Nike Inc. Prepared by: Chuck Viasi MBA 330 - Innovation and Technology Management August 11‚ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary Nike‚ Inc. is a globally-recognized athletic sports apparel company with strong brand loyalty. The foundations of Nike’s success today were established by its Co-Founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman in 1972. As an athlete and a coach‚ their relentless pursuit of improved athletic performance instilled a competitive spirit
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Strategic Alliances in Distribution Cininta Meirinda Clara Sarah Patricia Adam Their nature and their motives for creating strategic alliances Building commitment by creating mutual vulnerability Building commitment by the management of daily interactions Decision structures that enhance trust Moving a transaction through stages of development to reach alliances status What does it takes and when does it pays to create a marketing channel alliance? STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
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the 4p’s on nike! introduction: nike is a global sports shoe giant company. It is the largest seller of athletic footwear in the world‚ holding the lion share of 33% of the global market. The company has production facilities in Asia‚ sales facilities in almost 200 countries‚ and customer service and other operational units worldwide. The marketing mix or the 4p’s of marketing are product‚ price‚ place and promotion. Nikes 4p’s are the following: 1. Product Nike offers a wide range
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual-fund management firm‚ pored over analysts ’ write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic-shoe manufacturer. Nike ’s share price had declined significantly from the beginning of the year. Ford was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in Fortune 500 companies‚ with an emphasis on value investing. Its top holdings
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT No work is a work of individual. This project is not an exception to it. I owe a sense of gratitude to the co-operation and support of all those people who have let me understand what is needed from time to time for completion of this project. It is very difficult to prepare a project especially when someone is new for this experience. Without any help or guidance it is not easy to achieve this given task. So I would thank all the patrons of this project. I am thankful to HUL
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COMMUNICATION CHANNEL Communication channels carry the data from one computer to another Two categories of communication channels Physical Connections Ethernet cable – consists of twisted pair cable; slowest; being phased out by more advanced and reliable media Coaxial cable – single solid copper core; 80 times transmission of twisted pair; television and computer networks Fiber optic – 26‚000 times capacity of twisted pair cable; more secure and reliable; best over limited distances; lighter‚ more
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strategies that Nike has created in tandem with the Football World Cup. The report examines the performance of Nike in relation with the Football World Cup and also tried to find out whether there were any alternatives to get an even better result. In this report I also compared Nike with its closest competitor‚ Adidas and evaluated the critical differences between these two organizations based on the marketing strategies that they have adopted to become successful. 1. Introduction Nike is the leading
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presentation is to discuss the theory of distribution strategy with the underlying real life examples of McDonald ’s fast-food restaurants in Australia. In other words‚ the aim is to discuss McDonald ’s distribution channel‚ the way this fast-food restaurant gets its products to the market. Nonetheless‚ this presentation will demonstrate that McDonald ’s distribution strategy is effective in many cultures. In the theory of marketing mix‚ place (distribution) determines where the product will be sold
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Howard V. Perlmutter (1985)‚ "Strategic Planning for a Global Business‚" Columbia Journal of World Business‚ 20 (2)‚ 3-10. DeTienne‚ Kristen and Lee Lewis (2005)‚ "The Pragmatic and Ethical Barriers to Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: The Nike Case‚" Journal of Business Ethics‚ 60 (4)‚ 359-376. Devlin‚ Godfrey and Mark Bleackley (1988)‚ "Strategic Alliances--Guidelines for Success‚" Long Range Planning‚ 21 (5)‚ 18-23. Dussauge‚ Pierre and Bernard Garrette (1999)‚ Cooperative Strategy: Competing
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perform a distribution function. The distribution function is vital to the economic well-being of society because it provides the goods and services desired by the consumer. Economists often describe the value of distribution in terms of ownership‚ place‚ and time utility. The marketer contributes to the product’s value by getting it to the right place at the time the consumer wants to buy it and by providing the mechanism for transferring ownership. Firms that do not perform the distribution function
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