Matthew Selle Professor Li Global Business Project Spring 2012 Nike We decided to choose Nike as our company for this global business project. Nike is ranked 135 in the fortune 500-company list. Nike is the number one sports shoe company in the United States. In the US Nike dominates 35 percent of the sports shoe market‚ it also holds one of the most recognizable logos in the world‚ the Nike Swoosh. The majority of Nikes customers‚ over 50% purchase their merchandise for things other than sporting
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COMPANY BACKGROUND Nike is the world ’s leading designer‚ marketer and distributor of athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories for a range of sports and fitness activities. Nike is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon and owns facilities in Tennessee‚ North Carolina and The Netherlands. The company operates in the Americas‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and Asia Pacific. Nike’s primary product focus is athletic footwear designed for specific-sport and/or leisure use. Nike is the world ’s
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Political Analysis With the increased monitoring and enforcement of labour practices; Nike being in the public spotlight and subject to negative publicity on their subcontracted factories is forced to readjust the working conditions of their cross ocean factory workers to abide with proper regulations. This has caused Nike to modify their factory standards and employee working conditions by; limiting the maximum hours worked a week‚ implementing proper ventilation systems to filter out toxic fumes
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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate MGT/448 May 31‚ 2010 Instructor: Adrianne Ford Nike: The Sweatshop Debate The purpose and intent of this paper is to describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that face the Nike Corporation in their global business ventures. This paper will also touch on the roles of the host government and countries where Nike manufactures their products and the author will summarize the strategic and operational challenges that Nike managers face in globalization of
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Nike Marketing Plan By: Marketing Management MM522 March 2004 Outline I. Executive Summary II. Table of Contents III. Company History IV. Marcoenvironment a. Demographic b. Economic c. Social d. Political e. Technological f. Ecological V. Competitive Advantage a. Industry Environment b. Operating Environment VI. Four P’s of Marketing a. Product b. Place c. Promotion d. Price VII. Core Competencies a. Strengths b. Weaknesses c. Opportunities d. Threats VIII. Business
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enables them focus on maximising profit. The purpose of CRM is to increase profit by providing a better service to your customers than your competitors. CRM will also reduce costs‚ because the right things are being done (ie.‚ effective and efficient operation)‚ wastage‚ and complaints. Customer relationship management tools include the software and browser- based application that can receive and organize the information about the customer and then provide to the
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Financial and Non-Financial Justifications Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world that selling products primarily through a combination of retail accounts.Nike itself owned a retail‚ including independent distributors‚ stores and e-commerce ‚franchisees and licensees worldwide. Build a profitable global portfolio of branded footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories businesses is a goal of the company while their strategy is to achieve long-term revenue growth
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ongoing learning process however continues to bring the group together and ensures that internally the organization has trust‚ confidence‚ discipline‚ respect‚ for each soldier and the management. Nike is in constant movement‚ and under restructuring. Using the talents of veteran employees and bringing in new and fresh ideas is important to the innovation process within each department. Nike encourages internal movement (Nike.com 2006) where it makes good sense for the employee and Nike. Economy
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summary This business report has investigated the Nike. Inc’s sustainability by doing some analyze about the current data‚ the management journals and article are from the business database such as EBSCOhost‚ It also explains the ideas that help managers of Nike to achieve its goals in both profit and sustainability‚ although different people may have different point of views about this‚ it is still very important to manager of a big company like Nike‚ it is one of the leaders in the footwear industry
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Hitting the Wall: Nike & international labor practices How well and how responsibly do you think she has handled these issues to date? What advice would you give her about how she should now proceed? What principles should guide the company’s policies and practices? What opportunities‚ constraints‚ and risks does the firm face? What are the scope and limits of its social responsibilities? There are two aspects to look at how Nike has acted: 1) The intension with which it has acted:
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