get a grasp of Nike and how its changing the world today with its innovative products‚ we must first take a glance at the history of the company and how it all began. Bill Bowerman was a nationally respected track and field coach at the University of Oregon and the founding father of Nike. Bill was always seeking to find ways in order to give his athletes a competitive advantage experiencing with track surfaces‚ energy drinks but most importantly- innovative running shoes. Nikes business strategy
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Nike is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel[3] and a major manufacturer of sports equipment‚ with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012. The company was founded on January 25‚ 1964 as Blue
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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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Advertising and Public Relations | | Executive Summary Best known for their “Just do it” branding‚ Nike was founded in 1955 by an athlete named Phil Knight who ran track for Bill Bowerman. Originally starting as a footwear distributor for a company known today as “ASICS”‚ the founders of the company decided to take a different approach to their business. When they launched their Nike line‚ they realized that having an athlete endorse their shoes would be a great way to reach out to the world
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Nike Nike was founded in 1964 by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. They started to design shoes that were lighter‚ better padded‚ and featured waffle like patterns in their rubber sole. At first not much commercial success. After that they started importing low cost‚ high quality running shoes out of Asian countries. A deal was made with Onitsuka to import these hoes to the US‚ there were sold under the brand name ‘Blue Ribbon Shoes’ (BRS). Their initial shipment were only 200 shoes. By 1964 BRS
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Is Nike Worth the Buy? Thomas Senyard Issue It has been a week since Nike’s analyst meeting in which management unveiled a plan to revitalize the company. Kimi Ford wonders‚ is Nike a good buy for her mutual fund? Background Nike’s recent market share has been declining. The new strategy that management introduced plans to develop a better mid-priced shoe‚ to push their apparel line and to put more effort into expense control. Lehman Brothers say that Nike is a strong buy‚ but UBS
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NIKE INC AND SWEET SHOP Act The el Expense Billing Controversy and False Claims Act PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)‚ a major accounting firm‚ was engaged in unethical billing practices that generated millions of dollars in additional revenue to the company. PwC was charging its clients the full price of airline tickets and other travel expenses‚ such as hotel rooms and car rentals‚ while it was actually expending only a small percentage of the full amount billed to its clients due to applied rebates
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of per Unit Total Costs. The estimated unit costs for Hoteling Industries‚ when operating at a production and sales level of 10‚000 units‚ are as follows: Cost Item Estimated Unit Cost Direct materials $15 Direct labor 10 Variable factory overhead 8 Fixed factory overhead 5 Variable marketing 4 Fixed marketing 3 Required: (1) Identify the estimated conversion cost per unit. (2) Identify the estimated prime cost per unit. (3) Determine the estimated total variable cost per unit. (4) Compute
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Sandi Wodarczak BA206 – Nike Case Study Due: February 16‚ 2011 Nike: Spreading Out to Stay Together Informal structures are thought to be good during times of change‚ but can be the cause for big problems during change. When an outsider is brought into an informal structure‚ operating under a matrix‚ there may be friction as the outsider never really gets to be an insider. I think this is what happened with Perez. Perez was the outsider brought in to take over for the insider‚ Knight
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