Oregon - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Sep 2015
HBS Seminar

Keith Leavitt, Oregon State University

09 Apr 2019
HBS Seminar

Linda Price, University of Oregon

23 May 2018
News

These fast-growing Oregon jobs don't require a college degree

13 May 2013
Blog Post

3 Projects, 1 Priceless Picture

I could fill another dozen blogs with all the fun activities I’ve experienced at Nike this summer: seeing Lebron James on campus as we celebrate his 11th year with the swoosh, playing pickup beach volleyball on Friday afternoons, taking a double-decker bus to local... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

18 Feb 2014
News

A Better Path to Corporate Tax Reform

2023
Working Paper

The Buy-In Effect: When Increasing Initial Effort Motivates Behavioral Follow-Through

By: Holly Dykstra, Shibeal O'Flaherty and A.V. Whillans

Behavioral interventions often focus on reducing friction to encourage behavior change. In contrast, we provide evidence that adding friction can promote long-term behavior change when behaviors involve repeated costly efforts over longer time horizons. In... View Details

Keywords: Friction; Behavior; Environmental Sustainability; Transportation; Outcome or Result

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Find a Club - Alumni

Eli Andrew Busen, MBA 2015 HBS Association of Orange County President Ms. Karen Hernandez, MBA 2000 HBS Association of Oregon President Mr. Patrick Abell, MBA 2014 Mr. Brian Takeo Smith, MBA 2017 HBS Association of Southeastern New... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

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Podcast - Business & Environment

Archibald Cox Professor of Law & Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School Greg Dotson, Associate Professor, University of Oregon School of Law Episode specific link A Lookback at COP27: How Do Companies Engage in... View Details

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

At age 32—feeling far removed from the violent street crimes that had consumed his teens and 20s—Larry Miller just knew he was nailing a job interview with a senior partner at Arthur Andersen. That is, until he came clean about his troubled past. Seventeen years... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

heights of dealing with Disney, to all the troubles that befell us years later, and ultimately to the bankruptcy. It comes from chasing that star and flying too close to the sun,” recalled Smith. A machine parts company from Oregon... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

March 2019 (Revised June 2019)
Case

Global Sourcing at Nike

By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael W. Toffel and Olivia Hull

This case explores the evolution of Nike’s global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers’ factories. When the case opens in July 2018, Vice President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike’s... View Details

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NVC Regions - Alumni

California Maya Krish , Staff lead Eli Busen , MBA 2015 Vince K Lane , OPM 37 Western US - HBS Association of Southern California Joseph Grimes , MBA 1988 Candace Ng , MBA 1996 Western US States Alaska Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico... View Details

June 2013 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Governance and Sustainability at Nike (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-hê Hsieh and Lara Adamsons

Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social... View Details

Keywords: Nike; Hannah Jones; Mark Parker; Phil Knight; Philip Knight; Eric Sprunk; Jill Ker Conway; Phyllis Wise; Don Blair; Sustainable Business And Innovation; SB＆I; Flyknit; DyeCoo; Footwear; Athletic Footwear; Apparel; Athletic Apparel; Sustainability; Greenpeace; Detox Campaign; Dirty Laundry; Water; Water Use; Water Pollution; Water Resources; Corporate Responsibility Committee; Judgment; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Footwear Industry; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Ethics; Fairness; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Alignment; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Judgments; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia; China; United States; Oregon; Portland

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25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

align with their strategic missions.” HOME REGION Coos Bay, Oregon UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Oregon PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Amazon, Retail Leadership Development Program HBS ACTIVITIES Outdoors Club Vice... View Details

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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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01 Sep 2023
News

Turning Point: Listen to the Music

Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Marnie Tattersall: (MBA 1972) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the United States in 1958 with my parents and my brother because my parents thought it was... View Details

Keywords: music; film; purpose; career

April 2015
Case

Dutch Bros. Coffee: A Compelling Future

By: Joshua Margolis and Christine Snively

Travis Boersma, co-founder and President of the Dutch Bros. coffee chain, faces three operational decisions that will shape the company's growth trajectory and distinctive culture. First, should they offer a specialty coffee at a subset of their stores in one region... View Details

Keywords: Culture And Community; Service Management; Retail; Food; Managing Growth; Family Business; Small Business; Leadership; Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Oregon

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Crandall Buffalo Grove High School Buffalo Grove, IL OR Tara Crearer Oregon Charter Academy Mill City, OR CA Leslie Criswell Narbonne High School Harbor City, CA TX Tiffany Cross Cypress Woods High School Cypress, TX Subjects: Government... View Details

June 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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Larry Miller

By: Francesca Gino, Frances X. Frei, Hise Gibson and Alicia Dadlani

Under the leadership of Larry Miller, chairman and former president of Nike’s Air Jordan brand, annual revenues for the Jordan brand soared from $150 million to over $4 billion. But for over 40 years, Miller guarded a secret. When he was younger, he spent nearly a... View Details