Case 1: Global Human Resource Management at Coca-Cola 8/16/2013 1. What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial position: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? I believe Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positioning is primarily polycentric; however‚ I also believe it involves many characteristics of both ethnocentric and geocentric staffing policies as well. According to Dowling‚ et al‚ a polycentric staffing approach involves the multinational
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Leader in Beverage Industry Being the leader in the beverage industry Coca-Cola Company is one “of the most powerful companies on the globe” (Petanjek‚ 2013). The primary competitor of Coca-Cola Company is PepsiCo (“Bottled and Canned‚” n.d.). A 2012 article in Beverage Digest claimed that both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo together held nearly 90% of the soda market (Lambert‚ 2012). Furthermore‚ Beverage Digest reported Coca-Cola outperformed PepsiCo in both carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and liquid refreshment
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The Coca Cola Company The company that I have chosen for my course project is the Coca Cola Company. The reason for my selection is simple‚ I am impressed with growth associated with Coca Cola and plan on further researching and analyzing how such growth of this magnitude is possible. The company was founded in 1886 by John Pemberton as a simple soft drink‚ created solely out of curiosity. John Pemberton‚ a pharmacist‚ mixed together the caramel flavored carbonated drink and initially starting
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The Coca Cola Company‚ founded in 1886 in Atlanta‚ the United States‚ is the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company. Coca Cola currently owns and markets more than 500 beverage brands (Anonymous‚ 2010)‚ including waters‚ sports and energy drinks‚ juices‚ tea and coffee‚ which are distributed in over 200 countries throughout the world. Along with Coca Cola‚ the company also owns Sprite‚ Fanta and Diet Coke‚ which are four of the world’s top five nonalcoholic beverage brands (Anonymous‚ 2010)
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Contact: Connor Hewett FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (908)-370-8139 connor.hewett@marquette.edu Innovative Technology in the Sport Drink Industry: Coke Spirit The next level sports drink for athletes ATLANTA (February 20‚ 2013) – Coca Cola’s latest invention‚ the sports performance drink Coke Spirit‚ is expected to reinvent the way companies have constructed their products across the market. Launching on November 3‚ 2013‚ Spirit will quickly catch the attention of top athletes and professional
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INTERGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION (IMC) According to Wikipedia‚ integrated marketing communications (IMC) is defined as a process for managing customer relationships that drive brand value primarily through communication efforts. Such efforts often include cross-functional processes that create and nourish profitable relationships with customers and other stakeholders by strategically controlling or influencing all messages sent to these groups and encouraging data-driven‚ purposeful dialog with
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meanings and emotional meanings of Coke to you? My personal feeling towards Coke is that it’s a sweet soft drink that can bring sense of refreshment when drinking frozen. But it’s too sweet for me‚ so I always add lemon with it. 2. What was Coca-Cola’s brand building strategy in terms of marketing 4Ps (Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ Promotion)? Product: Originally invented to be “an ideal nerve tonic and stimulant”‚ later in 1929 Coke (“The Company”) amend the tagline to be “the pause that refreshes”
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ANNUAL REPORT 2011 contents chairman’s Review managing director’s Review Financial commentary Board of directors senior management corporate Governance statement Financial and statutory Reports directors’ Report Financial Report Income Statement Statement of Comprehensive Income Statement of Financial Position Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Changes in Equity Notes to the Financial Statements 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 2. Segment Reporting 3. Revenue 4. Income Statement
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Coca Cola Introduction: 1. History of Coca-Cola a. International * 1886 – 1892: Atlanta Beginnings John Pemberton‚ an Atlanta pharmacist‚ stirred up a fragrant‚ caramel-colored liquid and carried it to Jacobs’ Pharmacy. Here‚ the mixture was combined with carbonated water and sampled by customers who all agreed - this new drink was something special. Pemberton’s bookkeeper‚ Frank Robinson‚ named the mixture Coca-Cola®. To this day‚ Coca-Cola is written the same way. In the first year
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B890 Assignment 1 Student Name: Sin May Yin Jennifer Student ID: S11005210 Tutorial Group: 01 Introduction: To ease the discussion in the 4 areas required‚ an introduction has been added to summarize the challenges faced by Coca cola in India. More details have been added from various sources to provide a more detail picture outlining the plight of Coke in India. Coke has suffered the below difficulties when operating in India. Reports of Center for Science and Environment
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