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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Report: The Travails of Nike INTRODUCTION Nike‚ Inc. is a world’s leading supplier and a major manufacturer of athletic shoes and sports apparel. It was founded on January 25th‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. It officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. Currently their brands include Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan and Nike Skateboarding‚ while their subsidiaries are Cole Haan‚ Hurley International‚ Umbro and Converse. During this stage‚ the Nike brand has become so
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Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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October 18‚ 2012 Nike Executive Summary Executive summary In this report I will focus on Nike’s Inc. Cost of Capital and its financial importance for the company and future investors. The management of Nike Inc. addresses issues both on top-line growth and operating performance. The company’s cost of capital is a critical element in such decisions and it is important to estimate precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In my analysis‚ I will examine why WACC is important
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hear the name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. People also purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. People like LeBron James‚ Tiger Woods‚ Maria Sharapova‚ and Michael Jordan. These athletes wearing the Nike sign‚ was what really
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Case study: Nike: the Sweatshop Debate 1) Should Nike be held responsible for working condition in factories that it does not own‚ but where sub-contractors make products for Nike? Nike doesn’t own any manufacturing facilities and outsource its production. Therefore‚ it can’t be directly blamed for terrible working conditions. Nike can influence indirectly on working conditions at contracting factories thorough refusing to work with sweatshop factories. However‚ Nike‚ like any other capitalistic
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NIKE: How they make their employees "Just Do It" Nike was established by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in 1972 and is considered to be one of the leading global athletic shoes and apparel marketers. They had started by shoes that Tiger Shoes sent them and improving them to make them better for runners in their shop Blue Ribbon Sports. Jeff Johnson was the first employee of Blue Ribbon Sports who marketed "The Swoosh"
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Nike Project Report Mridul Jain‚ Krishore Veerasekar‚ Ziad Ahmed Table of Contents ABOUT NIKE 1 Description of Nike 1 MAJOR EVENTS 2 Acquisition 2 Divestitures 2 STRATEGY 2 Advertising 2 NIKE’S FINANCIAL RATIOS 3 Liquidity or Working Capital 3 Current Ratio 3 Quick Ratio 3 Working Capital 4 Efficiency and Asset Management 5 Total Asset Turnover 5 Fixed Asset Turnover 5 Days Sales Outstanding 5 Debt Management 6 Total liabilities to Total Assets 6 Long-Term Debt to Capital 6 Times Interest
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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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on its capital structure. In my opinion Ms. Ford has correctly assumed Nikes cost of debt and cost of equity. Her projection for cost of debt uses the Japanese yen notes ranging from 2.0%-4.3%. Since she used the higher range of 4.3%‚ that will eliminate any overly optimistic projections and should leave us with a realistic assumption. Some people can argue that she should of used the multiple costs of capital approach since Nike operates in many different sectors within the sporting apparel industry;
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