Yin Dongfang (2014-27148) 1) Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink industry been so profitable? According to Exhibit 3a‚ the operation profit margin of the two giants kept robust growing from ~10% in 1970s to ~20% in 2005. That probably resulted from two reasons: 1) net sales enjoyed robust growth; 2) COGS and other expenses cowered fast. Net sales enjoyed robust growth. According to Exhibit 1‚ consumption per capita increased by 3% per year lasting for 3 decades since 1970s‚ due to A. Increasing
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Alternative solutions: 1. Coca Cola can start using healthy sweeteners like Stevia‚ Agava juice or honey. There is a growing trend of getting closer to nature all around the world. This is in accordance with lifestyle strategy: “Cola is good for you and makes you feel better”. This would make people realize that company cares about their health and way of living. Advantages: * trend of healthy living * lower price sensitivity of the market for healthy or bio food * relatively
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Ciara Martinez March 3‚ 2014 Strategic Management Internationalizing the Cola Wars: The Battle for China and Asian Markets Coke was formulated in 1866 by John Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta who sold it at drug store fountains as a “potion for mental and physical disorders.” Since then‚ it has grown and spread in the world as one of best Soft Drink in the world with an intense competition against Pepsi. It has started this competition in 1950s and continues until now. Coke is facing different
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The Coca Cola Company : Case Writeup Financial Statement Analysis : Why has Coca-Cola been so successful in the past? To analyze Coca Cola’s success in the past‚ we look at its financial statements as included in the case. The Dupont System extracts meaningful ratios from the financial statements to compute the Return on Equity (ROE) and breaks it down into the levers which can be used by management to manage the performance of the company. Coca Cola’s ROE and ROA are very healthy. Some
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supply of Coke (Advertising exploited the drink’s patriotic presence abroad) 4. Eventually the Coke’s image has been linked to the “US” lifestyle: modern/affluent 4. What was Pepsi’s strategy in competing against this strong meaning web of Coca-Cola? Pepsi has always been a follower. It challenged the Coke’s “product-centered strategy” by holding blind-tasting tests into strong coke’s markets in 1960. By 1983‚ the “Pepsi Challenge” had made its way across the
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Behavior Exam case “Strategic Leadership at Coca-Cola: The real thing” Assignment questions: 1. Analyze leadership’ style of different Coca-Cola top managers. How effective were different styles in navigating Coca-Cola through the strategic challenges it faced? What were the reasons for such effectiveness? Before analyzing it is important to clarify what types of leadership was implemented by each Coca-Cola CEO. In my opinion Goizueta was a strategic leader because he changed Coca-Cola financially
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MGT 3319 - Critical Thinking Case for Peer Review (2014) Saying No To An Investor Dear Management Team: Word Count: 299 Since the development of Honest Tea‚ we had a mission of to create a beverage company that is dedicated to providing wholesome‚ healthy teas and juices that use all natural‚ organic‚ unprocessed ingredients. We relay this message to our customers with a “No High Fructose Corn Syrup” label on our products. By doing so‚ we have connected with those customer’s who are looking for
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Virgin Cola( Shaking Up the Softdrinks Market It was official. Hubert Tan was named Vice-President for Sales and Marketing of InterBev‚ the latest addition to the business empire of taipan Lucio Tan. Hubert’s choice was not a difficult decision to make. After all‚ being in his late twenties‚ he was a go-go type of person who had a passion for business. There was great expectation that his joining would contribute greatly to the Tan group of companies. Hubert obtained his business
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Initial Situation / context Coca-Cola is one of the most well known brands around the world. One of the main reasons behind this is because of the brilliant marketing that the company does around the world. Coca-cola is an extremely successful company that has 500 different brands being sold in 206 countries around the world‚ making it a successful 67 billion dollar global business. Coca-cola does not only have a domestic marketing strategy‚ but also has a highly successful global marketing strategy
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Strategy – NCC 5090 Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 Case Part 1: Why was concentrate manufacturing profitable until the late ‘90s? Porter’s Five Forces provides an in-depth understanding as to how the interconnected relationship between Entrants‚ Buyers‚ Suppliers‚ Substitutes‚ and Rivals allowed concentrate producers to increase profitability. Entrants: Existing Concentrate Producers create high barriers to entry Despite low capital requirements to enter the
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