Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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Abstract Our research paper describes the organizational culture of the gaming industry giant: Nintendo. By providing a brief background of Nintendo’s uprising into the video game era‚ we examine their corporate culture‚ and general theory of action‚ to identify how this company has reached its status and how its culture has affected the job performance and commitment of its employees. In order to better understand the cultural components of Nintendo we viewed the official Nintendo Website‚ online
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Nike vs. Reebok Questions 1. "The success of Nike was strictly fortuitous and had little to do with great decision making." Evaluate this statement. The important part of the success was due to the far-sight of Nike’s management team. Nike’s CEO‚ who was a marathoner and knew what runners wanted for their shoes‚ had made a very basic strategy work; "make the products that fit their consumers’ needs". Examples of great decision making are: Diversifying products (into sports wears and others)
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model of Ecological Responsiveness". The Academy of Management Journal 43 (4): 717–736. doi:10.2307/1556363. ISSN 0001-4273. JSTOR 1556363. * Bhattacharya‚ CB‚ Sankar Sen and Daniel Korschun (2011) Leveraging Corporate Social Responsibility: The Stakeholder Route to Business and Social Value‚ Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge: UK. * Bulkeley‚ H. (2001). "Governing Climate Change: The Politics and Risk Society". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers‚ New Series‚ Vol.26‚ No.4‚ pp
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Nike Case – 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 leadershipof Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the shadow organization that represents the actualworking and communication relationships that may not resemble the formal organizationalchart
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‘unethical’ by media who construe this view to consumers. Such allegations can and will have damaging effects with Nike having been taken to court already in the past. 2. Would the use of third-party independent contractors insulate MNCs from being attacked? Would that practice offer MNCs a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? • Not necessarily‚ as Nike will be using labour which is just managed by another party. They would just be shifting the blame of abusing “their
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In order to understand the Nike system’s effectiveness in defending the US‚ the hostile actions and aerial strength of the USSR must be put into context. The main reason for the creation of the Nike missile system was to defend and deter the rapid technological advances of the USSR. After World War II‚ the USSR was able to acquire German scientists that had been working on the infamous V-2 rockets‚ as well as nuclear research. In addition‚ the USSR was also able to acquire some of the US’s bombers
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were good‚ I think that there were some that she could have used different numbers and rates to come up with more accurate numbers. WACC=(E/(D+E)) Ke + (D/(D+E)) Kd (1-t) 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and be prepared to justify your assumptions Cost of debt-based on yield to maturity PMT= 100(.0675)=6.75 N= 20 (2)=40 FV= 100 PV= 95.6 I/Y= computed on calculator=7.0832(semiannually) 7.0832(2)=14.166% annually COST OF EQUITY Cost of
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An example of an operational strategy I found was within the NIKE organization. NIKE was created in 1972‚ by co-founder Bill Bowerman & his University of Oregon runner Phil Knight. Together‚ with the people they hired‚ the company was able to grow and expand from a U.S. based footwear distributor to a global marketer of athletic footwear‚ apparel & equipment that is unrivaled in the world today (www.nikeinc.com). Operations strategy is the development of a long term plan for using the major resources
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Nike marketing plan Nike is the most renowned supplier of athletic shoes and apparels. The brand can be found everywhere‚ examples of its major target areas are: USA‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific and the Americas. The business has obtained a huge position in the market of these places thanks to the innovative and attractive design‚ quality production of the product and wise marketing strategies. Regarding the latter‚ we can focus on the 4 Ps of the marketing mix: 1. Product: Thanks
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