NIKE Executive Summary by Lawrence Gimeno Recommendations: Make it count My first recommendation is directed at Nike’s push into digital sports. In my opinion the new accelerometer based Nike+ technology is the birth of a whole new generation of Nike products and an amazing innovation to motivate people to include sports into their everyday life. Nike has attained a leading role in almost every one of the upcoming world wide sporting events‚ such as the 2012 Olympics‚ the 2012 Soccer Euro Cup
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Summary 3 Introduction to Adidas 3 Mission Statement 4 Corporate Vision 5 Management Structure 5 Executive Board 5 Members of the Executive Board 5 Supervisory Board 7 Members of the Supervisory Board 7 Committees of the Supervisory Board 11 Organizational Flowchart 13 Issues facing the organization 14 Six Forces Analysis 14 Rivalries: 14 Substitutes: 14 New Entrants: 14 Customers bargaining power: 15 Suppliers bargaining power: 15 Complements: 15 SWOT Analysis 16 Strengths 16 Weaknesses
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Globalisation a11d Nike GLOBALISATION Globalisation is the growing relations of international markets and it involves the economic activity in the production of goods and services among countries. It involves aspects such as growth and productivity‚ employment and skills wages and unequal distribution in wages both internationally as within a country. Hence‚ the belief that globalisation leads to growth is present all over both the works of Friedman and Norberg‚ but can be illustrated by a quote
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Her analysis assumes Nike debt is trading at par – it is not ▪ Equity should be based on market value‚ not book value ▪ Hence total will be based on market cap.‚ not balance sheet ▪ Her debt cost is wrong ▪ She should use the current or projected cost rather than a historic one ▪ i.e. use a Bloomberg terminal (other terminals are available) to research yields on debt of the same credit rating as Nike ▪ It is unlikely Nike has a
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Nike Case Questions 1. In the United States‚ what is Nike’s: a) Brand image‚ and b) sources of brand equity? a) In the United States‚ Nike’s brand image is built on being a high-performance‚ innovative and aggressive brand. The company associates the brand with top athletes through sponsorships. Since inception‚ Nike has placed performance as a top priority for the brand. Through designing high performance shoes and apparel‚ as well as sponsoring high-profile athletes and teams the brand
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company’s name to Adidas whereby the word ‘Adi’ from his nickname and ’Das’ from Dassler. Adidas was the leading brand among athletes community when‚ in 1978‚ Adolf Dassler passed and his wife Käthe‚ his son Horst‚ and his daughter Carry started running the business. That was a big transition that was completed in the 90’s when Robert Louis-Dreyfus became Adidas CEO: Adidas started moving from being a manufacturing and sales based company to a marketing company. From then on‚ Adidas grew rapidly
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Organisational Appraisal of Nike with its competitiors Ratios (Summary) -NIKE Nike Inc.‚ liquidity ratios | May 31‚ 2012 | May 31‚ 2011 | May 31‚ 2010 | May 31‚ 2009 | May 31‚ 2008 | May 31‚ 2007 | Current ratio | 2.98 | 2.85 | 3.26 | 2.97 | 2.66 | 3.13 | Quick ratio | 1.82 | 1.94 | 2.32 | 1.93 | 1.68 | 2.07 | Cash ratio | 0.97 | 1.15 | 1.53 | 1.05 | 0.84 | 1.10 | Source: Based on data from Nike Inc. Annual Reports http://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/Company/Nike-Inc/Ratios/Liquidity#Ratios-Summary
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1. Brief background Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports clothing and accessories based in Herzogenaurach‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group‚ which consists of the Reebok sportswear company. Besides sports footwear‚ Adidas also produces other products such as bags‚ shirts‚ watches‚ eyewear‚ and other sports- and clothing-related goods. Adidas is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Germany and Europe and
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Adidas Kisha Dean Tusculum College BSN-554 Introduction Adidas was formed in 1948 and named for its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler. It is currently the largest manufacturer of sportswear in Europe‚ while it is second worldwide after Nike. It is based in Germany and currently has more than one-hundred and seventy subsidiary companies. The company was formed after Dassler and his brother Rudolf disbanded their previous company‚ Gebruder Dassler Schuhfabrik (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory). The
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For Adidas‚ the beginning was with shoes. “Shoes to play in‚ shoes to play better in‚ shoes to win in.” Shoes that‚ one day would go on to be worn by champions that would win trophies and medals‚ shoes that would break impossible records. Athletes of all kinds would wear them and create magic wearing them. Today‚ Adidas is one of the world’s leading brands‚ recognized and respected. In 1925‚ in a small German village‚ the world got its first taste of Adidas. It was there‚ in a village by the name
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