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Customer Analysis The customers to which Nike will be marketing its new product are women who are interested in the skinny jeans look and also who are interested in being athletic. Not all women are athletes, but many of them are interested in looking fit and trim. Because they want to maintain a healthy weight and look nice for themselves and others, and because they wish to remain hip and trendy,
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Therefore, it is important to use external sources of innovation. In addition to this, companies must take into consideration the fact that some of the best solution can be found in their external environment. The costs associated with the company's activity are significantly affected by its open innovation strategy (OPINET, 2010). This is because this strategy leads to reduced costs of the research and development process. By collaborating with other
Nike's Strategic And Financial Position Analysis Nike is a globally recognized multinational corporation founded by the Stanford Graduate School of Business graduate, Phil Knight, and Bill Bowerman who was the track and field coach at the University of Oregon. The two appear to be a natural fit as each hailed from a background that would appreciate the underlying design that goes into creating a quality running shoe. Nike's global operations in aggregate
In assessing knowledge management at Nike, the strengths inherent in their culture and putting a high value on tacit and implicit knowledge sharing are shown in how well integrated new product development, innovation, marketing and supply chain at the corporate level are. Yet the company falters in the areas of supply chain knowledge management and knowledge transfer into retail channels. These two areas of the greatest weakness to Nike require
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