"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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CASE STUDY: A multi-national company/TNC - NIKE Nike trainers are sold and worn throughout the world. Nike is a typical transnational corporation (TNC). Its headquarters are in the USA‚ where all the major decisions and research take place‚ yet its sports shoes are manufactured in many countries around the world. Like many TNCs‚ Nike subcontracts or uses independently owned factories in different countries to produce its trainers. Often this takes place in less economically developed countries
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1. In referring to the opening chapter and closing case for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges discussing corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? a. Apparel manufacturers and distributors face many unethical horizons when conducting business overseas. There primary goal in outsourcing is to reduce costs anywhere deemed possible. Although‚ companies such as Nike fall into a slippery slope when production is high‚ exposure
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The Cost of Capital in Multinational Firms Monique N. Mixon University of Maryland University College FIN 630‚ 04 November 2012 Turnitin.com=_________ ABSTRACT This paper examines the cost of capital for multinational firms and determines that the multinational firm should use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to evaluate international and domestic investment decisions and to magistrate the enactment of subsidiaries domestically and internationally. This paper also discusses
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Nike Case Study 1.) List the various macro-environmental factors that influence Nike’s strategy. Which seem most pertinent? The macro-environmental factors that influence Nike’s strategy include culture‚ demographics‚ social issues‚ technological advances‚ economic situation‚ and political and regulatory environment. Culture is the shared meanings‚ beliefs‚ morals‚ values and customs of a group of people. In America‚ Nike has become an industry leader that influences our cultural
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BRAND MANAGMENT Nike: Building a Global Brand Case analysis Ahmed Coucha 800090353 6/29/2011 Dr. Ibrahim Hegazy 2 How would you characterize Nike’s brand image and sources of brand equity in the U.S? Nike’s Brand image in the US: Brand image is the impression in the consumers’ mind of a brand’s total personality (real and imaginary qualities and shortcomings). It is set of feelings‚ emotions and experiences that are linked to the brand. While brand personality is the image the company wants
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Nike Case Answers– Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadership of Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the set of unofficial relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: ▪ Helping people
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RSS 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
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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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Case Study- Nike 1. Discuss how Nike’s growth can be attributed to its targeting of diverse market global segments. In the 1960’s Nike was only making running shoes. At this point in time not many people knew of Nike or the Nike swoosh. In order to increase brand awareness‚ they started paying athletes to wear their shoes. However‚ very soon Nike learnt that in order to be a global brand they needed to appeal to different market segments‚ not just athletes. Hence‚ they then decided to tap
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