STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT- 2
Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility of Nike
by
Group No. 8, Section D
14P190 – Ashish Gupta
14P196 – Debayan Roy
14P203 - Jithin George
14P204 – Karthik Ramadurai
14P219 – Ritwik Mishra
14P235 – Ankur Dewan
Under the guidance of Prof. Meeta Dasgupta
Management Development Institute
Gurgaon 122 001
August, 2015 Executive Summary
Corporate Social Responsibility, when looked through prism of Strategic theories gives rise to multiple approaches. To start with, the project tries to explore the subtle nuances of difference involved in these theories. It gives a detailed description of the Stakeholder Theory, Theory of Triple bottom line, Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility
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The tool that Nike employs to stay ahead of competition is innovation. The developed countries are still the biggest contributor to Nike’s Revenue with the largest share coming from USA. This market segment looks at not only the product characteristics but also the extent to which the company indulges in ethical practices. It includes their ethical code, environmental impact, employees’ treatment among others. A socially irresponsible company can have adverse effects on the sales volume and financial statements. This is alongside the cost of legal suits that may arise from time to time. All and all, Nike serves a market that is extremely sensitive to organization’s level of social responsibility and it serves as the impetus for Nike to step up and play its role in …show more content…
Years ago, when they began working to enhance the labor, environmental and social impacts of their business model, they were mostly driven by a necessity to manage risk. Currently, their corporate responsibility methodology has grew from focusing on risk management, philanthropy and compliance to one that employs their natural focus on innovation to transition NIKE, Inc. into a business that is more sustainable, by which they implicate that it brings people, planet and profits into balance for lasting success.
To be the principal athletic brand in the domain - today and into the future - they have to bring innovative new products and skills in a more sustainable way. For NIKE, Inc., this is not about transacting one business task for another. It 's about identifying that sustainability is a road to future productivity. As they look forward, they recognize that consumers across the realm are creating fresh markets and wanting new services that necessitate them to concentrate on getting close to market, to create new, digital resolutions and to tailor products for clients more quickly than ever
Nike, one of the biggest sports brands in the world, brings in a little over $30 million annually. The company was started by Phil Knight, who, in his self-written memoir “Shoe Dog”) talks about the start of the company that much of the world knows today. Using unique dictation, creative style, and rhetoric devices, he opens up about his true tone and feelings toward the worldwide company Nike. Throughout the book, Knight expresses three main tones including joyfulness, seriousness, and the final tone of disappointment. All three of these tones can be clearly identified by the reader due to many stylistic changes in the way the book is written.
For Nike to be well known as a company, it comes to a conclusion that they are working in a right way
Nike has been around much longer than most would think and continues to be the leading trend setter in athletic wear. Nike was started in January of 1964. The athletic company began as just a small clothing distributing company out of the truck of Phil Knight’s, owner and CEO of Nikes, Car. The Saying you started from the bottom is very true when it comes to Nike who now leads in sales of all athletic gear compared to Adidas who at the time of 1964 was the most popular athletic company. From starting in a truck of a car no one would suspect that this company would not only be defined as the definition of ‘cool’ when purchasing clothing and shoes from stores all over the United States but yet the brand that carries our pop culture.
A-Four support activities: 1- firm infrastructure and finance : -Strong brand, product, marketplace solution, delivery and support. (brand value from 35$ in 1973 to 10.7 billion in 2014 ). -Empowerment of top management –geographic structure. -Low debt, short term debt 2.9 billion, and long term debt 1.1 billion. Cash in hand 2.2 billion.
Nike has sustained positive revenue in a worldwide market focusing on a healthy and active lifestyle. For the past 3 years Nike has gained a gross profit ratio of 8.73% in fiscal of 2013, 10.28% in fiscal of 2012, and 8.28% in 2011 . Thus showing the financial power Nike has, well the firm holds a net income of 2.5 billion in the fiscal year of 2013. Nike’s largest product category is footwear, representing over 55% of the companies revenue. Nike uses their financial resources ability to obtain large advertising plots, whether it is a commercial on television, advertisements on the Internet, or product promotion in athletic facilities.
1) Evaluate how Nestlé 's approach to corporate responsibility was good for their business. Corporate businesses generally have to meet ethical, legal, commercial and public expectations. That is what is expected of the business world today. This is known as the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However, businesses with short-term goal will rarely practice CSR since practicing it does not bring any benefit.
Goals Nike focuses on pursuing opportunities and improving their product to enhance the human potential. Thereby they create product, services and experiences for athletes helping them overcome limitations such as climate and road types. Core Competency and Sustainable Competitive Advantage Nike’s have maxims to help Nike employees to create better products and provide better services for the customers. Henceforth creating better customer value compared to companies.
Nike has managed to shift their Manufacturing unit into Asian country’s were the labor is cheap to be exact wages of USD1 an hour were so little as one-tenth of those given in the US. No wonder that a pair of shoes which were sold for $150 in 1991 is made by indoasian women who were 58 cents a day but the situation has started to change and due to that reason the company has managed to minimize cost of production and not only double triple the the revenue as comparing to the year 1996. Finally we come up with promotion and advertising campaigns which became a grand success not only because they introduced sportspersons , they also introduced innovative ideas and wise strategies and the image of the Product, due to this process we can say that Nike targeted a huge no of audience and created a Prestigious brand which will be easily available for average people . they also came up with great tag lines such as ‘there is no finish life’ , and in the 1980 they changed it into “ JUST DO IT “ these quotes of tag lines are considerd very simple but very attracting and extremely encouraging for the customers .
There is often a tendency to focus Technological developments on digital and internet-related areas, but it should also include materials development and new methods of manufacture, distribution and logistics. With technology improving Nike has to keep up to date as the world develops more and more with its technology. Nike has been able to maintain its name in the market place with the use of social media to increase their brand awareness. By using social media it has been easier for Nike to promote the products that they have and making the public more aware of these products. There has been a growth in the market for online shopping and promoting their products online using media and apps.
• I have started to build an understanding of some of the sustainability issues having a bearing on the business
This is due to Nike gets its merchandise generally from foreign manufacturers. To operate profitably, Nike need to get good value on products and supplies and, in turn, offer good value to its customers with accessible solutions. Publics: Many colleges and universities, especially anti-globalization groups as well as several anti-sweatshop groups
Simply put, Nike’s target market is mainly customers who have more concern for the quality and utility of the product than they have for the price at which the product is being sold. This helps to ensure that pricing never has to be adjusted downwards in attempts to woo in a larger number of customers. For any company to achieve success from the marketing strategies that it has put in place, it has to ensure that its strategy is flexible enough to keep up with the changing times and to also accommodate a large variety of customers. So as to do this, it is imperative that the products being produced by the company be innovative enough to exceed what is being provided by competitors in every possible way. Nike chose to take this into deep consideration and this resulted in it making a few changes on its marketing strategy.
Probable factors that could affect Nike’s business judgements are a range of demographic, social, economic and political. A few have already started to transpire, though others are purely likelihoods. External factors affecting this mix is one of the most common, technology. Before Nike releases its brand new product line to the market, it’s always prepared to authorize that whether or not there has been any sort of major advances from the other competitors that would tracker its launch. Thus they must time this carefully, as other competition may demand to shadow its release with their marketing
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In addition, Nike products can also be sold cheaply and with its mass production benefits, Nike positioned The Promise and Perils of Globalization: the case of Nike 3 itself strategically enough to meet global demand. As stated by Hill, (2007) “Nike enhanced the productive capacity to meet the rising demand, hence; satisfying the customers’ needs.” The positive and negative impacts of this