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  • 28 Sep 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Keith Leavitt, Oregon State University

  • 23 May 2018
  • News

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

  • 09 Apr 2019
  • HBS Seminar

Linda Price, University of Oregon

  • 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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Partners - Case Method Project

Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming AK HI WA OR CA ID NV UT AZ MT WY CO NM ND SD NE KS OK TX MN... View Details
  • Web

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Web

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
  • Web

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
  • 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
Keywords: Sourcing; Factory Conditions; Trade; Geography; Geographic Scope; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Labor; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Labor and Management Relations; Complexity; Sports Industry; Fashion Industry; Oregon; Portland; Asia; North and Central America
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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
  • 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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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia... View Details
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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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

There are significant peridotite deposits in California, Oregon and Washington so we’re looking for potential partners to help us set up a site on the west coast. 44.01 won the 2022 Earthshot prize in the “Fix Our Climate” category, a... View Details