Harvard Business School 9-387-108 Rev. June 21‚ 1989 Coca-Cola Versus Pepsi-Cola (A) Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola had been competing for 93 years in 1982‚ and the rivalry had intensified since the early 1950s. By the mid-1970s‚ business journalists had labeled this competition "The Cola Wars." The launching of the Pepsi Challenge in 1977 propelled the wars into the 1980s‚ considerably altering the landscape of the soft-drink industry. History of Soft-Drink Concentrate Producers Soft drinks had existed
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Investors and Analysts: Jackson Kelly T +01 404.676.7563 Media: Kent Landers T +01 404.676.2683 The Coca-Cola Company Global Public Affairs & Communications Department P.O. Box 1734 Atlanta‚ GA 30301 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 RESULTS Strong 4% global volume growth in the third quarter with growth across every geographic operating group Worldwide brand Coca-Cola growth of 3% year-to-date Volume and value share gains continued in total nonalcoholic ready-to-drink
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Case Study Coca Cola Closing Case Chapter 12 Done By Desyani Rosadi National University June 14‚ 2011 Q&A 1. Why do you think that Roberto Goizueta switched from a strategy that emphasized localization towards one that emphasized global standardization? what were the benefits of such a strategy localization is the process of adapting a product or service to a particular language‚ culture‚ and desired local "look-and-feel." Ideally‚ a product or service is developed so that localization
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Introduction of The Coca-cola Company The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer‚ retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ which is headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola‚ invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus‚ Georgia.The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler
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The History of Pepsi-Cola Caleb D. Bradham was born in Chinquapin‚ North Carolina in 1866 to a well-to-do family. Caleb was a very well liked young man who was not only very smart‚ but very popular as well. He seemed to be destined for great things in life. Caleb wanted to become a doctor and after graduating the University of North Carolina he entered medical school at the University of Maryland. However‚ in his second year of medical school his father’s business failed. Caleb had to quit school
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industry was Coca-Cola. They brought a new revolution in the history of the world. Coca-Cola is the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink in history‚ as well as the best-known product in the world. Coca-Cola invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The name ’Coca-Cola ’ was suggested by Dr. Pemberton ’s bookkeeper‚ Frank Robinson. He kept the name Coca-Cola in the flowing script that is famous today. Coca-Cola was first sold at a soda fountain by mixing Coca-Cola syrup with
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The cola industry is an attractive industry if you’re a concentrate producer and an incumbent in the business. The powers of input suppliers which supply the main ingredients in cola concentrate are weak. The bargaining position of the concentrate producer is extremely strong since most of the inputs required to manufacture concentrate is relatively easy to purchase and the concentrate industry has many suppliers to offer those inputs. In addition‚ analyzing the cola wars case‚ Coca Cola concentrate
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Company Overview: Coca Cola ’s company overview provides the company ’s mission whereby the company provides that it aims to refresh the world and inspire moments of optimism and happiness. In its overview‚ the company provides that it has more than 3500 beverages sold in more than 200 countries and the company has more than 139‚600 employees (The Coca Cola Company‚ 2011). Anglo American company overview provides the nature of business the company operates whereby the company is involved in mining
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Assessing A Crisis Coca Cola In Belgium Holly Benavente Advanced Organizational Communication Introduction On June 14‚ 1999‚ the Coca Cola Corporation faced a severe crisis after it was reported that 200 people in Western Europe had become sick after drinking the company’s products. In Belgium‚ Coca Cola was severely criticized for what many saw as a negligent response to the crisis. This response paper examines how Coca Cola’s organizational culture and pre-existing factors within Belgium
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often is not involved in day-to –day operations. This is because changes take time to happen. The dimensions of general environment include international‚ technological‚ socio-cultural‚ economic and legal-political. International dimension provides new to customers‚ competitors and also suppliers. International dimension will shapes social trends‚ technological trends and economic trends. Technological dimension has an impact on competition‚ relationship with customers‚ medical advances ad also nanotechnology
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