NIKE HISTORY Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike Inc. as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1962 with a handshake. The two man team began the company with a combined investment of $500 each. They reached an agreement with a Japanese manufacturer of athletic shoes‚ forming BRS/Tiger shoes. Phil Knight started this company selling shoes from the trunk of his car. As the empire grew‚ the two man team developed the idea to cut overheard. In 1972‚ BRS and Onitsuka Tiger went different ways and thus Nike
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7‚ 2011 Steps in the case preparation To prepare an effective case analysis‚ according to the authors of the book –M. Hitt‚ R. Duane Ireland and R. E. Hoskisson‚ we have to use two stages of thinking: • In analysis stage we will analyze the general external environmental issues affecting the firm; • In synthesize stage we will generate alternatives that can resolve the significant problems or challenges; To follow these two stages effectively we have to follow the six steps of case analysis
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St. John’s University Student Managed Investment Research Equity Research NIKE (NKE) April 4‚ 2004 Recommendation: Sector: Industry: BUY Consumer Cyclical Footwear 76.64 78.56 49.60 263.12M .80 20.17B 10‚697M 21.66% $94.85 Price: 52 – Week High: 52 – Week Low: Shares Out (mil): Dividend: Market Cap: 2003 Revenue: Project EPS Growth: 2005 Target Price: Highlights Rudy Dermesropian rdermes@hotmail.com Jason A. Drago Jdrag636@stjohns.edu Gintare Grigaite Gintare.grigaite01@stjohns.edu
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Nike Case Analysis Prepared for Consumer Behavior Introduction Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and athletic apparel in the world with subsidiaries in over 200 countries across the world. It is a company that was founded by Phil Knight in the 1960’s‚ who was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland. He approached the Onitsuka Co. in Kobe‚ Japan‚ and persuaded the manufacturer of Tiger shoes to make
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As we all know that Nike ads display confidence‚ attitude‚ and a good seller about their products. Historically‚ using successful sports stars has been a typical characteristic of Nike’s commercial. Michael Jordan was one of their main promoters. They are using a lot of rhetorical techniques to catch consumers’ attention. Its successful visual appealing makes consumers take a glance of it and want to buy their products. This advertisement is a Nike advertisement in the old time. It shows a famous
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Steps in Making Item Analysis ________________________________________________________________ 1. Score each answer sheet‚ write score total on the corner * Obviously have to do this anyway 2. Sort the pile into rank order from top to bottom score ( 1 minute‚ 30 seconds tops) 3. If normal class of 30 students‚ divide class in half * Same number in top and bottom group; * Toss middle paper if odd number (put aside) 4. Take “top” pile‚ count number of students
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Nike Annual Report Analysis In January of 1964 Phillip Knight a University of Oregon track athlete and Bill Bowerman‚ Knight’s coach‚ founded Blue Ribbon Sports. Their company became incorporated in 1968 and is known today worldwide as Nike. Nike leads the world in the design process‚ marketing and distribution of a quality‚ innovative world leading athletic product ranging from footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ and a large variety of accessories for a number of sports and leisure activities
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Nike 1. Family‚ Household and reference groups 1.1. Reference groups Reference groups are the most important groups to marketers since they affect behavior and purchasing (Rice‚ 1997).Value-expressive influence is one form of reference group influence (Solomon ‚ Bamossy ‚ Askegaard and Hogg‚2006) in which “The individual sometimes feels that it would be nice to be like the type of person that advertisements show using a particular brand”.(Solomon‚ Bamossy‚ Askegaard and Hogg‚2006 p.351).Following
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6 Profile of CEO . ..p.7 Competitor ’s Profile . .p.7 Industry Profile ..p.8 Company Analysis p.9 Industry Analysis ......p.24 Top Competitor Analysis .p.25 Other External Forces .p.26 Key Opportunity .. . p.27 Key Threat p
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sweatshop practices and human rights exploitation surfaced in the 1990s‚ Nike was forced to review and change its operations in order to please the expanding group of conscientious customers who are concerned with the conditions under which the products are manufactured (Suehle‚ 2011). The pressure for change resulted in Nike’s decision to integrate corporate and social responsibility (CSR) into its business operations. Since then‚ Nike has acknowledged the importance of CSR to their innovation and performance
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