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- July 2015 (Revised January 2020)
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Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport
By: Geoffrey Jones, Michael Norris and Sophi Kim
The case focuses on the career of Horst Dassler, the son of the founder of the German-based sports shoe manufacturer Adidas. The origins of the firm were in the interwar years, and it rose to public prominence after it provided spikes for Jesse Owens, the famous... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Economic History; Business History; Entertainment; Business; Strategy; Media; Digital Technology; Blockbuster; Superstar; Film; Television; Music; Publishing; Performing Arts; Nightlife; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; History; Sports; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Sports Industry; Germany; South America; Europe; Asia; North and Central America
Jones, Geoffrey, Michael Norris, and Sophi Kim. "Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport." Harvard Business School Case 316-007, July 2015. (Revised January 2020.)
- March 1998
- Article
The Performance of International Joint Ventures: A Study of The Merchant Banking Industry In Singapore
By: Paul M. Healy, Andrew Alford and Ng Kah Hwa
Healy, Paul M., Andrew Alford, and Ng Kah Hwa. "The Performance of International Joint Ventures: A Study of The Merchant Banking Industry In Singapore." Journal of Corporate Finance 4, no. 1 (March 1998).
- January 2021
- Case
Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (A)
By: Jorge Tamayo, Erik Snowberg and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
In 2011, Daniel Herrero, CEO of Toyota Argentina (TASA) since 2010, was about to meet with the Secretary-General of the union representing automotive industry workers in the country. The company produced vehicles in Argentina since 1997 at their plant at Zárate, and,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Bargaining; Production; Performance; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Fairness; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry; Argentina
Tamayo, Jorge, Erik Snowberg, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-394, January 2021.
- June 4, 2025
- Editorial
Employee Stress Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem
By: Marion Chomse, Lydia Roos, Reeva Misra and Ashley Whillans
Workplace stress, on the rise for decades, has been treated by many organizations as a personal issue instead of a business-critical risk that merits executive oversight. This is likely due in part to the fact that companies have not effectively quantified and tracked... View Details
Chomse, Marion, Lydia Roos, Reeva Misra, and Ashley Whillans. "Employee Stress Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 4, 2025).
- 24 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business
A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
While Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) increasingly guides investment management and corporate agendas nowadays, public reactions to firms' ESG performance remain under-studied. This paper fills this gap by investigating whether... View Details
- 1996
- Article
Review of 'Financial Integration, Corporate Governance, and the Performance of Multinational Companies' by M. Fukao
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Review of 'Financial Integration, Corporate Governance, and the Performance of Multinational Companies' by M. Fukao." Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (1996).
- 09 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Robert S. Kaplan, HBS Faculty... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan
- 05 Jun 2020
- News
FT business books: April to June edition
- 16 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
A New Categorization of the US Economy: The Role of Supply Chain Industries in Innovation and Economic Performance
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
International Red Cross, UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam, and Amnesty International. Topics include managing growth, performance assessment, mission and strategy development, and most of all, understanding, developing, and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers How can formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into society if few companies will hire them? And can View Details
The Business Roundtable’s Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later
Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
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Why businesses need to design more reliable experiments
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Business & Environment Business & Environment July 2015 Article BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Bryan Bollinger As concerns... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
strengthen your analytical skills. Beginning with basic descriptive statistics and progressing to regression analysis, you’ll implement analytical techniques in Excel and apply fundamental quantitative methods to real business... View Details
- 13 Apr 2022
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