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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
headlong charge that has industry-leader Nike looking over its shoulder. "I'm a gambler, and I like the challenges that turnarounds present," explains the tall, curly-haired Louis-Dreyfus. "And with a turnaround, you're only expected to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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... View Details
Keywords: 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... View Details
Keywords: 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
adapt pieces of it to meet their reality. For instance, both Nike and IKEA are working on designing products that can be easily disassembled and recycled. “When you start seeing this approach not as a threat to the organization, but as an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
CEOs of global companies like Coca-Cola, the company figuring most prominently in the Times piece, and Nike (also mentioned) must start to recognize and take responsibility for using the bully pulpit that they in fact occupy. “When... View Details
- Profile
Fola Folowosele
its principal female watch brand. In my EC (elective curriculum) year, the experience garnered from both internship roles was vital in securing a full time position at Nike in Corporate Strategy and Development. What are you most looking... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 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
- 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
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 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.... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 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... View Details
- 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,... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 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
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
stock of his corporate sponsors dropped, as did sales of Nike golf balls. A college’s well publicized scandal can open the eyes of prospective students. Source: SIphotography But Luca reasoned that many colleges wrestle with drinking and... View Details