locomotion‚ large brains‚ generalized teeth and diet‚ and occasionally complicated social organizations. The primate order is comprised of two suborders; the Strepsirrhini and the Haplorrhine. There are distinguishable characteristics between these two groups of primates. Some of the characteristics that define the Strepsirrhini are their rhinarium or wet nose‚ combo of nails and claws and toothcomb. The Strepsirrhini are the oldest living primates and an example of one is the lemur. While the Haplorhini are
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SCHOOL OF FINANCE SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS CHENGDU‚ SICHUAN‚ CHINA PR NIKE‚INC. ANALYSIS REPORT An academic written sample from Liu Yijun In support of applying MSc Finance at Manchester University Note: This is a short version only covered what was performed by Liu Yijun‚ including brief introduction‚ the calculation of FCF‚ WACC‚ sensitivity analysis and word typesetting In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course Equity Investment January
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Globalization and Nike‚ Inc. Industry Overview The athletic footwear industry has experienced significant growth over the last two decades. Since 2001‚ consumers in the United States have spent more than $13 billion and have purchased over 300 million pair of athletic shoes. While the industry is highly segmented by sport category‚ models and price‚ a few large players dominate the branded shoe segment. The top ten-footwear companies control over 70 percent of the market share for global athletic
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Is Nike Worth the Buy? Thomas Senyard Issue It has been a week since Nike’s analyst meeting in which management unveiled a plan to revitalize the company. Kimi Ford wonders‚ is Nike a good buy for her mutual fund? Background Nike’s recent market share has been declining. The new strategy that management introduced plans to develop a better mid-priced shoe‚ to push their apparel line and to put more effort into expense control. Lehman Brothers say that Nike is a strong buy‚ but UBS
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NIKE Case Study Krystle Guerrero University of Phoenix MGT 448 Professor Michael Ladah The Nike Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel. The company takes its name from the Greek goddess of victory‚ and has fulfilled its reputation of being victorious in the sporting good industry for over a decade. Nike has amassed skyrocketing production numbers through independently contracting companies outside of the United States to manufacture
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marketing strategy of Nike In recent decades‚ we have witnessed a high performance marketing of Nike which make its brand name is well-known all around the world. My belief is that Nike not only is a marketing-oriented company but also has used 3Ps out of 4Ps marketing mix model effectively‚ including product‚ place and promotion. Firstly‚ when it comes to product‚ Nike considers its wide range of products as its one of most important marketing tool. In the beginning‚ Nike only focused on running
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Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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Matthew Selle Professor Li Global Business Project Spring 2012 Nike We decided to choose Nike as our company for this global business project. Nike is ranked 135 in the fortune 500-company list. Nike is the number one sports shoe company in the United States. In the US Nike dominates 35 percent of the sports shoe market‚ it also holds one of the most recognizable logos in the world‚ the Nike Swoosh. The majority of Nikes customers‚ over 50% purchase their merchandise for things other than sporting
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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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Mini Case: Nike’s Decision Nike‚ a U.S.-based company with a globally recognized brand name‚ manufactures athletic shoes in such Asian developing countries as China‚ Indonesia‚ and Vietnam using subcontractors‚ and sells the products in the U.S. and foreign markets. The company has no production facilities in the United States. In each of those Asian countries where Nike has production facilities‚ the rates of unemployment and underemployment are quite high. The wage rate is very low in those
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