Corporate Finance Nike‚ INC: Cost of capital 1. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? Definition of WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital): WACC is basically the average of the cost of finance (debt and equity). Since a company’s assets can be financed by debt or equity‚ WACC can show the averages of the costs involved in the sources of financing. These costs are then weighted
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production of goods and services‚ and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. It is the management of resources‚ the distribution of goods and services to customers‚ and the analysis of queue systems. Pricing is one of the four p ’s of the marketing mix The effective price is the price the company receives after accounting for discounts‚ promotions‚ and other incentives. Price lining is the use of a limited number of prices for all your product offerings
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firm’s bond‚ Johanna only used the interest expense of the year divided by the average debt balance‚ which fully ignored the discounted cash flow of the cost of debt. 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and be prepared to justify your assumptions. Combining the analysis above‚ we now give our own WACC calculation as following: 2.1 The value of debt(based on EXIHIBIT 3). Since the book value of debt may represent the market value‚ we merely
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CASE STUDY – NIKE CSR (page 70) 1. In referring to the opening profile and the closing for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? Answer: There are 5 challenges related to CSR: a. Lack of awareness and benefit of CSR In fact‚ many of companies have little knowledge about CSR. In some cases‚ companies may have a greater understanding of CSR
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1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS • ECONOMIC • CUSTOMER • COMPETITION 3 MARKETING ASPECTS • OBJECTIVES • STRATEGIES • TACTICS 6 4 4P’S • PRODUCT • PRICE • PLACE • PROMOTION 9 5 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 11 6 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 12 7 CONCLUSION 16 8 RECOMMENDATION 16 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 18 INTRODUCTION Nike is an incorporated company that primarily carries footwear products. The Company designs‚ develops and markets athletic footwear
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=((90-52)/52)/((50-75) /75)= -2.19‚ |Ed| is larger than 1. It means that consumers are really sensitive to price changes. In this condition‚ the market was highly price sensitive and a low price stimulates market growth. So it could set price by market-penetration pricing. Bennett hoped to earn a return of 15% on the selling price. 1. If he set the price according to Sanyo’s landed price‚ then the price could be $309. 2. If he set the price based on the school’s revenue‚ then the price could be: 90% students used
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Transfer Pricing Question 1) BADM4280 Paper Ltd. is a division of GH Inc. BADM4280 Paper Ltd. produces paper and sells it to a number of companies‚ as well as to GH Inc. who uses it in their textbook division. Recently‚ the vice president of marketing for GH Inc. approached BADM4280 Paper Ltd. with a request to make 20‚000 units of a special paper product. The following information is available regarding the BADM4280 Paper division: Selling price of regular paper per unit $80
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companies Nike and Adidas in athletic footwear industry. One of the most popular products is selected from each of the company to investigate. The report is conducted by analysing detail into the athletic footwear industry and both companies’ background‚ macro and micro environment forces‚ market segmentation‚ target markets‚ targeting strategies and position strategies. Many secondary researches which will be in the appendices to are done to finish the report. The results show that Adidas and Nike have
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Nike Sweatshops Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world. The company is primarily engaged in the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. The company operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific‚ the Middle East and Africa. It is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon. (Datamonitor‚ 2006‚ p 4) By shifting manufacturing to developing countries‚ Nike is able to achieve significant cost savings owing to the lower
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Nike Case Answers– Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadership of Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the set of unofficial relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: ▪ Helping people
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