Developing strategic thinking as a core competency Ingrid Bonn Graduate School of Management‚ Griffith University‚ Queensland‚ Australia Keywords Strategic planning‚ Core competences‚ Management development Introduction My research interest in strategic thinking started in 1993 when I interviewed 35 senior executives for a longitudinal study on the changes in strategic planning and strategic management in large organisations between 1982 and 1993. These senior executives were responsible
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{draw:g} Table of Contents Soft drink Industry: {text:bookmark-start} Introduction: {text:bookmark-end} We will basically focus on the pricing strategies adopted by these two affluence companies‚ how the change in the strategy of one of them reflects in the strategy of the other. {text:bookmark-start} Entry barriers in soft drink Market: {text:bookmark-end} The several factors that make it very difficult for the competition to enter the soft drink market include: Network Bottling:
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The Innocent Drinks Design Culture Discuss and illustrate the extent to which a ‘design culture’ in an organisation can give it competitive advantage. I. Introduction In 21st century‚ the organizations are entering a brand new era full of opportuni-ties and innovations‚ and great changes have taken place in companies’ attitude to-wards some traditional practices. Design has become an essential issue. As the writer in “Designing the 21st century” observed: Throughout the industrialized
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and Adam Balon founded the innocent drinks in 1998. All the three were in their respective fields of work and working for different companies after they graduated in 1994. Reed worked for an advertising agency‚ while Balon and Wright worked for different management consultants. The three friends always had an idea about starting a company of their own and in 1998 they founded the innocent drinks after an intense market research and testing their product. THE EARLY INNOCENT Reed‚ Balon and Wright organised
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Pricing Strategy and Channel Distribution Pricing Strategy and Channel Distribution Determine and discuss a pricing strategy (Penetration or Skimming). The pricing strategy for Crystal Light Kicks will eventually be in line with current pricing of other Crystal Light products as the Crystal Light brand is already in existence. Current Crystal Light pricing is at a suggested retail price of $2.56 oz for a 1.4 oz package ($3.54) that includes 10 on the go packets and $1.25 oz for a
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13 Procurement 13 Maintaining Growth 14 Conclusion 17 Glossary of Terms 18 References 19 Bibliography 20 Appendix A – Innocent Annual Report 2007 22 Appendix B – Innocent Facts and Figures 23 Appendix C – Dec 2008 Financial Report 24 Introduction The purpose of this report is to assess Innocent Drinks‚ a UK based company who operate within the soft drink FMCG industry. This case study was derived from seeking the answer to how the organisation has achieved the growth‚ and how this
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The innocent marketing story Marketing & brand stuff We believe that 95% of our marketing is in the bottle and like to let the drinks do all the talking. We’re very big on keeping the main thing‚ the main thing and try to be as innocent as we can in everything we do. So that means‚ quite simply‚ being natural‚ honest and making business decisions that we can all be proud of. We work hard to keep our brand fresh‚ just like our drinks. From changing our labels every few months‚ to putting nice little
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Pricing Strategy Steps in Setting Price: Following are the steps in setting price for a product: 1. Selecting the pricing objectives; 2. Determining the consumers’ demand; 3. estimating costs; 4. Analysing the competitors’ costs‚ prices and offers; 5. Selecting a pricing method; and 6. Selecting the final price. 1. Selecting the pricing objectives: Before selecting a suitable price for a product‚ the marketer is needed to review the company’s objectives. The more clearer the company’s
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discount battle and promising the cost of more staples will soon drop. In this article we can see what the Coles use the marketing concepts of customer wants‚ pricing‚ and satisfaction to the market. Coles’s latest product is more price cuts planned in the next few weeks. It is shown that‚ Coles are using market –penetration pricing strategies‚ setting a low price for a new product in the next few weeks to attract a large number of buyers and a large market share (Kotler et al‚ 2010 p7). Furthermore
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Innocent Drinks (“Innocent”) should start the European expansion because it has the largest growth potential and best leverages the core competencies of the company. The structure of the chilled drink business in Europe‚ especially for smoothies seems to be an oligopoly. A few large players take the lion’s share of the market. As such‚ Innocent has the potential to achieve similar market share as in the UK by expanding to new European markets and using its strengths in dynamic marketing‚ branding
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