Introduction For this module Session Long Project I picked Nike‚ Inc as the multinational company to study. Here we will discuss the origin and history of this company and its profile. We will also cover Nike ’s international activities and how they managed to become today ’s world ’s leading supplier of athletic shoes‚ apparel and sports equipment. We will see how this company managed to expand internationally and control the sportswear arena completely by utilizing marketing strategy centering
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The History Of Nike Inc. Nike (originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports)‚ was founded by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964 (Yahoo finance NKE profile page as of Jan. 2 2008). The company initially operated as a distributor for Japanese shoe maker Onitsuka Tiger‚ making most sales at track meets out of Knight’s car. Many top Oregon runners began wearing the shoes‚ and the shoe’s popularity grew quickly because of Kennan Meyer. The company’s first
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NIKE INC. 1. HISTORY 1960s Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike Inc. as Blue Ribbon Sports with a handshake and only $1‚000 in capital in 1964. The partners first began their relationship at the University of Oregon where Bowerman was Knight’s track and field coach. While attending Stanford University‚ Knight wrote a paper about breaking Germany’s domination of the U.S. domestic athletic shoe industry by distributing low-cost‚ high-quality Japanese athletic shoes to American consumers.
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Nike Inc. Prepared by: Chuck Viasi MBA 330 - Innovation and Technology Management August 11‚ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary Nike‚ Inc. is a globally-recognized athletic sports apparel company with strong brand loyalty. The foundations of Nike’s success today were established by its Co-Founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in 1972. As an athlete and a coach‚ their relentless pursuit of improved athletic performance instilled a competitive spirit
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The topic that I have chosen to do a research project on is Nike Inc. I chose to do my research on Nike because I am for one‚ very much interested in Nike‚ and secondly I am very interested in Nike ’s clothing‚ shoes‚ and accessory line. <br> <br>Basketball players "want to be like Mike"‚ but shoe companies "want to be like NIKE." NIKE is the worlds #1 company and controls more than 40% of the US athletic shoe market. The company designs and sells shoes for just about every sport‚ including baseball
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The Nike Controversy By Matt Wilsey‚ Scott Lichtig Introduction: Poor working conditions have been present for centuries. Often times little or nothing is done unless a tragedy occurs to persuade the public to rally for worker rights. This was definitely the case in the United States during the Industrial Revolution and even late in the 20th Century. These conditions have for most purposes disappeared in the United States‚ with the exception of some in the agricultural sector. However‚ internationally
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Nike Nike is a major publicly traded clothing‚ footwear‚ sportswear‚ and equipment supplier based in the United States. It is one of the biggest companies in the world. It was not a big company at first‚ however‚ with its many strengths‚ it finally became a symbol of sportswear. * Strengths * Tailored to the needs of every athlete: “get all geared up” option on website takes you through a series of questions to find the perfect gear for you. * Personal: Through NIKEiD athletes are able
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Oregon track coach and co-founder of Nike Bill Bowerman once said: “If you have a body‚ you are an athlete!” (Nike Inc.‚ n.d.) It is this way of thinking that describes the root of Nike’s approach to marketing. Every person is a potential athlete or “consumer”. This is a common thinking in the realm of athletics but when Bill Bowerman said this‚ it was in direct reference to the shoe industry. From their marketing strategies to their selling philosophies‚ Nike has developed one of the most recognizable
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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM Since the late 1980s‚ Business School marketing professor Itamar Simonson has looked for ways to understand how consumers make choices. Much of his work debunks the accepted theory that giving consumers what they want and making a profit are the most basic principles of marketing. Customers may not know what they want‚ and second-guessing them can be expensive‚ says the professor who teaches MBA and PhD marketing and consumer decision-making courses. In Simonson’s words
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Interpersonal Behavior in the Workplace: Trust Nike Inc.‚ the sports apparel multinational company has been under suspicion and scrutiny for their practice of the unfair treatment and negligent labor habits in their offshore factories. They have been criticized for human rights abuse‚ child labor law violations‚ as well as minimum wages and trade union relations violations within a number of Asian countries. They subsequently misguided the public in an attempt to make one believe there is no
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