Nike - Publications - Faculty & Research

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... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

policy activism and withdraw from associations that refuse to do so, like when Pacific Gas & Electric, Apple, and Nike left the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Third, businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

move on, become more ambitious." Nike and Dow Chemical are examples of companies that have made it to the innovation stage. After Nike faced accusations about violations of human rights by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

22 May 2012
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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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

and McKinsey consultant, Aaron Pempel (HBS 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 a great extent by the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

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... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Apr 2007
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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,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

priorities. Many years ago labor conditions in Asian contract factories prompted Nike board member Jill Ker Conway to lobby for a board-level corporate responsibility committee, which the company created in 2001. In the years since, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

often very hard to support imaginative programs with longer-term payoffs. The Nike case in chapter 10 is a good example of working around this problem. When the company set up its innovation lab to invest in small-scale, early-stage... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 May 2014
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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

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2019
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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... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

Under Armour finds itself with a new record to beat: making the leap from $5 to $10 billion in sales—a feat only accomplished to date by competitors Nike and Adidas. At the heart of this challenge is how Under Armour can maintain its... View Details