[Writer Name] [Supervisor Name] [Subject] [Date] Nike Company’s Background History Nike in 1962‚ started as Blue Ribbon Sports‚ as its Founder member‚ Phil Knight thought there was a market for athletic shoes designed by athletes for athletes. In the year 1964‚ Bill Bowerman‚ Knight’s track coach & Phil Knight joined hands together & NIKE Inc. was co-founded with headquarters in Beaverton‚ Oregon. Nike’s grassroots strategy was born of low capital and necessity‚ but became one of the
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citywide. Community Assessment The Stakeholders A stakeholder is a person or group that is directly or indirectly tied to the homeless problem in communities. There were different types of stakeholders that I wanted to either interview or survey in an effort to obtain or gather data conductive to a broader view of the problem. I decided that directly tied to the problem were the primary stakeholders or homeless individuals themselves‚ and the secondary stakeholders or service providers that offer the
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insurance available for them and their families but it is also an issue when it comes to finding a job‚ not only a job but a job with the benefits of having affordable healthcare for their whole family. Over the years the United States has came a long way in healthcare but I still do not believe that the help is targeted at the right people who need it. Stakeholders contribute to making the current health care system in the United States too
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we used market value based on the share price of Nike on July 5‚ 2001and number of shares outstanding‚ which resulted in the weights of debt and equity of 10.2% and 89.8% respectively (see Exhibit 2). Cost of Debt: Cost of debt was calculated by Ms. Cohen by finding the historical interest rate of 2.7% and tax rate of 38%. We agree with her estimation of the tax rate of 38%‚ but calculated a cost of debt of 7.17% based on the market price of Nike bonds and finding their yield to maturity (see Exhibit
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Financial Stakeholders/Non-Financial Stakeholders At PepsiCo‚ there are a number of financial stakeholders which include the likes of; stockholders (shareholders)‚ Board of Directors‚ employees‚ managers‚ suppliers‚ and the government. The government is listed as a financial stakeholder because of the salaries of the large number of individuals who are employed by PepsiCo. This puts the government in the category of financial stakeholder because of the great amount of taxes from the business
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Independent Research Essay Assignment Attributes of Excellence Stakeholders A stakeholder is anybody who is affected by the business; they could be internal or external‚ as well as being in contact with them very often or only on occasions. Social Responsibility This is the duty and obligation of a business to other stakeholders. |Stakeholder |Example of responsibility to that stakeholder | |Shareholder
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Role of Stakeholders Amanda Smith MGT/420 October 15‚ 2012 JC Abad-Schoster Role of Stakeholders Quality management consists of the “activities and functions involved in determination of quality policy and its implementation through means such as quality planning and quality assurance” (BusinessDictionary.com‚ 2012‚ para. 1). Recently the quality department has moved from a technical‚ inspection role to a more supportive and training related role. This requires arranging or preforming quality-related
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Nike Case Questions 1. In the United States‚ what is Nike’s: a) Brand image‚ and b) sources of brand equity? a) In the United States‚ Nike’s brand image is built on being a high-performance‚ innovative and aggressive brand. The company associates the brand with top athletes through sponsorships. Since inception‚ Nike has placed performance as a top priority for the brand. Through designing high performance shoes and apparel‚ as well as sponsoring high-profile athletes and teams the brand
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In the case study Nike: Managing Ethical Missteps and Seizing Opportunity‚ we explore the story of Nike: the world’s leading seller of athletic wear. As some may know and others may not‚ Nike was actually started (similar to FedEx by Fred Smith) from a college paper by Phil Knight which conceptualized importing athletic shoes from Japan into the United States. In 1964‚ Knight teamed up with a colleague and launched Blue Ribbon Sports‚ a distributor of Japanese athletic shoes which also marketed its
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NIKE Executive Summary by Lawrence Gimeno Recommendations: Make it count My first recommendation is directed at Nike’s push into digital sports. In my opinion the new accelerometer based Nike+ technology is the birth of a whole new generation of Nike products and an amazing innovation to motivate people to include sports into their everyday life. Nike has attained a leading role in almost every one of the upcoming world wide sporting events‚ such as the 2012 Olympics‚ the 2012 Soccer Euro Cup
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