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1) Nike
Author
Series
Publisher
Bigfoot Books, Kaleidoscope Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to Nike, covering its history, products, and worldwide impact.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first time the unsettling details of Nike's secret running program-the Nike Oregon Project. In May 2017, journalist Matt Hart received a USB drive containing a single file-a 4.7-megabyte PDF named "Tic Toc, Tic Toc. . . ." He quickly realized he was in possession of a stolen report prepared a year earlier by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic expose of how the University of Oregon sold its soul to Nike--and what that means for the future of academics and college sports. In the world of college sports, winning means big dollars. But that money often comes at a cost. University of Nike explores the University of Oregon's complex relationship with its corporate partner, Nike, and how the arrangement has undermined the school's academic integrity, transparency, and campus culture....
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In EMOTION BY DESIGN, Nike's former CMO shares lessons and stories from three decades within the company. Readers will learn how Nike continues to not just expand its reach but deepen its bonds through groundbreaking, savvy messaging that's authentic as well. The lesson that he'll return to over and over again is that everything stems from ideas. The only limitations on those ideas come from the limitations an organization places on itself, in terms...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Kara Goucher grew up with Olympic dreams. She excelled at running from a young age, and though she was confronted with serious challenges including the death of her father and struggles with disordered eating, her prospects were bright. She won high school cross country championships in Minnesota, NCAA track and field championships at the University of Colorado, and when she graduated from college, Nike offered her a sponsorship deal. Alberto Salazar...
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Language
English
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Description
"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Today, Nike is the biggest athletic shoe company in the world, but a long time ago runner and businessman Phil Knight started out with just an idea. Find out more about Nike's history, how the business grew, and the role that marketing playing in this illustrated nonfiction book!" -- Back cover.
9) Air
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, it reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business."--Amazon.
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