subsequent paper contains a comprehensive analysis of The Coca-Cola Company and addresses several organizational theory issues. Three recommendations are proposed based on the problems that were discovered during the analysis. The goals of the recommendations are to address uncertainty with suppliers and distributors‚ and also align company decision-making with the structure of the organization. Recommendations Recommendation 1 The Coca-Cola Company has a high level of uncertainty when it comes to
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Question 1 The concentration producing industry has one buyer and through its value chain. Instead‚ costs for advertising‚ promotion‚ market research‚ and bottler relations were significant. On the other hand‚ bottling industry is the mid-way player in the soft drink industry. There are two suppliers and one buyer involved in its value chain (Exhibit 1). Whether two industries are profitable depends on soft drink consumption‚ which had increased for more than 20 years and plateaued in the 1990s
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Yin Dongfang (2014-27148) 1) Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink industry been so profitable? According to Exhibit 3a‚ the operation profit margin of the two giants kept robust growing from ~10% in 1970s to ~20% in 2005. That probably resulted from two reasons: 1) net sales enjoyed robust growth; 2) COGS and other expenses cowered fast. Net sales enjoyed robust growth. According to Exhibit 1‚ consumption per capita increased by 3% per year lasting for 3 decades since 1970s‚ due to A. Increasing
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Case Study By Shamika Shoulders CSUDH -Management 490 May 26‚ 2013 SWAT Analysis Company: PEPSI Strengths • The Brand Name • They appealed to the youth "Pepsi Generation" to help build it consumer base and increase its market share. The youth is a large majority of the population. • Core Strong Competencies in managing the capital-intensive bottling business. Weaknesses • Location- little efforts in the international market.
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& Market Systems Oligopoly - Game Theory | | “When I am getting ready to reason with a man I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say‚ and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.” Abraham LincolnA game occurs when there are two or more interacting decision-takers (players) and each decision or combination of decisions involves a particular outcome (pay-off.) The fate (or the payoff) of a player in a game depends not only on the actions
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pepsi Cola produces Philippine Inc (PCPPI) grew its net income last year by 192 percent to 44 million on the back of double digit growth in volume and softer sugar prices. For the fourth quarter alone‚ net profit doubled to 147 million on gross sales of 6.2 billion. Volume grew by 21 percent for the quarter; bringing full-year volume growth to an average of is percent across brands and categories. Gross sales for the full year rose percent to P22.73 billion. “This is a significant
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enough to try to deal with governments. But what should be the best strategy to deal with terrorists? Since September 11‚ 2001 game theory has been used to analyze how governments and how terrorists should act to achieve their best outcome. This paper will analyze the games that these competing forces can use to determine the best course of action. The current war on terrorism is tending to have three different sides: the United States‚ the European Union‚ and the terrorists. Before the September
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The Coca Cola and Pepsi War 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? * The soft drink industry remains profitable because of the market share based on Porters Five Forces. * Coke has protected its recipe for over a hundred years as a trade secret‚ and has gone to great lengths to prevent others from learning its cola formula. The company even left a billion-person market (India) to avoid revealing this information. As a result of extended histories and successful advertising
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were usually on a long term contract with the big companies and could not easily sign a contract with a new direct competing enterer. Two major players Coca cola and Pepsi have about three quarters of the soft drinks market were fiercely competing with advertising‚ creating new products and expanding new territories‚ without going into price war. The major products for the soft drink industry were not hard to find – carbonated water‚ sugar‚ bottles‚ so the only one that gave power for the suppliers
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Negotiation | | The use of Game Theory could be a powerful force in negotiation. Investigate the different ways that Game Theory can be used or manipulated to change an outcome in a negotiation. | | Negotiation | | The use of Game Theory could be a powerful force in negotiation. Investigate the different ways that Game Theory can be used or manipulated to change an outcome in a negotiation. | | Quentin Dutartre Yash Ruia Damien Canneva Kilian Bus Emilien Allier David
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