Report: The Travails of Nike INTRODUCTION Nike‚ Inc. is a world’s leading supplier and a major manufacturer of athletic shoes and sports apparel. It was founded on January 25th‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. It officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. Currently their brands include Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan and Nike Skateboarding‚ while their subsidiaries are Cole Haan‚ Hurley International‚ Umbro and Converse. During this stage‚ the Nike brand has become so
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Nike Case Questions 1. In the United States‚ what is Nike’s: a) Brand image‚ and b) sources of brand equity? a) In the United States‚ Nike’s brand image is built on being a high-performance‚ innovative and aggressive brand. The company associates the brand with top athletes through sponsorships. Since inception‚ Nike has placed performance as a top priority for the brand. Through designing high performance shoes and apparel‚ as well as sponsoring high-profile athletes and teams the brand
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Another important factor in economy is the maturing market in athletic shoes. There is also a growing adverse demographic change in the marketplace brought about by the sweatshop expose that Nike has not overcome yet. Effects to Nike’s growth are also affected not only by domestic economy but also by the international economy. The continued weak Euro and Asian recession could potentially hurt Nikes international sales and growth. Nike’s extreme sports product line is seen as inferior quality
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joined Wharton’s faculty in 1969. He specialised in the evolution of multinational corporations (MNCs) making predictions to how their viability and legitimacy would change. Perlmutter is the first academic who identified distinctive managerial orientations of international companies. "The more one penetrates into the living reality of an international firm‚ the more one finds it necessary to give serious weight to the way executives think about doing business around the world". These organisational
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Introduction - Nike Nike is the company with one of the most recognised logos in the world – the “swoosh” logo. They are the worlds’ largest sports and fitness company and are a leader in sports equipment research and development earning an estimated US$14 billion in revenue. Nike anticipates the needs of the consumer and this innovation is what sets them apart from its competition. They have a desire to design products which will give definite technological benefits whilst enhancing an athletes’
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Cultural Orientation After testing myself on culture orientation I found that assessment was for the most part accurate. For a couple of sections I had answered questions that had categorized me into two different orientations. For an example‚ I had chosen the letter choice B for question number one‚ which indicated a collectivist orientation‚ and then for question number two I had chosen letter choice A‚ which indicated a individualist orientation. In an individualist culture‚ a person is held
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Nike: A Powerhouse Case Analysis Introduction Nike is a US based company founded in 1964 by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman. Originally it was named as “Blue Ribbon Shoe” company‚ but in 1972 the founders changed the name to “Nike”. Now “Nike” is world’s number 1 supplier of athletic footwear‚ sportswear‚ apparel‚ accessories and etc. Its slogan “Just does it” and “Swoosh” are one of the most recognizable slogans
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Life Orientation Exemplar Assessment Task: Written Case Study Section A QUESTION1 1.1) Four stressors that Stacey experienced are: Having to achieve an A aggregate and be the first matriculant to achieve one in 5 years at her school: Social Stresses Having to achieve an A aggregate to receive a bursary to study a B.Comm in accounting at Stellenbosch university: Social Stresses First member of the family to finish matric: Social Stresses Not having the financial aid needed to study at university:
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NIKE Executive Summary by Lawrence Gimeno Recommendations: Make it count My first recommendation is directed at Nike’s push into digital sports. In my opinion the new accelerometer based Nike+ technology is the birth of a whole new generation of Nike products and an amazing innovation to motivate people to include sports into their everyday life. Nike has attained a leading role in almost every one of the upcoming world wide sporting events‚ such as the 2012 Olympics‚ the 2012 Soccer Euro Cup
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Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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