Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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Nivea Case 1. What is the market’s perception of the Nivea family brand on each of the a ollowing dimensions? a. Performance Nivea decided to create a family of products that symbolically could be represented as the “Nivea universe”. The company had a “mono-product” philosophy which means there would be only one product promising consumers universal application in each product category. b. Imagery Early ads established the image of the Nivea woman as
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GYAAN KOSH TERM 1 Learning and Development Council‚ CAC Managerial Economics This document covers the basic concepts of Managerial Economics covered in Term 1. The document only summarizes the main concepts and is not intended to be an instructive material on the subject. Gyaan Kosh Term 1 MGEC Learning & Development Council‚ CAC Opportunity cost: Taken into account for economic decisions. Opportunity Cost is the “next best” or “alternative” benefit from an investment Sunk costs:
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factors for the first NIKE-i2 ERP-SCM implementation? All ERP implementations have risks associated that can lead to failure situations. The complexity of ERP systems together with demanding business environment‚ represent big challenges for companies when implementing an ERP. In the case of Nike‚ the situation is even more challenging because of the worldwide ERP deployment‚ and the large and complex scope of the project. Inevitably‚ and like all ERP implementations‚ Nike-i2’s project faced complications
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Nike Case – Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadershipof Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the shadow organization that represents the actualworking and communication relationships that may not resemble the formal organizationalchart
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‘unethical’ by media who construe this view to consumers. Such allegations can and will have damaging effects with Nike having been taken to court already in the past. 2. Would the use of third-party independent contractors insulate MNCs from being attacked? Would that practice offer MNCs a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? • Not necessarily‚ as Nike will be using labour which is just managed by another party. They would just be shifting the blame of abusing “their
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In order to understand the Nike system’s effectiveness in defending the US‚ the hostile actions and aerial strength of the USSR must be put into context. The main reason for the creation of the Nike missile system was to defend and deter the rapid technological advances of the USSR. After World War II‚ the USSR was able to acquire German scientists that had been working on the infamous V-2 rockets‚ as well as nuclear research. In addition‚ the USSR was also able to acquire some of the US’s bombers
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Nike Ethical Dilemmas Ethical Audit Report Table of Contents Nike Ethical Dilemmas 1 Ethical Audit Report 1 Executive summary 2 Purpose of the Report 2 A Snapshot of Nike’s Business Ethics 3 Ethical Dilemma’s Facing Nike 4 Nike’s Best Ethical Practices 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 Executive summary As globalization increases the scope of the Multinational Companies (MNCs) to penetrate the market both for cost effective
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were good‚ I think that there were some that she could have used different numbers and rates to come up with more accurate numbers. WACC=(E/(D+E)) Ke + (D/(D+E)) Kd (1-t) 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and be prepared to justify your assumptions Cost of debt-based on yield to maturity PMT= 100(.0675)=6.75 N= 20 (2)=40 FV= 100 PV= 95.6 I/Y= computed on calculator=7.0832(semiannually) 7.0832(2)=14.166% annually COST OF EQUITY Cost of
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An example of an operational strategy I found was within the NIKE organization. NIKE was created in 1972‚ by co-founder Bill Bowerman & his University of Oregon runner Phil Knight. Together‚ with the people they hired‚ the company was able to grow and expand from a U.S. based footwear distributor to a global marketer of athletic footwear‚ apparel & equipment that is unrivaled in the world today (www.nikeinc.com). Operations strategy is the development of a long term plan for using the major resources
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