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Nike is an American multinational company that has evolved to become a global leader in athletic wear with annual sales exceeding $21 billion in 2016, more than half of which is attributed to international markets. Since its inception in 1964, Nike has been an innovation leader in product development, marketing and consumer experience. Due to a dedication to continuous innovation, Nike has been able to sustain a competitive advantage within the athletic apparel and footwear marketplace. This case highlights key points in Nike’s journey of innovation and examines how Nike has successfully emerged as a global champion within the athletic wear industry. Based on these analyzed strategies, this case provides implications that are relevant for practitioners and academics.

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Theme 3: Economic Development

Case Study: Nike

Pro impacts:.

  • substantial employment
  • pays slightly higher than other countries
  • Improves skills
  • Contribution to local tax will give the government opportunities ie improving infrastructure
  • trade of unions able to protect workers

Con impacts:

  • child labour
  • poor working conditions
  • sexual and verbal abuse
  • the exploitation of the environment and pollution. As there is a huge demand for water 
  • wage below minimum wage

     Positive impact for Nike and US:

  • Cheap labor and manufacturing

         Negative impact for Nike and US:

  • company image negatively impacted
  • doesn’t manufacture in the US so there is a loss of jobs and negative implants of balance of payments
  • trade unions complain due to poor working conditions

Ways in which Nike fixed their image:

  • by boycotting and protesting by the public Nike had to change its image
  • they became transparent and publicly addressing the issues and labor practices
  • improved working conditions (improved oversight and made sure they had clean air)
  • Nike also raised the minimum wage up

 Nike TNC image Background:

  • Two decades ago the country was under major fire for abusive labor practices after outsourcing labor overseas because it was cheaper.
  • The public was shocked over Indonesian Nike workers earning as little as 1/4 cents an hour. Disturbing allegations of abuse included stories that a Vietnamese sub-contractor ran women outside until they collapsed for failing to wear regulation shoes. Customers staged embarrassing public protests at the olympics and at Nike stores. People began boycotting the brand in droves.

Nike Basic Facts:

Headquarters – 

  • Beaverton Oregon, US

Location of manufacturing – 

  • Almost all Nike shoes are manufactured outside of the United States. The leading manufacturer of Nike shoes is China and Vietnam each accounting for 36% of the total manufactured world wide. Indonesia accounts for 22% and Thailand for 6% of the Nike shoes that are being produced world wide.Nike is hesitant to disclose information about the contract companies it works with.

Global revenue – 

  • In 2020, Nike’s global revenue amounted to about 37.4 billion U.S. dollars.

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    Lesson 1. Starter: Introduce the lesson by showing the Nike Promo video above. Discuss the global image that Nike is portraying of their business. Think about the images, people and music. Task 1 - Show the 'History of Nike' video above. Make light of the fact that Nike are quite a young company but have developed very quickly in terms of NIDL.

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    Nike in China China is the second largest market for Nike products after the USA. Nike has shops in more than 300 cities. China is also the major manufacturing country for Nike with 206 factories employing 260 000 workers (November 2013). 70 per cent of the workers are female and the average age of a factory worker is 36.

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    Since its inception in 1964, Nike has been an innovation leader in product development, marketing and consumer experience. Due to a ded- ication to continuous innovation, Nike has been able to sustain a competi- tive advantage within the athletic apparel and footwear marketplace. This case highlights key points in Nike's journey of innovation ...

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