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CFO
June 15, 2012
Edward Teach |
Let the Games Begin The 2012 Summer Olympic Games start next month in London, and Neil Wood is counting on their success. An interview with Neil Wood, CFO, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.   |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Andrew Zimbalist |
Is It Worth It? Hosting the Olympic Games and other mega sporting events is an honor many countries aspire to -- but why? |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Jack Ewing |
The Olympics: How Safe? In terrorism's shadow, Athens gears up for the most security-conscious Games ever |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 5, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold? With billions of dollars on the line at this year's troubled Winter Olympics, Stephen Greyser breaks down what's at stake for the brands of NBC, key corporate sponsors, Russia -- and Vladimir Putin. |
AskMen.com
August 13, 2012
Simon Kuper |
London Olympics Post-Mortem The point of an Olympics isn't an economic legacy. It's to make people happy. Taken on that level, then for people around the world -- but above all for us Brits -- I think London worked. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Justin Mullins |
Ring of Steel II The ring of steel, one of the most sophisticated security systems on the planet, is a network of cameras that provides comprehensive video coverage of a large part of the City of London. Now other cities want to follow London's lead, with New York City at the head of the queue. |
BusinessWeek
September 13, 2004
Ewing & Carlisle |
A Big Fat Greek Triumph The Games' success should help Greece's economic and cultural standing soar. |
Sports Central
August 13, 2012
Angus Saul |
What London 2012 Was Really About London 2012 was all about passing on the baton. We can only hope that the baton is passed with good grace, and that sport will benefit from such a marvelous event. |
Sports Illustrated
April 28, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Cuban diver sees stars and stripes Will Ramirez make it to the Olympics?... Some thoughts about the difficulties Athens is having as it prepares for the 2004 Olympics... The Sydney organizers are planning to send an Olympic torch into orbit on the shuttle Atlantis... |
AskMen.com
September 19, 2013
Simon Kuper |
The Real Effect Of Major Sporting Events On Host Cities Since the 1990s many academic economists have researched the effects of hosting these tournaments, and they pretty much agree: Hosting doesn't make you rich. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2004
Bill Mann |
Security Securities The International Olympic Committee will spend 15 times the amount on security in Athens than it did in Atlanta. Who profits? Try security company SPX. |
Sports Illustrated
August 20, 2002
Alexander Wolff |
When the Terror Began Thirty years later, the hostage drama that left 11 Israeli Olympians dead seems even more chilling and offers grim reminders to today's security experts. |
CIO
September 15, 2005
Malcolm Wheatley |
London's Cameras In the eyes of the British public, CCTV has become the police's first port of call and a high-tech crime-fighting tool. Yet police receive no special training in analyzing CCTV footage, nor any high-tech tools, a technical support officer. |
Sports Illustrated
November 3, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
The fun has just begun New York's road to 2012 Games is still a long, long one |
Sports Illustrated
September 2, 2003
Brian Cazeneuve |
Scorecard: One Hellenic Situation Sinking boats, 60,000 stray dogs and protesting hookers: With the Olympics less than a year away, Athens has a lot of work to do |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Life Goes On In terms of protecting IT and maintaining operations, much has been learned and accomplished by the industry in the nearly four years since Sept. 11, 2001. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Olympics: No Ad Bonanza The showcase for the world's athletes doesn't produce marquee names for advertisers. |
Reason
January 2003
Charles Paul Freund |
Artifact: News From Airstrip One Astonishing posters first graced London in October. They are a celebration of intrusion, via supposedly all-seeing surveillance cameras on London's buses, in the guise of increased security. |
Sports Illustrated
June 20, 2001
Frank Deford |
Delay of Games Is Athens prepared to host the 2004 Olympics? |
AskMen.com
August 20, 2003
Mark Simmons |
The Olympic Games: Profit Or Curse? Long after the Olympic torch is extinguished and the medals sit in trophy cases, the success of the Olympic Games is measured not by attendance, participants or viewers, but rather, in terms of how positively the Games impacted the host city. |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Wu Chen |
View from China: What Price Glory? The Beijing Summer Olympics will undoubtedly be a success -- but at what cost? |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Steve Rothwell |
Avoiding the Hell That Is Heathrow Faraway airfields tout their lack of crowds and easier transit options |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2008
Graham & Lomax |
China's Epic Olympic Opportunity Will China's glory fade after the Olympics? Not a chance. |
Fast Company
June 2012
Jason Feifer |
The London Olympic Facilities Are Cleverly Designed To Outlast The Games Around the world, host cities are stuck with giant venues built for the Games but rarely needed again. London will be different. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2012
Diane M. Grassi |
Shocker: Unsportsmanslike Conduct at Olympics The entire world is watching, and given the attention that the global media has recently dedicated to unethical behavior of certain Olympic athletes, sports fans could mistake it for a newly introduced Olympic sport of its own during these 2012 London Summer Games. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 2, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Life Goes On For financial institutions, in terms of protecting IT and maintaining operations, much has been learned and accomplished by the industry in the nearly four years since Sept. 11, 2001. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
Rachel Tiplady |
The 2012 Olympics: Paris Takes The Lead The five cities in the race to host the 2012 Games are pulling out all the stops to show the International Olympic Committee that they can put on a flawless performance. The French capital's secret weapon is its trim budget. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005 |
An Olympic-Size Mistake? An interview with critic Brian Hatch, who argues that New York City's strategy in bidding for the 2012 Games is a colossal error. |
Global Services
August 25, 2008
Imrana Khan |
An ITO Project Well Done Seventeen days of Beijing Olympics are backed by four years of planning and technology integration. Atos has been the prime IT outsourcing contractor for Olympic Games' since 2002. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2012 |
London's Tube Gets Hooked Up To Wi-Fi This happens just in time for the Olympics. |
Fast Company
February 2010
Anne C. Lee |
The Vancouver Olympics by the Numbers Let the Games Begin! More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games. |
Sports Central
July 17, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
Gold Medal Mess Isn't there anyone else concerned that American athletes, participating in the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, could be coming home in body bags? |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Rose & Spiegel |
The Olympic Trade Effect Countries that bid for the Olympics are sending a signal that they are ready to open up trade. |
Reason
June 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Olympic Gag Order Many countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia, have promised not to restrict their athletes' political speech about China in the run-up to the games. Britain promises to "review" the U.K.'s policy, so the Brits may yet fall in line with their Anglosphere cousins. |
Bio-IT World
August 15, 2005
Melissa Kruse |
London Calls on Gene Codes Database The United Kingdom contracted with software company Gene Codes to use its Mass Fatality Identification System (M-FISys) for disaster recovery efforts and as a missing persons database. The system was used for categorizing the victims of the July 7 London bombings. |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2012
Andrew Turley |
UK urged to clean up London air Nitrogen dioxide levels are as bad in London as they are in Beijing, the last city to host the Summer Olympic Games and one with an at best dubious air quality record, according to a report from UK think tank Policy Exchange. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 23, 2005
Paul Allen |
BCP: Expect the Unexpected Whatever strategy organizations employ, it is clear that business continuity planning will require a long-term commitment. The London bombings may not lead to a material change in regulatory policies or institutions' internal plans, but they already have turned up the pressure for financial services firms to get their plans in order. |
Sports Illustrated
April 11, 2001
Frank Deford |
Gold medal diplomacy U.S.-China feud has ramifications of Olympic proportion... |
Search Engine Watch
August 16, 2004
Gary Price |
An Olympic Selection of Search Resources The 2004 Summer Olympics are underway in Athens and the web is home to plenty of information that makes watching the games even more interesting. |
National Defense
July 2006
Grace Jean |
Sensor-Fusion Software Technology Replacing Traditional Security Systems As more and more security cameras are being installed around the globe, companies are developing software solutions and other technologies that increasingly advance the intelligence of such monitoring systems. |
Wired
April 21, 2008
Noah Shachtman |
NYC Is Getting a New High Tech Defense Perimeter. Let's Hope It Works. New York has an audacious blueprint to wrap a high tech cloak around lower Manhattan. |
Sports Central
July 19, 2012
Kevin Beane |
The Other Nations of the Olympics Since the Olympics see fit to include as many nations as possible, they give out wild card entries to nations that do not have any athletes who qualified through competition. This makes the Olympic Opening Ceremonies a truly global event. |
InternetNews
December 28, 2007
Mike Elgan |
Here Comes The 2008 Beijing Olympic Disaster A half-million visitors will upload everything they see to YouTube, LiveLeak and Flickr. What happens when the "Great Firewall of China" is breached? |
CIO
March 15, 2003
Lafe Low |
The Athens Integration Decathlon Athletes preparing for the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece, are deep into their training regimens. And 3,850 IT staffers are also racing against time to finish setting up approximately $375 million of computer and communications systems to run the show. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
John Reeves |
A Show of Support for London In an age of increasing violence and sectarianism, London continues to offer hope to the rest of the world. Tolerant, diverse, and open, the city is a sanctuary for peoples from all over the globe. It remains unclear how the recent attacks might affect financial markets in particular and the global economy more generally. |
Inc.
April 2007
Max Chafkin |
Gold-Medal Marketing For companies looking to profit from the Beijing Olympics, the race is on. |
Wired
December 2001
Adam L. Penenberg |
The Surveillance Society Cell phones that pinpoint your location. Cameras that track your every move. Subway cards that remember. We routinely sacrifice privacy for convenience and security. So stop worrying. And get ready for your close-up... |
AskMen.com
Jim Bauer |
5 Things You Didn't Know About The Torino Olympics Five of the more curious things you didn't know about the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympics. |
Sports Central
March 9, 2009
Luke Broadbent |
NFL Team in London? Let's Hope Not Talk once again has turned towards the possibility of a permanent NFL team in London. According to a senior league official, London could have their own team within 10-12 years. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
Five Ways NHL Can Capitalize on Olympics Here are five ways for the NHL to capitalize on the Olympics and to justify staying in the Olympics. |
