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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
several countries as a Monitor and McKinsey consultant, Aaron Pempel (MBA ’98) has lived full-time in Mexico for nearly two years as a Nike executive. “I absolutely believe there are emerging global universal standards for work, driven to...
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Garry Emmons
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
Founding of Nike Noam Wasserman and Kyle AndersonHarvard Business School Case 810-077 It had taken Phil Knight 16 long years to build Nike into the number one athletic-shoe company in the country. When...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
shareholders, to sever ties with the team. For many businesses, the protests had underscored the case for racial equity, and the companies finally heeded their investors’ call. FedEx threatened to remove its name from the stadium, and View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
The board of the company repeatedly rejected Icahn's offers as inadequate. He made three bids over the course of three months. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412078-PDF-ENG Nike Football: World Cup 2010 (B) Elie...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
warming, but they expect multinational giants like BP and Shell to do so. Similarly, people may turn a blind eye when local companies take advantage of employees, but they won't stand for transnational players like Nike and Polo adopting...
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- Portrait Project
Mohit Bathija
slightly dusty Cincinnati Reds hat and Nike Air Jordans. The gaze of this boy caught me and, unknown to him, has had a profound impact on my life ever since. Standing there, in that moment, made me really think....
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Joel Bines
offered by his parents, who, he says, "taught me the value of extending myself and working hard." Bines's forays into the unfamiliar began just after his graduation from Bates College. After serving as a student intern for the Manhattan-based public relations firm...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
right to outfit and sponsor individual teams? Sophisticated sports marketing outfits, often subsidiaries of the top marketing services firms, conduct detailed assessments to help companies like Nike and Samsung determine what value to...
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Garry Emmons
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307070 Nike Inc.: Heading Toward 2010 Harvard Business School Case 207-105 This is a short case (2 pages), which can be distributed and discussed in class as an update through...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
2016, and last November, Nike announced that it was ending a pilot program with Amazon Retail that it began in 2017, opting to focus on “elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships,” according to a statement...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
So instead of using it to persuade and project your message onto people, Twitter can be a tool to learn about your customers, as another way to get information about what they’re thinking. SG: And also new product ideas: Are people talking about competitive products...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
ambitious efforts to institute new wood sustainability initiatives, and strategize about how Nike could use the World Cup to showcase its commitment to corporate responsibility. Toffel knows that today’s students can make a difference,...
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April White
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
interesting to see what they come up with. Kost: Are companies actively evaluating the working conditions of their suppliers? Toffel: In some industries, it has become really quite common. In the US, it dates back to scandals, really. So, whether it be View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
to report their economic, environmental, and social conduct. Notes Massie, GRI's founding chair, “In addition to governmental mechanisms, we need the GRI framework to keep globalization on a positive track. More than 110 global companies, from View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
environmental standards in the United States and overseas. “I don’t think Nike or Levi’s relishes this role, but in the context of weak government regulatory regimes, it’s these companies’ brand reputations that are on the line when...
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by Michael Blanding
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207020 Li Ning-Anything Is Possible Harvard Business School Case 507-024 A leading sporting goods company in China competes aggressively against global brands Nike and Adidas,...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
their children, plan social interactions, be alerted to pertinent products and services, and accelerate the value of a person's connections. Two trends will lead to this outcome. First, people are already sharing private information generated by their wearable devices,...
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by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 619-008 Global Sourcing at Nike This case explores the evolution of Nike’s global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
longitudinal cases, where single companies like Nike and General Electric are followed over several decades. This allows students to see how the issues facing the company have evolved over 30 or 40 years, and understand how past decisions...
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Margie Kelley