RESEARCH PROJECT – ACCOUNTING II 1. Nike‚ Inc. 2. Nike world headquarters location One Bowerman Drive Beaverton‚ Oregon 97005-6453 3. In 1950‚ before there was the Swoosh‚ before there was Nike‚ there were two visionary men who pioneered a revolution in athletic footwear that redefined the industry. Bill Bowerman who was constantly seeking ways to give his athletes a competitive advantage. and Phil Knight was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland
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YAHONG LI JIANGYONG LU ZHIGANG TAO SHANG-JIN WEI FOXCONN V BYD (A): COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE OR LEARNING BY HIRING? Teaching Note Synopsis Foxconn International Holdings Limited (“Foxconn”) is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones. Its competitor‚ BYD Company Limited (“BYD”)‚ entered the market in 2003 and has initiated a learning-by-hiring strategy by actively recruiting workers from Foxconn. In May 2006‚ Foxconn first discovered a leakage of its trade secrets to BYD through
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firm’s bond‚ Johanna only used the interest expense of the year divided by the average debt balance‚ which fully ignored the discounted cash flow of the cost of debt. 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and be prepared to justify your assumptions. Combining the analysis above‚ we now give our own WACC calculation as following: 2.1 The value of debt(based on EXIHIBIT 3). Since the book value of debt may represent the market value‚ we merely
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CASE STUDY – NIKE CSR (page 70) 1. In referring to the opening profile and the closing for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? Answer: There are 5 challenges related to CSR: a. Lack of awareness and benefit of CSR In fact‚ many of companies have little knowledge about CSR. In some cases‚ companies may have a greater understanding of CSR
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McDonald’s National Hiring Day Juan Sebastian Yanguas Embry Riddle Aeronautical University McDonald’s National Hiring Day McDonald’s national hiring day was only one day which they received thousands of application from people in the United States and they were trying to hire 50‚000 new people. Crew and management positions were the types of jobs McDonald’s were seeking for. There are 14‚000 McDonald’s in the Unites States and the company stated that one of the reasons to hire so many people
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Nike Sweatshops Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world. The company is primarily engaged in the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. The company operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific‚ the Middle East and Africa. It is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon. (Datamonitor‚ 2006‚ p 4) By shifting manufacturing to developing countries‚ Nike is able to achieve significant cost savings owing to the lower
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THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYEE TURNOVER ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A COMPANY: A CASE OF GENERAL MOTORS EAST AFRICA LTD BY MAANZO PHILIP MALUKI REG. NO. D61/73087/2009 A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI DATE: APRIL 2010. Acknowledgement: May I express my heartfelt appreciation to the Almighty God for giving me good health‚ strength and a sound mind to accomplish this work
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org/files/u5/LRNGlobalIntegrity.pdf Nike Corporation In this essay‚ I will attempt to present an analysis of the ethics and social responsibility issues that an organization can face when it is a global organization. One of the most recognized organizations globally would without a doubt have to be the Nike Corporation. Several years ago the Nike Corporation came under fire for using child labor in Pakistan and Cambodia to make their soccer balls. Because Nike came under fire for this unethical
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In today’s world‚ Nike and Wal-Mart are two big corporations that play a vital role in many lives. They both started from humble beginnings and have become a big phenomenon not only in the United States‚ but globally as well. Through what I would call very smart business concepts both have been able to grow exponentially over the past few decades. Wal-Mart has been able to pretty much dominate retail while Nike has been able to pop up first in peoples mind when it comes to sports apparel. Wal-Mart’s
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Both of these arguments hit the same key notes‚ especially that retaining a student a grade level can lead to them ultimately dropping out of school. "Longitudinal studies also revealed that grade retention was linked to increased risk for dropping out of school‚ to the extent that early grade retention was "one of the most powerful predictors of later school withdrawal"" (Silberglitt‚ Appleton‚ Burns‚ and Jimerson). This same arguments was also brought up in Pearson‚ I know believe retaining students
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