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NIKE Please title SLP 1 Please include works cited Nike

Identify and briefly describe the organization you are going to use. Why do you think it will be an interesting focus for your application of economic ideas?

Nike Inc. is a reputable organization and it is globally recognized as an emblem of the modern day life, style, as well as American symbolism. Nike is a popular trademark among the sports apparel and shoes buyers, of both genders, and of all ages. The Nike products are appreciated around the world for their high quality, but also for the trend and social statement they make.

From an economic standpoint, Nike Inc. is noteworthy to assess due to a wide array of features with increased relevance to the economic analysis. Some of these elements include the large size of the company, its access to resources, its highly debated outsourcing operations or its financial results, which did register some decreases, but continue to remain stable (MSN Money, 2012).

Pick two of the Big Ideas referred to in the Powerpoint presentation below. Discuss how they apply to your organization.

Think about the financial situation for your reference organization. If you're using an unconventional organization, you may have to get a little creative here.

Some examples in this sense include the following:
An increase of the company's total liability from $4,665.3 million in 2010 to $5,155.0 million in 2011

Fluctuations in the market value and price of the Nike stock.

In spite of these shortages however, the company's overall financial position remains strong. Some evidence in this sense includes the following:

An increase in the total current assets from $10,959.2 millions in 2010 to $11,297.0 million in 2011

An increase of the total assets from $14,419.3 million in 2010 to $14,998.0 million in 2011

An increase in the revenues from $19,014.0 million in 2010 to $20.862,0 million in 2011

An increase in the net income from $1,906.7 million in 2010 to $2,133.0 million in 2011 (MSN Money, 2012).

3. Assess the overall financial health of your organization? What are good and bad signs, if any, in your assessment? Measures of financial health may include sales and/or profit increases or decreases, if employees are being hired or laid off, major new orders being placed or orders being cancelled. These are some but not all measures that…

Sources used in this document:
2012, What is fiscal policy Investopedia, http://gynia.ro/index2.php last accessed on February 15, 2012

2012, Website of Nike Inc., http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nike/language_select / last accessed on February 15, 2012

2012, The official website of Nike and its partners, http://nikeinc.com / last accessed on February 15, 2012
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