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Pro Sports Has a Piracy Problem

Harvard Business

Piracy poses a growing challenge to all sorts of digital media and entertainment companies, but it’s particularly acute for companies that own the rights to sports broadcasts, because efforts to shut down pirated broadcasts often take longer than the broadcasts actually last.

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A Sports Analogy for Understanding Different Ways to Use AI

Harvard Business

The authors have come to think about this issue as points on a spectrum and have created a sports analogy to help think about it: AI tools can range from steroids, to sneakers, to a coach, each representing a different relationship between human users and the technology.

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Will AI Replace the Front Office in Pro Sports?

Harvard Business

With accurate player-availability predictions for all active players, AI-powered decision-making is dramatically improved around three dimensions: 1) Risk management: If a productive wide-receiver is likely to get hurt, for example, a team might invest more in talented backups, to minimize drop-off in team performance during injury.

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Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

Harvard Business

After achieving early success, how should the founders continue to build value for their soccer franchise?

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The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods on Becoming a Gun Control Advocate

Harvard Business

Ed Stack, the chief executive of Dick’s Sporting Goods, decided after the Parkland school shooting to pull assault rifles and high-capacity magazines from all of his company’s stores. The controversial choice hurt revenues.

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How to Be a Better Leader Amid Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity

Harvard Business

The authors present an updated approach that has generated positive outcomes in military, business, and sports contexts. The framework, known as VUCA, has been widely discussed and adopted since, but it turns out to be better at describing what successful leaders do than teaching all leaders how to succeed.

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The Role of 5G in Online Sports Betting

Tom Spencer

5G networks are a promising wireless technology that online bookmakers and sports betting operators should factor into their business strategy. Once implemented, this technology offers the potential to serve more sports betting enthusiasts. Implications of 5G for Online Sports Betting. Growth of the Live Sports Betting Market.

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