Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager of North Point Group a large mutual fund management firm‚ is looking into the viability of investing in the stocks of Nike for the fund that she manages. Ford should base her decision on data on the company which were disclosed in the 2001 fiscal reports. While Nike management addressed several issues that are causing the decrease in market sales and prices of stocks‚ management presented its plans to improve and
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For the first time in history‚ children have a shorter life expectancy than their parents‚ this is due to the slow decline of physical activity in children of the years. The Nike Designed to Move Campaign has taken action to try and stop this downward trend of physical activity from happening. Nike believes that this issue stems from lack of physical activity in younger children. Therefore‚ later in life‚ this new generation of kids would have to deal with a higher risk of health related problems
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--------- PAGE 11 The five principal arguments that I found made by the author in the case study “The Promise and Perils of Globalization: The Case of Nike” were: 1. The company (Nike) lacked the ability to monitor the working conditions of their suppliers’ factories. Due to the fact that competitor companies were buying in on their suppliers they didn’t have an advantage or edge to
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attractiveness Lifetime attracting younger female demographics CNN delivering some great numbers on men A LT E R N AT I V E C O U R S E O F A C T I O N B E AT S T R AT E GY Identify customer groups that are worth pursuing Use market research to study consumer behavior and attitudes (how viewers use the network‚ what they value‚ what needs they have) Q UA L I TAT I V E A LT E R N AT I V E Most avid viewers were women between 35 and 54 years old Number of viewers (ratings) Audience’s characteristics
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Channel conflict when adding the Internet as a complementary marketing channel to an existing marketing channel system. A case study of a Greek mobile telecom retailer. by GEORGIA EFROSSINIDOU carried out in conjunction with WIND Hellas Telecommunications‚ Leicester October 2009 Project submitted to Leicester University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration. CONTENTS Page Acknowledgments Executive Summary Introduction Internet
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reach the target audience? I am intending to reach the target audience through the following: * The advertising women’s magazine. * Gift packs of the five perfumed soaps for the Christmas season. * The use of distribution channels available for the sale of toilet soaps like independent chemists‚ department stores‚ multiple chemists‚ supermarkets‚ and grocers. Q3) What is the product benefit that you will be providing? The product benefit that is on
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Nike Learns How to Change How did Nike change the way it made decisions and introduce new products? Nike found itself as a stagnated company with a new emergence of companies vying to take its market share so change was in Nike’s future and therefore changed the way it made decisions by bringing in managers and experts in their respective fields from outside the company to help make the changes needed. They started by purchasing specialist‚ niche market shoe companies like Cole Haan and Hurley so
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3.9 Channels of Business Promotion A medical tourism sphere is a specific branch of medical business which has its own ways of possible advertising. The main features of this kind of business may be stated as the following: - Medical tour services may be offered mostly on-line through a web-site and contextual advertisements; - Another strong source of attracting new clients is a ‘word of mouth’ principle‚ but it is absolutely not controlled by a business owner and unlikely can be effective on the
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Mittal 50219 BBS 3FA CASE SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS Formation of Nike In 1958‚ Phil Knight came realised the need of a good American running shoe and started working on his idea. In 1964‚ he along with Bowerman formed an athletic shoe company and called it Blue Ribbon Shoe (BRS) company. In 1971‚ they developed a distinctive trademark and a new brand name and this is how Nike came into existence. Exceptional economic performance Nike grew at an amazingly fast pace with profits
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current distribution network and infrastructure that Nike had in place for its high-end footwear‚ the World Shoes‚ distributed through the same channels‚ didn’t reach the proper target market. The Series 100 and Series 400 were simply placed on a shelf next to the expensive Air Max in an urban retail store. The consumers in the intended market segment‚ who lived primarily in rural areas‚ didn’t necessarily shop at these places. However‚ Nike had no system to distribute the shoes outside of its three
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