Nike Nike was founded in 1964 by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. They started to design shoes that were lighter‚ better padded‚ and featured waffle like patterns in their rubber sole. At first not much commercial success. After that they started importing low cost‚ high quality running shoes out of Asian countries. A deal was made with Onitsuka to import these hoes to the US‚ there were sold under the brand name ‘Blue Ribbon Shoes’ (BRS). Their initial shipment were only 200 shoes. By 1964 BRS
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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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companies Nike and Adidas in athletic footwear industry. One of the most popular products is selected from each of the company to investigate. The report is conducted by analysing detail into the athletic footwear industry and both companies’ background‚ macro and micro environment forces‚ market segmentation‚ target markets‚ targeting strategies and position strategies. Many secondary researches which will be in the appendices to are done to finish the report. The results show that Adidas and Nike have
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Nike -Sweatshop Overview Nike is one of the largest‚ most popular and profitable shoe and clothing companies in the world. This is why it is a wonder that the reality for many workers overseas making Nike shoes and clothing is far less rosy. Workers are paid wages insufficient to meet their basic needs‚ they are not allowed to organize independent unions‚ and often face health and safety hazards. Nike publicizes itself as one of the leaders of corporate responsibility. However‚ they do not comply
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NIKE CASE STUDY ANALYSIS Q: What characteristics about Nike contributed to their troubles with i2 becoming nothing more than a speed bump? 1. i2’s predictive demand application and its supply chain planner used different business rules and stored data in different formats‚ making it difficult to integrate the two applications. The i2 software needed to be so heavily customized to operate with Nike’s legacy systems that it took as much as a minute for a single entry to be recorded
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There are some researchers in the psychology field that are not aware of the benefits that exist when they approach their research as cultural psychologists. An analysis of the dual-process models’ theories and the assumptions about cultural psychology reveals that cultural psychology forces researchers to expend a high level of cognitive effort. The current debate between cultural psychologists and non-cultural psychologists is like the Gestalt psychology and Behaviorism debate in the 20th Century
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Philip Knight is the chairman‚ CEO‚ and co-founder of Nike and he currently owns more than 90% of the firm. The company is internationally known for its trademark "swoosh" and its leadership in the athletic apparel industry. Philip H. Knight ’s involvement with a sporting goods company is not accidental. He has always loved running‚ was a miler in college and has participated in marathons since. Knight received a BBA in Accounting at the University of Oregon in 1959‚ and was an MBA student at Stanford
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1. Visit minimum 5 retailers of NIKE/ADIDAS and prepare a brief summary report of: a) Typical customer profile/demographic profile of the products of NIKE/ADIDAS shoes. b) Acceptance levels of the 2 brands in the consumers of your city. c) Consumer feedback for improvement‚ if any‚ of NIKE/ADIDAS. Ans: The Finally report After visit of Six Outlets of Nike & Adidas: Introduction: As we know that both the brands NIKE and ADIDAS are having a very good reputed brands
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Ethics HU 357 August 3‚ 2013 Nike’s Code of Ethics Matter of Respect: Nike knows that people perform best in a work environment free from unlawful harassment and discrimination‚ and we want to be sure that harassment and discrimination of all types do not occur at Nike. To that end‚ Nike’s policy prohibits discrimination and harassment‚ seeks to prevent harassment and provides employees with an effective complaint process. Employees must take care to treat other the way they would expect to be
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Case Study: E-recruitment gets Nike on track Posted by HR Zone in Strategies on Thu‚ 09/12/2004 - 16:54 0 inShare The Nike employer brand is extremely powerful in attracting potential talent to the business making the process of handling applications and supporting the resourcing process effectively and efficiently critical to business success; implementing e-recruitment was identified as the way to solve this businesses hiring problems. The issue Nike currently receives around 800
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