Nike: Spreading Out to Stay Together | By: Karol Czajkowski | Case 10 | 5/2/2013 5/2/2013 REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. If a sporting good can be used in sporting event‚ and especially if that event can be televised‚ Nike has likely made such a product and added a swoosh to it. But in this day and age‚ are there anymore sporting products that Nike would do better not to produce? Explain your reasoning. In the present day there are some products that Nike would not have
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Case: "Nike: The Sweatshop Debate" 1. Should Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own‚ but where subcontractors make products for Nike? Yes‚ Nike is not only responsible but also accountable for the working conditions of foreign countries that it does not own. Nike should realize that it is a Global Organization and working globally does not only mean that taking advantage of low cost destination but also taking responsibility of the contractors/employees
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Assignment Three MF Global History: MF Global was founded in the late 1700’s by James Man. It was a pure cash commodities firm that dealt mostly with the trade of sugar and molasses. ED&F Man‚ as it was known when it was founded up until the late 2000’s‚ mainly traded pure cash commodities until the late 1970’s. They then started to trade futures and other securities as futures market became more mechanized with the use of the internet. This made for a time of great growth and expansion and in
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The mission statement of Nike is to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. Planning is to select goals and ways to attain them. Nike has a strategic plan that a company needs in order to succeed at anything. The manger is taking actions in terms of strengths and opportunities. Besides‚ Nike needs to set goals and determine the best way to overcome weaknesses and threats for the company. The strengths for the Nike’s company will be strong at research and development and it
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Nike Executive Summary Kimi Ford manages a large mutual fund for NorthPoint Group. Her company is trying to decide whether or not to invest in Nike’s stock‚ which has been declining in price in the past year. Kimi has asked her assistant‚ Joanna Cohen‚ to estimate Nike’s weight average cost of capital (WACC) to help make this decision (Case 13‚ pg. 58). We looked at Joanna’s estimates and discovered a few problems that she made when estimating her cost of capital. We found Joanna’s estimates
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Nike and Adidas Both Nike and Adidas are sportswear companies that goods throughout many parts of the world are very popular and have been the top two leading sport companies in the sport industry; as a result‚ people have to compare and contrast which product proper for them. The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast these two companies in terms of company’s background‚ products and price‚ and sponsorships and marketing. Firstly‚ background of Nike company and Adidas company have different
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Nike‚ a company headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ is a major force in the sports footwear and fashion industry‚ with annual sales exceeding $ 12 billion‚ more than half of which now come from outside the United States. The company was co-founded in 1964 by Phil Knight‚ a CPA at Price Waterhouse‚ and Bill Bowerman‚ college track coach‚ each investing $ 500 to start. The company‚ initially called Blue Ribbon Sports‚ changed its name to Nike in 1971 and adopted the “Swoosh” logo recognizable
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Organization Structure $10.6 Billion Revenue (2005) Operating in 200 Countries 70% of sales outside the US Compete in Oral Personal & Home Care; Pet Nutrition segments Brands: Colgate‚ Palmolive‚ Speed Stick‚ Ajax‚ Hills Science Diet Consistent unit volume‚ revenue and gross margin growth. Focus on high margin core businesses. Case Facts: Colgate Max Fresh Colgate Max Fresh (CMF) launched in 2004 Less cannibalization than expected More trading up than expected USA China Mexico May 2005 launch
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Everyone knows the world’s greatest basketball player Michael Jordan also has one of the highest sold brands and apparels. Soon Jordan will be 50 years old‚ and even though he is out of the NBA the economic impact of his commercial success is still felt worldwide. In the early 1980s Jordan came into the NBA‚ back then athletes did not have their own brands‚ they were not a business‚ and endorsements were hard to come by‚ but Jordan changed all that (unsportsmanlike.ca). As noted in New York PRNewswire
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Shanghai Tang: The First Global Chinese Luxury Brand 1. What is a luxury brand and how is it different than a mass market brand? How does one build a luxury brand? 2. What might have accounted for Shanghai Tang’s unsatisfactory early results in building a global luxury brand? What could they or should they have done differently? 3. What strategies did they use to promote the brand? What worked and what didn’t work? How did they expand the brand? Was it a good strategy? 4. How
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