Football Coach, San Diego Chargers, 1976; Head Coach, Stanford Univ., 1977?78; Head Coach/President, San Francisco Forty Niners, 1979?88; Broadcaster, NBC, 1989?91; Head Football Coach, Stanford Univ., 1992?94; Director, NFL Europe League, 1995; General Manager, San Francisco Forty Niners, 1999?2001; Consultant, Natl. Football League, 2002?; Consulting Vice President, San Francisco Forty Niners, 2002?. At Stanford 2001?.
Research Interests youth sports activities, dynamics of competition.
Publications Finding the Winning Edge, Sports Publishing 1998 'To Build a Winning Team,' Harvard Business Review 1993 Series of 16 articles on the Business of Winning, Forbes 1992 Building a Champion, St. Martin?s Press 1990.
Courses MBA GSB 360 Sports Business Management (co-taught with George Foster).
The Business of Sports : Cases and Text on Strategy and Management,George Foster,Stephen A. Greyser,Bill Walsh,South-Western College Pub,0324233841,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Management - General,Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management,Business & Management,Sports & Outdoor Recreation
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