COMPANY BACKGROUND Nike is the world ’s leading designer‚ marketer and distributor of athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories for a range of sports and fitness activities. Nike is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon and owns facilities in Tennessee‚ North Carolina and The Netherlands. The company operates in the Americas‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and Asia Pacific. Nike’s primary product focus is athletic footwear designed for specific-sport and/or leisure use. Nike is the world ’s
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CASE 14 NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL Cost of capital denotes the opportunity cost of using capital for a particular investment as oppose to the alternative investment which has similar systematic risk. It is extremely important since it is used in evaluating whether a project is feasible or not in the net present value (NPV) analysis‚ or in assessing the value of an asset. WACC (weighted average cost of capital) is the proportional average of each category of capital inside a firm (common
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Objectives: According to Gosep‚ workers’ participation may be viewed as: o An instrument for increasing the efficiency of enterprises and establishing harmonious relations; o A device for developing social education for promoting solidarity among workers and for tapping human talents; o A means for achieving industrial peace and harmony which leads to higher productivity and increased production; o A humanitarian act‚ elevating the status of a worker in the society; o An ideological way of
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Just Do It "Nike"‚ is it for everyone? Every athlete? Or every soccer player? This particular Nike advertisement is trying to bring excitement and passion to the viewer. It is trying to bring the viewer to a state of mind in which he or she is really "pumped". Where the viewer can fully understand and intake the broad yet specific message that can directed to every athlete‚ soccer player and your average Joe. When looking at this advertisement the viewer is able to notice that there are three
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Nike Nike is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. was founded in 1962 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight‚ and officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. It is the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment. Nike markets its products under its own brand as well as Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan. Point Of Parity (POP) Nike catagorized itself in the high-end sport shoes
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Hitting the Wall: Nike & international labor practices How well and how responsibly do you think she has handled these issues to date? What advice would you give her about how she should now proceed? What principles should guide the company’s policies and practices? What opportunities‚ constraints‚ and risks does the firm face? What are the scope and limits of its social responsibilities? There are two aspects to look at how Nike has acted: 1) The intension with which it has acted:
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Nike Debate Business Aspect: ⦁ Nike is a business and their priority is to minimize cost and maximize revenue for its public shareholders ⦁ COUNTER AGRUMENT: Instead of attacking Nike‚ protest against taxes and regulations that lower the firms return on invested capital‚ leading to lower wages for the employees? (mise.org) ⦁ COUNTER AGRUMENT:Why dont we make Nike shoes in America? Shoe business in the U.S. has been non profitable since 1984. Nike had two factories in Maine and New Hampshire but
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Case Report - Nike Introduction Many of us know Nike for the clever maketing campaigns‚ celebrity athelets‚ "swoosh" logo‚ and "Just Do It!" slogan. In 1963 the world’s largest athletic shoe company was founded by Philip Kight and Bill Bowerman for $500 apiece and a handshake‚ and today has over $9 billion in revenues. After several years of record breaking performance Nike’s global labor practices were brought to the attention of the public as early as the 1990s. Which included publishings
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NIKE’S SUPPLY CHAIN CASE STUDY Case Summary Nike is a retail giant that has different product lines in different parts of the world. Nike has different markets for different products for all four seasons of the year. It conducts business with 750 to 800 factories from around the world. In 1998‚ Nike had 27 order management systems spread out globally. These systems did not function in a way that allowed them to link to its headquarters in Beaverton‚ Oregon. This led to the implementation
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