Executive Summary Introduction This report will discuss in detail‚ the athletic footwear industry‚ and all aspects of its operations. It will focus on Nike‚ the industry’s leader‚ and a selected few of its competitors; Adidas-Salomon and Reebok‚ Sketchers‚ and K-Swiss. A brief overview of Nike and its competitor’s company profiles‚ brand portfolios‚ and current developments will provide an understanding that leads to an analysis of the external environment. This analysis further discusses
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8/27/13 EXPLANATION OF LEADERSHIP AND ITS USE IN THE NIKE CORPORATION EXPLANATION OF LEADERSHIP AND ITS USE IN THE NIKE CORPORATION Nike is the authority of all action artifact providers. Nike’s business is on an all-around scale‚ abundant beyond than best American articles today. Nike is one of the best accepted domiciliary names in American society‚ if you alive in this decade you own a Nike artifact no amount what it is. There are abounding Nike articles you can accept from the account is about
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issues with Cohen’s calculation‚ and then analyze an new WACC to decide whether we should invest in Nike Inc. Many issues should be addressed regarding Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. First‚ to calculate the debt cost of capital‚ Cohen divided the total interest expense by the company’s average debt balance. This is an issue because she did not take into account the current yield on publicly traded Nike debt. Another issue that should be addressed is the calculation of the equity cost of capital. Using
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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 cost of
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL Professor Meiberger By Sebastian Gomez Team 5 Cohort: Front The portfolio manager for NorthPoint Group‚ Kimi Ford was deciding if she should pitch in and draw Nike within NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. Nike‚ which did not have the strongest fiscal year results in 2001‚ was implementing new strategies to heighten its revenue and income. Kimi Ford‚ after having carefully read reports by analyst‚ and their input within this publicly traded company decided to emphasize
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Purchasing is at the heart of any supply chain. Purchasing needs to be a strategic to facilitate an effective supply chain. Interest in strategic planning‚ its contribution to an organization long-term success and survival‚ the tools for developing the strategic plan‚ and the sub-strategies available have drawn much important over the past twenty years. Every corporate has someone who is responsible for buying goods or services. In the smallest of companies perhaps the president or a secretary
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company. Nike was founded in 1970 is today’s top shoe company. Nike serves people of all ages regardless of gender; they can service all your needs. From shoes‚ to clothes‚ to accessories‚ Nike has been an innovator in the global shoes business. This is why it is the leading brand in the shoe business over Adidas and Reebok. Bill Bowerman‚ a University of Oregon field coach‚ and Phil Knight‚ a middle-distance runner from Portland who attended Oregon in 1955‚ were the visionaries behind Nike. Bowerman
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How popular culture repeats itself No one can argue that many trends make a comeback over the years (styleflair.com). Popular culture recycles itself‚ and many old‚ and sometimes forgotten trends return to the present. Taking a look at the past trends can show us how they are prevalent in today’s popular culture. It is evident when one takes a look into the past that there are many repeats in fashion‚ music and fads. There is really no specific time frame that is followed when trends make their
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we used market value based on the share price of Nike on July 5‚ 2001and number of shares outstanding‚ which resulted in the weights of debt and equity of 10.2% and 89.8% respectively (see Exhibit 2). Cost of Debt: Cost of debt was calculated by Ms. Cohen by finding the historical interest rate of 2.7% and tax rate of 38%. We agree with her estimation of the tax rate of 38%‚ but calculated a cost of debt of 7.17% based on the market price of Nike bonds and finding their yield to maturity (see Exhibit
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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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