ABSTRACT Investment Analysis is a classical application in Long-Range Planning. It deals with the investigation of uncertainties‚ the evaluation of alternatives‚ the answer to “What-if” questions. The study of how an investment is likely to perform and how suitable it is for a given investor. Investment analysis is key to any sound portfolio-management strategy. Investors not comfortable doing their own investment analysis can seek professional advice from a financial advisor. An analysis of past
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Boustani Nike: Maintaining a Promotional Edge Nike’s initial product advertising strategy of using professional athletes for raising demand through word-of-mouth provided good publicity. However‚ its selective-demand advertising was mainly focused on high-priced shoes for traditional sports‚ and ignored newly developed market segments such as aerobics and extreme sports‚ and new trends such as brown shoes and casual footwear (Etzel‚ Walker‚ and Stanton). Nike launched a successful advertising
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St. John’s University Student Managed Investment Research Equity Research NIKE (NKE) April 4‚ 2004 Recommendation: Sector: Industry: BUY Consumer Cyclical Footwear 76.64 78.56 49.60 263.12M .80 20.17B 10‚697M 21.66% $94.85 Price: 52 – Week High: 52 – Week Low: Shares Out (mil): Dividend: Market Cap: 2003 Revenue: Project EPS Growth: 2005 Target Price: Highlights Rudy Dermesropian rdermes@hotmail.com Jason A. Drago Jdrag636@stjohns.edu Gintare Grigaite Gintare.grigaite01@stjohns.edu
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have their own special vision and then putting it into actions‚ that is what Nike did with their famous slogan "Just do it" I would like to talk about Nike ’s company and mainly its famous marketing campaign "JUST DO IT". I will start with a brief overview of the company. Nike is a well known international company specialized in sportswear and sports equipments based in America headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon" Nike and Precision Cast parts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in
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Question 1 a) In the late 1990s Nike found itself in a serious situation with its manufacturing approach in Asia.-Select and apply one of Porter’s models of strategy to explain why Nike were manufacturing in Asia? Michael Porter‚ leading author on company strategy and competitive advantage‚ has developed several generic strategies which‚ according to Porter‚ are the driving force behind any given company’s success. These strategies comprise of Cost Leadership‚ Differentiation and Focus. It is Porter’s
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Mittal 50219 BBS 3FA CASE SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Formation of Nike In 1958‚ Phil Knight came realised the need of a good American running shoe and started working on his idea. In 1964‚ he along with Bowerman formed an athletic shoe company and called it Blue Ribbon Shoe (BRS) company. In 1971‚ they developed a distinctive trademark and a new brand name and this is how Nike came into existence. Exceptional economic performance Nike grew at an amazingly fast pace with profits
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Barilla SpA Case Study Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis. Type: Supply Chain Problems/Issues: - Extreme demand fluctuations – week-to-week variation in distributors order pattern‚ strained Barilla’s manufacturing and logistics operations: high inventory‚ stock out‚ low fill rate to customers. - Pressures to manufacturing in terms of production lead-time and availability of the product - High inventory cost
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SECOND SHORT CASE REPORT NIKE & ITS PROBLEMATIC SITUATION Rise of Nike Nike was founded over 30 years ago by Bill Bowerman‚ a former college track coach‚ and Phil Knight‚ an entrepreneur. At the beginning the two men were selling shoes out of the back of their cars at track meets. In 1987‚ Nike reached a turning point‚ and it increased its marketing budget from $8 million to $48 million. Most of this advertising budget was to pay celebrities‚ such as Michael Jordan‚ to endorse Nike Products
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Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation An Engineering 111 Case Study By James Barbour‚ Daniel Hui‚ Chaereena Sarabian‚ Melissa Shafer‚ Christopher Woo Introduction The automotive industry in the past couple of years has seen its fair share of problems. Following the recession of the economy and the bailout of the American car companies the future of the automotive industry looked pretty bleak. However throughout all the
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ASSIGNMENT IN NIKE INTRODUCTION:- This assignment is about the distribution network used by NIKE.I will discuss about the distribution strategy and channels of the distribution Network used by Nike and then I will compare with that which is used by the its competitors like Reebok and Adidas.And at last I will discuss about the other methods which according to me will be effective.I will also discuss about the comparative points between NIKE and its competitors.And lastly I will write analysis on the
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