Latorre 201210277 Case chapter 8 Coke Zero : Do real men drink diet coke ? Case Analysis 1. Background : The Coca Cola Company identified that no company was satisfying young men needs. Almost 10 years ago‚ Coke executives set out to change the by introducing Diet Coke and Diet Coke Plus‚ and in 2005 they launched a brand that defied the odds: Coke Zero. The brand ’s U.S. sales have consistently increased as the soft drink category has shrunk. Coke Zero has proven that young men would
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Pepsi and Coke’s Uncivil Wars Chapter 9 in Competition Demystified: Uncivil Cola Wars: Coke and Pepsi Confront the Prisoner’s Dilemma What are the sources of competitive advantages in the soda industry? First we should look at industry structure. The cola companies buy raw materials of sugar‚ sweeteners and flavorings from many suppliers then they turn the commodities into a branded product which consists of syrup/concentrated combined with water and bottles. The companies are joined at the hip
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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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The Coca Cola Company: Diversity and a Global Presence You do the Research: 1. I don’t think that Coke can stay up with changing tastes for non-cola drinks. I believe that Goizueta did have the right idea to develop new products‚ but Coke fell behind after some embarrassing problems within the company‚ such as the 1999 contamination scare‚ their slowing unit growth‚ ugly class action racial discrimination suit (which result in a $195.2 million settlement with 2000 employees)‚ and an aborted
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below the line approach. The new and innovative IT steps rolled out a new line of software services that create standardization. Standardization in this case equates to saving money by reducing expenses associated with supply chain activities. Thus‚ in this case it support a below the line strategy. Question 2 Why standardization so important in supply chain management? Coke is developing its own set of software services for bottler to use. Do you think Coke charges the bottlers for these
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Case 23: Coke and Pepsi in India: Issues‚ Ethics‚ and Crisis Management In APA style Table of Contents Chapter Page 1. Abstract 3 2. Introduction 4 3. Issue Management 5 4. Crisis Management 7 5. Global Business Ethics 10 6. Stakeholder Management 13 7. Corporate Social Responsibility 14 1. Economic Responsibilities
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Table of Contents I. Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------- pg. 2 II. Research Design --------------------------------------------------------------- pg. 3 III. The Coke Side of Life -------------------------------------------------------- pg. 3 - 9 a. Symbolism of Colors ----- pg. 4 - 7 b. Contrast --------------------- pg. 7 - 8 c. Proximity -------------------- pg. 8 d. Alignment ------------------- pg. 8 - 9 e. Limited Recognition ------
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Coke & Pepsi in India Q1) Identify the issues that are going on in this case with respect to issues management‚ crisis management‚ global business ethics‚ and stakeholder management. Rank these in terms of their order of priorities for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Q 2) Evaluate the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Coke and Pepsi in India. Q 3) Are these companies ignoring their responsibilities in India? Or is something else at work? Q 4) why does it seem that Coke has become a larger and
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a sandwich at Dutch‚ when I looked through the ever-so-perfectly placed drinks cooler...and what did I see? Coke and Coke Zero‚ the original and the supposed ’clone.’ Now‚ naturally being an extremely inquisitive person‚ I decided it was time to do an experiment. I grabbed one of each and about 10 of those little water cups and went over to the completely unsuspecting group I had come with. Little did they know‚ they were about to be a part of my scientific experiment‚ and the truth would be revealed
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Georgia‚ and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company‚ which is in the United States since March 27‚ 1944). It is a carbonated soft drink sold in the stores‚ restaurants‚ and vending machines of more than 200 countries.. Originally proposed as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton‚ Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler‚ whose marketing strategies led Coke to its governing of the world soft-drink
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