Coke and Pepsi Learn To Compete in India 1. The political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment have played key role? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not‚ could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? Answer The political environment have played key role as follow: - Indian government viewed
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Case Study: Coke & Pepsi learn to compete in India Timing of entry into the Indian market brought different results for PepsiCo and Coca-Cola India. What benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? Coca-Cola (1990) Benefits: advantages as „Early-Follower“‚ possibility to use reliable market information that´s already existing take-over of standards position as international market leader Disadvantages: expert knowledge of competitors has to be overtaken
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Coke and Pepsi Coke and Pepsi are both two big companies in the world which are known by cola. Pepsi is the biggest competitor of coke. The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest manufacturer‚ distributor and beverage company.(No author‚ 2009-6-26) Pepsi company is also a transnational corporation with long history. Each of them has big market in the world. However‚ a comparison of Pepsi and Coke reveals several similarities but a great number of differences. Coke and Pepsi are similar
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Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century: Threat of Entry:low 1. Economies of scale - High production volume but merit not clear (1st paragraph on page 2) 2. Product differentiation - Brand identification (high advertising expense‚ Exhibit 2) 3. Capital requirements - CPs: little capital investment (1st paragraph on page 2) - Bottlers: capital intensive (2nd paragraph on page 3) 4. Cost disadvantages independent of size - No 5. Access to distribution channels - Food stores (35%): intense
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COKE AND PEPSI LEARN TO COMPETE IN INDIA Brief Overview: * The case of Coke and Pepsi in India is a lesson that all marketers can observe‚ analyze and learn from‚ since it involves so many marketing aspects that are essential for all marketers to take into consideration * Pepsi entered into the Indian beverage market in July 1986 as a joint venture with two local partners‚ Voltas and Punjab Agro‚ forming “Pepsi Foods Ltd.” While Coca-Cola followed suit in 1990 with a joint venture
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Pepsi is a manufacturer or use manufacturers‚ market and sell a variety of salty‚ sweet and grain-based snacks‚ carbonated and non-carbonated beverages‚ and foods through their North American and international divisions. B) Coca-Cola has the dominant position in beverage sales. C) Coca-Cola 2006 $29‚963‚ 2007 $43‚269 The difference is $13‚306 for a 44.4% increase. Pepsi 2006 $29‚930‚ 2007‚ $34‚628 The difference is $4‚698 for a 15.6% increase. D) Pepsi had
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business in developing countries. Although Coke and Pepsi were prompt at addressing the accusations brought against them‚ they overlooked multiple issues when starting business in India. When starting a business in a foreign country‚ the first priority a company should have is to learn the native culture. This was Coke and Pepsi’s biggest mistake and was most likely the reason why the Indian population responded so hostilely. Coke and Pepsi’s problems in India were complicated by the fact that water
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Case Study: Coke and Pepsi in India: Coca-Cola controlled the Indian market until 1977‚ when the Janata Party beat the Congress Party of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. To punish Coca-Cola’s principal bottler‚ a Congress Party stalwart and longtime Gandhi supporter‚ the Janata government demanded that Coca-Cola transfer its syrup formula to an Indian subsidiary. Coca-Cola balked and withdrew from the country. India‚ now left without both Coca-Cola and Pepsi‚ became a protected market. In the
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CHAPTER 6 Entering Global Markets “The multinational corporation knows a lot about a great many countries and congenially adapts to supposed differences..... By contrast‚ the global corporation knows everything about one great thing. It knows about the absolute need to be competitive on a worldwide basis as well as nationally and seeks constantly to drive down prices by standardising what it sells and how it operates. It treats the world as composed of a few standardised markets rather than
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CASE 13 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2007‚ the President and CEO of Coca-Cola asserted that Coke has had a rather rough run in India; but now it seems to be getting its positioning right. Similarly‚ PepsiCo’s Asia chief asserted that India is the beverage battlefield for this decade and beyond. Even though the government had opened its doors wide to foreign companies‚ the experience of the world’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s
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