Background information: Iconography Explanation Nike Heritage NIKE‚ pronounced NI-KEY‚ is the winged goddess of victory according to Greek mythology. He sat next to Zeus‚ king of the Olympian pantheon‚ in Olympus. A mystical presence‚ symbolizing victorious encounters‚ NIKE presided first battle in history. A Greek saying: "When we go to battle and win‚ we say it is NIKE." Synonymous with honored conquest‚ NIKE is the twentieth century footwear that lifts the world ’s greatest athletes to new levels
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CHAPTER I Introduction Background of Study An inventory system is basically a process whereby a business keeps track of the goods and material it has available. In its simplest sense it can be done manually by a count at the end of each day. In this way it is possible to keep a record of the goods coming in to the business and goods being sold. However this is only really appropriate for small businesses that do not have a lot of stock. For larger business it is more likely that a computerized
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Case study: Nike: the Sweatshop Debate 1) Should Nike be held responsible for working condition in factories that it does not own‚ but where sub-contractors make products for Nike? Nike doesn’t own any manufacturing facilities and outsource its production. Therefore‚ it can’t be directly blamed for terrible working conditions. Nike can influence indirectly on working conditions at contracting factories thorough refusing to work with sweatshop factories. However‚ Nike‚ like any other capitalistic
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Strengths Weaknesses Nike has a strong global brand which everyone will know by its logo. The logo itself needs to be presented without the name and everyone will know what it is‚ that is how powerful the brand is. Some companies require their names to be present but in this case that is not true. This is garnered a long term customer loyalty base where the products are synonymous with high quality clothing and fitness trainers. The power of the brand is also evident in the fact that Nike has well known
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people hear the name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. People also purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. People like LeBron James‚ Tiger Woods‚ Maria Sharapova‚ and Michael Jordan. These athletes wearing the Nike sign‚ was what really
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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 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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Name Institution: Course: Date: Financial Statement Analysis for Nike Nike Corporation released its financial statement for the year ended May 2014. Nike Inc. is a sports apparel manufacturing firm with diverse interests all over the world. The financial statements suggest a strong company whose stocks are not undervalued‚ but with the potential of exploding higher having shown sustained strengths when the Europe‚ American‚ and Chinese economies were at the brink of disaster. Despite sustaining fluctuations
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on its capital structure. In my opinion Ms. Ford has correctly assumed Nikes cost of debt and cost of equity. Her projection for cost of debt uses the Japanese yen notes ranging from 2.0%-4.3%. Since she used the higher range of 4.3%‚ that will eliminate any overly optimistic projections and should leave us with a realistic assumption. Some people can argue that she should of used the multiple costs of capital approach since Nike operates in many different sectors within the sporting apparel industry;
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Nike: Sweatshops and Business Ethics History What started with a handshake between two running geeks in Oregon in January 1964 are now the world ’s most competitive sports and Fitness Company. Bill Bowerman the legendary University of Oregon track &field coach and Phil Knights a University of Oregon runner under Bowerman coach‚ found the Nike Company‚ named by the Greek winged goddess of victory. First the company was named Blue Ribbon Sports. The Nike athletic machine began as a small distributing
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