History of the BBC Founders: Jim Koch‚ Rhonda Kallman‚ founded in 1984 Koch: successful management consultant with the BCG(Boston Consulting Group);but wanted to do his family recipe. He believes : Domestic Microbrewery 可以打败 imported beers的弱点‚ by making consistently high quality---emphasized local character Background : Few craft brewers when BBC began. Critical element of Koch’s plan: use of established brewers’ production facilities: Pittsburgh Brewing Company
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Case: Boston Beer Company Address the following questions in a 4-5 page write-up of the Boston Beer Company Case to explore the issue of Initial Public Offerings. 1) What do you think of Boston Beer’s business model relative to the traditional beer companies’ business model? Relative to Redhook and Pete’s? (Hint: consider their brewing‚ production‚ distribution‚ marketing strategies. How is each firm attempting to achieve its own sustainable comparative advantage in the market place
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Boston Beer Company Boston Beer Company is the maker of Samuel Adams brand beer and the beer industry’s leading craft brewer. On the year of 1995‚ the Boston Beer filed a registration statement with the U.S. SEC for an initial public stock. Now let’s start from the strategy direction of Boston Beer for analyzing the company. Strategies of Boston Beer Company in its beginning stage of the business were 1) outsourcing beer production facilities instead of building new facilities which requires
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Boston Beer Company- Case Analysis You are the investment banker assigned with the task of setting the IPO price for Boston Beer Company (BBC). Prepare a research report to support your recommendation. As you prepare this report‚ you may find that you would like to have more field information than what the case offers you. However‚ the case contains critical information that gives you a reasonable basis to compute its valuation. In addition use the following information for 1995.1 Sales ($ millions)
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The Looming Future of Boston Beer Craft Beer vs. Domestic Producers The major domestic producer segment only contained three major companies also known as “The Big Three”: Anheuser-Busch‚ Miller Brewing Company‚ and Adolf Coors Company. They commonly competed on the foundation of economies of scale which wound up being the main driver of revenue. By selling significant quantities of product at a cheap price‚ “The Big Three” was able to obtain 77% of the market share in 1994. By holding such a
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main decision problem for Boston Beer Company is whether or not it should remain in the light beer market. This is followed by four subsidiary decision problems if the answer to main problem is yes: should BBC create a new light beer brand‚ and if so what positioning should it take‚ should they keep Lightship‚ and if yes‚ should BBC maintain or change Lightship’s positioning. The research problems are as follows: it is profitable for BBC to remain in the light beer market‚ what are the growth trends
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Financial Statement Analysis- Boston Beer Company FIN 506 FALL 2010 Dan Chenoweth Tatiana Cozma Tawana Johnson Kyle Krukowski 1- INTRODUCTION TO BOSTON BEER COMPANY‚ INC. Ranked #4 during the 2010 US Open Beer Championship and consistently ranked in the top 10 of brewing competitions‚ Samuel Adams Boston Lager is the flagship beer of The Boston Beer Company. Although the Boston Beer Company was founded in 1984‚ the roots of the Samuel Adams Boston Lager are over 100 years old beginning
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How Do You Think It Makes Your Mother Feel Having a comfortable conversation with family is a good way to be a harmonious family. Have you ever tried to communicate with your family? In the article‚ "How Do You Think It Makes Your Mother Feel"‚ the author‚ James Frey is having a conversation with his family and therapist because he has a problem with drugs. The reason why they called a therapist is that James’ parents want to figure out what is happening to James and are trying to help him. Some
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of the craft beer segment relative to the market space occupied by the traditional "Big Three". (tip: use the Five Forces framework). a. High Threat of new competition: over 600 of specialty beer companies were founded over the past five years‚ approximately 40% growth each years. In addition‚ the existence of contract brewing companies lead to low entry cost. b. High substitution: The attractiveness of craft brewing industry are majorly based on unique styles and flavors of beer. there are many
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1--------------------------------------------------- Boston Beer‚ in response to consumers’ preference changes to more flavorful and bitter tasting brews‚ was founded in 1894. Boston Beer implements a “quality at any cost” strategy with a strong emphasis on product differentiation and implementing quality ingredients into its products. For instance‚ Boston Beer was the first company to employ a stamped freshness date on its bottles and ingredients are imported from around the world. Additionally‚ Boston Beer relies heavily on contract
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