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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Company Evaluation Project Of Nike Corporation Submitted By: Steven Ritter May 10‚ 2007 Financial Analysis Description of Company History Nike Corporation has become one of the most competitive sports and fitness companies worldwide. Two runners‚ Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight‚ from a small town in Oregon embarked upon the business with a handshake agreement. The enterprise began in January of 1964 with the introduction of Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1966 the handshake between
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different countries and to different people. At Nike‚ Diversity and Inclusion is what drives creativity and innovation. It takes every one of our over 30‚000 employees working at the top of their game for Nike to reach its highest potential. And we know that outstanding teams are composed of diverse people‚ backgrounds and skill sets. Nike’s ability to lead in innovation and creativity hinges on our ability to attract and retain the best global talent. Nike has appointed a Vice President of Global Diversity
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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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Just Buy It: Nike Advertising Aimed at Glamour Readers: A Critical Feminist Analysis Darin J. Arsenault & Tamer Fawzy. Tamara : Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science. Las Cruces: 2001. Vol. 1‚ Iss. 2; pg. 63-76‚ 14 pgs Abstract (Article Summary) The growing popularity of women ’s sports has helped steer fitness companies such as Nike to carefully craft advertising messages aimed at women. The current study assessed Nike ’s marketing campaign in Glamour‚ a popular consumer magazine
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cause much rubble in the new companies operations. However‚ future political challenges cannot be ruled out. Nike being number one sportswear in the USA‚ its profits‚ turnovers‚ marketing sponsor ships and advertising surmount all other sports wear companies. This company is not only positioned as a market leader but also leaders in the industry labor practices initiatives. Although Nike had suffered bad publicity over the last decade‚ for various reasons‚ it is best placed in the political climate
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1. Write a brief synopsis of the Nike case. In the 1990’s‚ Nike‚ a well-known shoe company‚ came under intense fire for claims of labor issues stemming from wages to working conditions to child exploitation. Years of bad publicity plagued the company‚ including bouts with the media and even celebrities. Nike’s initial response was to deny and defend its company name. The activists continued to pursue to the point that Nike is forced to face its criticism head on. 2. What charges have Jeff
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Introduction: Nike is famous known as an athletic shoe producer. It has the biggest market share in America and a global reputation for sports equipment. For Nike‚ buyers never worry about the quality because it’s professional. It was born in 1972 and bought Converse in 2003. Nike commits itself to the mission statement: “if you have a body‚ you are an athlete”. According to the website of Nike‚ their goal is to help athletes on every level to reach their potential and make benefit for shareholders
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Nike Project Report Mridul Jain‚ Krishore Veerasekar‚ Ziad Ahmed Table of Contents ABOUT NIKE 1 Description of Nike 1 MAJOR EVENTS 2 Acquisition 2 Divestitures 2 STRATEGY 2 Advertising 2 NIKE’S FINANCIAL RATIOS 3 Liquidity or Working Capital 3 Current Ratio 3 Quick Ratio 3 Working Capital 4 Efficiency and Asset Management 5 Total Asset Turnover 5 Fixed Asset Turnover 5 Days Sales Outstanding 5 Debt Management 6 Total liabilities to Total Assets 6 Long-Term Debt to Capital 6 Times Interest
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1990’s Nike started facing criticism after several articles were released showing the poor labor conditions of its workers in sweatshops in places like China‚ Japan‚ and other Asian countries. As early as 1993 reports started being released about the poor working conditions. One such report was a CBS exposé by Roberta Baskin describing the working conditions of the Indonesian women working in the factories‚ explaining that they were making only $1.30 a day. During the report she criticized Nike and
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