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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SWOT Analysis Nike Strengths. Very good Leadership is one of Nike’s strengths. Nike is a very competitive organization. Founder and Owner‚ Phil Knight is often quoted as saying that “Business is war without bullets.” Nike has a healthy dislike of its competitors such as Reebok and Addidas. This competition in the market results in the company to strive to have to best products and on the market. Nike sponsors the top athletes and gains valuable coverage through the media. Nike has no factories
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Case 6 Nike Celess Valk MKTG 4082 10/29/12 To answer question one it’s important to not that Nike has created a very powerful image in the minds of consumers in America. Nike wanted consumers to see it as an innovative brand that produces top of the line performance gear that was associated with very powerful and important athletes (mostly males). Their profile users are represented as famous athletes such as Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. The athletes reflected the brand personalities such
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NIKE’S SUPPLY CHAIN CASE STUDY Case Summary Nike is a retail giant that has different product lines in different parts of the world. Nike has different markets for different products for all four seasons of the year. It conducts business with 750 to 800 factories from around the world. In 1998‚ Nike had 27 order management systems spread out globally. These systems did not function in a way that allowed them to link to its headquarters in Beaverton‚ Oregon. This led to the implementation
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Strategic Alternatives Available to the Organization First‚ we want Nike to play a role in effecting positive‚ systemic change in working conditions within our industries. If our efforts lead to a workplace oasis -- one solitary and shining example in a desert of poor conditions -- then we’ve not succeeded. Even if that single shining example were to exist (and we’re not claiming it does)‚ we’ve learned that positive changes won’t last unless the landscape changes. Our challenge is to work with
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p.30 Strategic Plan……………………………………………………………………………………..p.33 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...p.38 LIST OF EXHIBITS 1. Sales Trends Graph……………………………………………………………………………p.5 2. Net Income Trends Graph…………………………………………………………………….p.5 3. Nike Board of Directors Table………………………………………………………………...p.11 4. Table of Key Financial Ratios………………………………………………………………...p.22 5. Net Income Trend Graph………………………………………………………………….…..p.24 6. Primary Strategic Match Position Chart…………………………………………………….
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name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. Also‚ people purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. Nike being in the market‚ has opened so many doors for athletes and being in the media and advertising positive social values. Nike is a
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unrelated fields” (Collins English Dictionary‚ 2015). Nike was once a startup company that only manufactured and distributed shoes after Phil Knight founded the company in 1964. Since Nike was founded in 1964‚ their brand has extended from just manufacturing shoes to sweatpants; the highly popular Dri-fit t-shirts‚ backpacks‚ and the new Fuel bands which I will explain their purpose later. Nike seems to keep evolving with the ever-changing market in order to keep up with the competition such as Under
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customer-oriented mindset. Nintendo’s cultural values include collectivism‚ team-work orientation‚ and masculinity. Nintendo’s “Blue Ocean” strategy pursues innovation and a creative mindset to reach niche markets in the gaming industry that no other competitor has created. One setback to Nintendo’s organizational structure is the cultural differences between the high context culture of Japan and the lower context culture of America. Japan’s practices‚ may seem extreme to the employees at Nintendo of America‚ and
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Hitting the Wall: Nike & international labor practices How well and how responsibly do you think she has handled these issues to date? What advice would you give her about how she should now proceed? What principles should guide the company’s policies and practices? What opportunities‚ constraints‚ and risks does the firm face? What are the scope and limits of its social responsibilities? There are two aspects to look at how Nike has acted: 1) The intension with which it has acted:
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