was spending less money and gaining market share‚ what were they doing right? Research is an essential step in advertising because money cannot be wasted‚ there are many other uses within the company which money could be used for. In order for Coca-Cola to improve the above stated problems and improve their marketing research‚ the company could do a number of things. When the flavor changed of Coke‚ many were upset about this‚ even though a study was done to determine if the change should happen.
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McKinsey & Company: Managing Knowledge and Learning Group 2 – Section A Aditya Dave 11P005 Anand Jhunjhunwala 11P009 Pragati Sangal 11P031 Pratikshit Pandey 11P032 Saurabh Bhandari 11P041 1. What was McKinsey’s unique source of competitive advantage developed by James O. McKinsey and later by Marvin Bower? James O. McKinsey * Recruited experienced executives and trained them on an integrated approach which he called the General Survey outline * Sequence
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CST 151 April 3rd 2013 The 9 Elements of film: The Matrix The Matrix is centered around the main protagonist Neo. Neo is in his late twenties‚ with a nine to five job working at a software company as a programmer. He has always felt something just wasn’t right about the world‚ and he felt it goes further than the injustices of worldwide hunger and war. One late night while coding some not so legal material for a friend he gets a chat request from someone with the sign name of Trinity.
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Cola Wars Continue : Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Introduction "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010” explain the economics of the soft drink industry and its relation with profits‚ taking into account all stages of the value chain of the soft drink industry. By focusing on the war between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as market leaders in this industry with a 90% market share in carbonated beverages‚ the study analyses the different stages of the value chain (concentrate producers‚ bottlers‚ retail
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Q1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? OR Why is it not easy for new players to enter the industry? Already a mature market‚ coke & pepsi spent a lot of money‚ time & effort on all things e.g. networking‚ manufacturing Q2. Why CPs are more profitable than bottlers? The concentrate manufacturing process involved little capital investment in machinery‚ overhead‚ or labor. A typical concentrate manufacturing plant cost about $25 million to $50 million to build‚ and one plant could
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The BCG Growth-Share Matrix The BCG Growth-Share Matrix is a portfolio planning model developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consulting Group in the early 1970’s. It is based on the observation that a company’s business units can be classified into four categories based on combinations of market growth and market share relative to the largest competitor‚ hence the name "growth-share". The growth-share matrix thus maps the business unit positions within these two important determinants of profitability
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 1. Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink industry been so profitable? Soft drink industry is profitable because the industry has concentrated revenues between 2 major players and it is virtually impossible for a new player to compete with the key players. The industry giant’s wield power over the retail outlets. Convenience stores‚ vending machines‚ fountains are widely distributed and hence they don’t have the power to bargain over pricing issues and
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Pepsi and Coke fought over the 74 billion CSD (carbonated soft drinks) industry. --> Nothing contribute as much to the success of Pepsi than Coke and vice-versa What had to be done to ensure sustainable growth and profitability? Economics of the U.S CSD Industry 1970 - consumption grew by an average of 3% per year --> increasing availability of CSD + intro of new diet and flavoured variety + Declining real prices --> CSD more affordable -->
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"Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010" Read and Apply: Michael E. Porter (2008)‚ “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ (January 2008)‚ pp. 2-17 Assignment Questions (AQ) (a) Why has the soft drink industry been so profitable for concentrate producers? Compare the economics of the concentrate business to the bottling business: why is the profitability so different? [50% points] The soft drink industry has been extremely profitable for Concentrate
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Cola wars continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 (HBS 9-711-462) a. Use the 5-forces framework to explain why the soft drink concentrate industry has been so profitable. The soft drink concentrate industry has been very profitable for over 100 years. The reason can easily be found by analyzing the concentrate industry using the 5-forces model. According to the 5-forces model‚ each industry’s profitability can be assessed considering the five forces that influence the market – The rivalry among existing
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