Coca-Cola & Pepsi Financial Statement Analysis Team A Frances Sanchez‚ Herbie Merced‚ and Javier Urbina ACC 400 Accounting for Decision Making August 22‚ 2013 Introduction • Comparison of Coca-Cola and Pepsi • Financials from 2004 • Review financial ratios ▫ Liquidity ▫ Solvency ▫ Profitability • Discuss profitability of each company • Which company is the best investment opportunity Coca-Cola & Pepsi Ratios Comparison Liquidity Ratios Current Ratio (Current Assets/Current
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Coca-Cola’s • Major Problems o Major problem now is how Coca Cola is perceived in the market o Communicate to the public real intentions to gain consumers trust o Company now stands to lose customers due to hidden ploy of increasing vending machine prices based on weather. o Company still need achieve goal of maximizing profits through vending machine sales. o Consumers may choose cold water instead of a coke to quench thirst on hot days. o Do coke products actually quench thirst in extreme
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Marketing Ethics- Coca Cola Introduction The society is becoming increasing concerned about the ethical values adopted by its companies. Marketing ethics addresses principle and standards that define acceptable conduct in the marketplace.(Linda) Marketing unethical means that the action is legal‚ but it actually is wrong. Some companies may promote the marketing ethics in order to increasing their reputation. However‚ some companies may violate the ethical values in order to earn more profits
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can appear inconsequential or fallacious. Such is the case concerning the correspondance between the Coca-Cola company and Grover Press; although one may initially assume Coca-Cola’s conclusions and be in accordance with the legitimacy of their complaint—in this case‚ the usurpation of an advertising slogan—all sympathies are dispelled by the cynicism and sarcasm of the Grove rebuttal. Coca-Cola speaks amiably and respectfully‚ never lowering to the level of mockery or debasement‚ and outlines two
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Crisis Communications 2. How does Coca Cola handle crises? Discuss whether this global leader has succeeded in handling crises from headquarters in Atlanta with reference to both the Belgium school children case and to Dasani in the UK. You must access relevant media comment from the time in making your assessment. A crisis is “a major occurrence with a potentially negative outcome affecting an organization‚ company‚ or industry‚ as well as its publics‚ products‚ services‚ or good-name”; it is
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Module 2 The Coca-Cola Company Struggles with Ethical Crisis 1. What role does corporate reputation play within organizational performance and social responsibility? Develop a list of factors or characteristics that different stakeholders may use in assessing corporate reputation. Are these factors consistent across stakeholders? Why or why not? Having a good reputation is the most important factor for any business. A corporation can spend many decades building a good reputation with the
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been the key success factors for Coca Cola? Answer: The key success factors for Coca Cola have been marketing strategy‚ introducing new products and globalization. Marketing strategy: Coca cola uses different types of marketing strategy for growing and retaining its customer. In early days‚ to build brand recognition‚ they offer clocks‚ calendars and weighing scales with Coca Cola logo to pharmacists who sold their drink. During mass market TV advertising‚ Coca Cola was the pioneers TV advertising
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“Comparison of Marketing Mix for Coca Cola and PepsiCo” Acknowledgement I owe a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and supported me during the writing of this book. My deepest thanks to Lecturer .................... The Guide of the project‚ for guiding and correcting various documents of us with attention and care. He has taken pain to go through the project and make necessary correction as and when needed. I would also thank my Institution and my faculty members without whom
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the company focus on whole population in the world‚ young generation is the target marketed of the company and they also want to show their products with full of youth and energy to their customers. (Pendergrast‚ 1993). Even if there is no specific product or communication for less than 12 or more than 30‚ the brand succeed in reaching them‚ through partnerships for example (restaurants‚ fast foods such as McDonald’s) or thanks to its value among consumers. So‚ the core target audience of Coca Cola
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efforts to present the project scenario and the progress made on it so far. Thus‚ any deficiency in this project may kindly be excuse. Owais Shafi Wani CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the project titled “DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF COCA-COLA” Submitted by: Owais Shafi Wani for the award of degree of MBA in Marketing is a record of research work carried by him. He worked under my guidance and has fulfilled the requirements for the submission of his project report‚ which to my knowledge
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