RESEARCH PROJECT – ACCOUNTING II 1. Nike‚ Inc. 2. Nike world headquarters location One Bowerman Drive Beaverton‚ Oregon 97005-6453 3. In 1950‚ before there was the Swoosh‚ before there was Nike‚ there were two visionary men who pioneered a revolution in athletic footwear that redefined the industry. Bill Bowerman who was constantly seeking ways to give his athletes a competitive advantage. and Phil Knight was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland
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New Product Development Process "When the change outside is greater than the change inside‚ the end is near" - Peter Drucker. New product is crucial because the market is changing... the old trend might become new again... but it never stay still. Only constant is change. That’s why we have to do the new product development process. There is a 7-step process comprising the key elements of new product development. The first step of new product development is idea generation which requires
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Wriston Manufacturing We identified seven factors contributing to the variance in overhead costs from plant to plant. However‚ in order to best understand how these factors contribute to inter-plant variance‚ it is helpful to first take note of the individual components of total overhead. As noted in the case‚ fixed overhead includes depreciation‚ utilities‚ salaries‚ and fringe benefit costs of employees‚ whereas variable costs consist of first-line supervisors’ wages‚ costs of set-up labor‚ scrap
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Nike Case Answers– Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadership of Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the set of unofficial relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: ▪ Helping people
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controlling‚ designing‚ operating‚ and scheduling business operations in the production of Nike foot ware. Its excellent management that has been developed and ameliorated during the long term operation has enabled that business operations to be efficient and at the same time using as few resources as required. It is also effective in terms of satisfying customer demands‚ and thus it has become one of the key issue that Nike develop prosperously despite the fierce competitions with other foot ware giants such
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Nike Advertisement Analysis Every day many Americans sit back and watch the world go by‚ dreaming of getting out and reaching their personal ambitions. Although everyone has goals in mind to achieve‚ success depends on the drive he or she has inside. Imagine a shoe that can supplement that motivational drive. The Nike advertisement creates a conceptual situation that a running shoe can take a person anywhere they want. The caption states this running shoe will be there to give you motivation‚ “if
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Nike Case Study The US-based Nike Corporation announced that it had generated profits of $97.4 million‚ around $48 million below its earlier forecast for the third quarter ended February 28‚ 2001. The company said that the failure in the supply chain software installation by i2 Technologies3 was the cause of this revenue shortfall. This admission of failure also affected the company’s reputation as an innovative user of technology. The supply chain software implementation was the first part of
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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate MGT/448 May 31‚ 2010 Instructor: Adrianne Ford Nike: The Sweatshop Debate The purpose and intent of this paper is to describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that face the Nike Corporation in their global business ventures. This paper will also touch on the roles of the host government and countries where Nike manufactures their products and the author will summarize the strategic and operational challenges that Nike managers face in globalization of
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To: Richard Sullivan‚ Vice President‚ Heavy Equipment Division‚ WMC Subject: Wriston Manufacturing Corporation Date: May 1‚ 2012 Thank you for the opportunity to work with Wriston Manufacturing Corporation (WMC)‚ it has been both a rewarding and insightful experience. As requested‚ an evaluation has been conducted to assess and identify the key areas of strength and weakness and to provide an external perspective into possible opportunities for corporate advancement. Based on our analysis
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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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