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    "Nike is criticized for using sweatshops in countries like Indonesia and Mexico. The company has been subject to much critical coverage of the often poor working conditions and the exploitativeness of the cheap overseas labor." – answers.com 1. Should Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own‚ but where sub-contractors make product for Nike? Yes‚ but I do not believe that the firm is 100% responsible since it is the sub-contractors who operate

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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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    Nike has had a long history of abusive labor practices and controversies‚ but how did it all begin? Nike was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight‚ a University of Oregon track athlete‚ and Bill Bowerman‚ his coach. Initially‚ they were an athletic footwear distributor‚ but began manufacturing their own products in 1971. By the 1980’s‚ the company had begun offshoring their production manufacturing. Controversies regarding unethical labor practices began surfacing in 1991‚ mostly due to an expose by

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    corporations control the market‚ the time of the local taylor and mom-and pop stores are over. While these companies sell goods in 1st world countries‚ their produce comes from sweatshops primarily in developing nations. Sweatshops are not legal; they are defined by the US Department of Labor as factories that violates 2 or more labor laws. The government of these third world countries and the corporations are at fault. While they line their pockets‚ their workers toil for over twelve hours a day‚ earning

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    Case Report - Nike Introduction Many of us know Nike for the clever maketing campaigns‚ celebrity athelets‚ "swoosh" logo‚ and "Just Do It!" slogan. In 1963 the world’s largest athletic shoe company was founded by Philip Kight and Bill Bowerman for $500 apiece and a handshake‚ and today has over $9 billion in revenues. After several years of record breaking performance Nike’s global labor practices were brought to the attention of the public as early as the 1990s. Which included publishings

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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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    Sweatshop Labor Paper PHL/320 02/16/2015 Labor Practices Paper Throughout the past decades the United States has allowed and been faced with sweatshop pro’s and con’s. There have been active sweatshop being utilized and there have also been many protests taking place by concerned government entities‚ labor boards and student organizations regarding the unethical operations of sweatshops. It is more common for sweatshop to be in operation in Third World countries because sweatshops are considered

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    that has higher returns. In this case‚ I will first address the issues with Cohen’s calculation‚ and then analyze an new WACC to decide whether we should invest in Nike Inc. Many issues should be addressed regarding Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. First‚ to calculate the debt cost of capital‚ Cohen divided the total interest expense by the company’s average debt balance. This is an issue because she did not take into account the current yield on publicly traded Nike debt. Another issue that should

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    analysis assumes Nike debt is trading at par – it is not ▪ Equity should be based on market value‚ not book value ▪ Hence total will be based on market cap.‚ not balance sheet ▪ Her debt cost is wrong ▪ She should use the current or projected cost rather than a historic one ▪ i.e. use a Bloomberg terminal (other terminals are available) to research yields on debt of the same credit rating as Nike ▪ It is unlikely Nike has a cost of

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    Amanda Merkatz Management 301-02 Case Study 11 11252895 1. How does Nike’s decision to retain an in-house arm of ad agency Wieden & Kennedy exemplify the concept of organizational design? The decision to retain an in-house arm of ad agency exemplify the concept of organizational design‚ makes you look at how both companies interpret organizational design. Organizational design is the process of creating structures that accomplish the company’s missions and objectives. First looking at the text

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