Boston Beer Background: Jim Koch was motivated and haunted by the idea of being an entrepreneur in the beer brewing business. Once upon a time his great-great-grandfather created a recipe that was full bodied‚ had a longer brewing time‚ used rare hops‚ and cost a lot more than the imports are costing. Koch saved $100‚000 and was able to acquire $140‚000 from family and friends to start up his brewery. Knowing that it would cost close to $10 million to actually open a brewery‚ Koch contracted out
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|IB Business and Management SL Ms. Sawsan’s Case Study notes |May 4 | | |2010 | |[Here are the notes that we made for the IB Business and Management Paper 1 May 4th 2010 exam |[Paper 1] | |Good Luck.]
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1. The U.S. brewing industry has become more concentrated over the last two decades for several reasons. a. The consumption of beer has been slowly declining‚ in order for companies to gain market share‚ they have to take customers from other companies. This would then lead to some companies to go out of business due to the lack of customers. b. Brand loyalty also increased. Advertisement played a large role. Larger companies were able to spent $0.40 per case of beer sold. Smaller mass-market
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German wine industry vocabulary 1. Briefly discuss the AP number. (5) All Qualitätsweine bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Qualitätsweine mit Prädikat (QmP)‚ including Sekt have to carry an AP number. AP stands for Amtliche Prüfnumber and means quality control number. It proves that a wine has undergone and passed various tasting and analytical tests and its origin has been established to the board’s satisfaction. When a producer pertains for an AP number‚ samples of the wine are kept by the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY France is the biggest wine producer in the world (7-8 billion bottles sold in 2010). 17% of French drink wine regularly‚which is a total of 9.35 million people. We identified that buying wine requires knowledge of the different kinds of wine and that many consumers find it difficult to get the information when they want it. Our team has identified this pain point as an opportunity to launch our product using smart phones and RFID technology on the wine bottles. The solution is an application
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1. Industry attractiveness a. Porter’s Five Force Model To assess the industry attractiveness we will use the Porter’s Five Force Model. • Threat of substitutes Wine has been the preferred alcoholic beverage of the European people. But with the changing taste of younger generation‚ wine is loosing customer share to other drinks. • Threat of entry The wine industry is not capital-intensive‚ as it does not require heavy machinery and investments. Moreover‚ the wine production techniques
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Diamond Industry. De Beers. In the beginning of 1870s‚ the Afrikaner brothers‚ J. N. de Beer and D. A. de Beer discovered diamonds on their farm and unable to deal with the effort of protecting the farm from the diamond seekers‚ they sold the land to the diamond traders. Today‚ the name De Beers represents the world’s largest diamond company‚ which has a presence in 25 countries. The powerful and productive epoch of diamonds began with the establishment of this company. Who knows what role a
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Technological factors of beer: Intro Technology and social networking have become a major influence in the world we live in today. The paper is about how technology affects the beer industry‚ specifically if it’s a threat or an opportunity. This summary focuses on the marketing traits using opportunity and threats to describe how the beer industry changes when the influence of technology in involved. In this analysis it is shown how the beer industry uses technology to their advantage to create
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International Business Contexts Australian Wine Industry Report Word court: 2690 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapters 1. Introduction 1.1 Company background and brand concept 1.2 Importance of Diversity and cultural different between European & Australia 1.3 Develop a model and factors of buying behavior between European & Australia 2. Porter’s National Diamond model 2.1 Factor Conditions 2.2 Home Demand Conditions 2.3 Related and Supporting Industries 2.4 Firm Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Rivalry
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FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL WINES OUR MISSION TO CREATE VALUE FOR OUR MEMBERS OUR PURPOSE 1. TO PROTECT THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF WINE FROM NEW ZEALAND 2. TO SUPPORT THE PROFITABLE GROWTH OF WINE FROM NEW ZEALAND OUR ACTIVITIES ADVOCACY RESEARCH SUSTAINABILITY MARKETING CONTENTS 2 6 8 10 CHAIR’S REPORT ADVOCACY 18 18 19 STATISTICS Summary: New Zealand Wine Wineries and Grape Growers New Zealand Producing Vineyard Area New Zealand Vintages New Zealand Wine Exports By Market
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