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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COCA-COLA IN AFRICA Mike W. Peng (University of Texas at Dallas) Case Discussion Questions Why is Coca-Cola so interested in Africa‚ which is typically regarded as the base of the global economic pyramid Coca-Cola needs to seek new opportunities for earnings growth due to the fact that many of its markets outside of Africa are mature‚ saturated‚ declining or experiencing increased competition. Africas income‚ infrastructure‚ and to some extent governments are improving. Its population generally gets
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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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Coca-Cola strategy Today‚ our Coca-Cola Company serves consumers in over 200 countries and has expanded to about 400 licensed brands. The issue we face is how to continue growing and adjusting to local demands‚ while at the same time building a coordinated strategy with direction from the center. Thus‚ we need to come up with a blended solution that can combine standardization and localization. Coca-Cola has pursued many strategies of localization and also standardization‚ yet none of them were
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Coca-Cola India On August 20‚ 2003 Sanjiv Gupta‚ President and CEO of Coca-Cola India‚ sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks. On August 5th‚ The Center for Science and Environment (CSE)‚ an activist group in India focused on environmental sustainability issues (specifically the effects of industrialization and economic growth) issued a press release stating: "12 major cold drink brands sold in and
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Development of Coca-Cola Advertising Campaigns (1886 - 2007) The Development of Coca-Cola Advertising Campaigns (1886 -2007) | 3 © Copyright by Aleksandra Kulawik & e-bookowo 2009 ISBN 978-83-61184-69-0 Wydawca: Wydawnictwo internetowe e-bookowo www.e-bookowo.pl Kontakt: wydawnictwo@e-bookowo.pl Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone. Kopiowanie‚ rozpowszechnianie części lub całości bez zgody wydawcy zabronione Wydanie I 2009 www.e-bookowo.pl The Development of Coca-Cola Advertising Campaigns
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The Coca-Cola Company | MGT-100 | Joanne Rupe Subject: MGT 100 | Word Count: 3291 | Due Date: 27.11.2012 | Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 2. Mintzberg Roles 6 2.1 Entrepreneur 6 2.2 Leader 6 2.3 Figurehead 6 3. Henri Fayol – Principles 7 3.1 Initiative 7 3.2 Equity 7 3.3 Unity of Direction 7 4. Weber – Principles 8 4.1 Division of Labour 8 4.2 Promotion and Selection based on Merit 8 5. Building Blocks of Competitive Advantage 9 5.1 Efficiency 9
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Coca-Cola and its Evolution The Coca-Cola company started out as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help‚ Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Coca-Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton‚ an Atlanta pharmacist. He concocted
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The Case Study Report “Coca-Cola in India” BY: SALLY WIJAYA Executive Summary This report will discuss about “Coca-Cola in India”‚ what are the barriers and how to solve it. The barriers includes: Coca-Cola’s difficulties in terms of the culture barriers between US and India‚ Coca-Cola’s respond towards India’s negative perception to MNE‚ Coca-Cola’s Changes to obtain more Indian market‚ and the commitment of Coca-Cola‚ PepsiCo and other MNE should demonstrate to work with different cultures
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PepsiCo Inc.‚ profitability ratios | | | Dec 29‚ 2012 | Dec 31‚ 2011 | Dec 25‚ 2010 | Dec 26‚ 2009 | Dec 27‚ 2008 | Return on Sales | | Gross profit margin | 52.22% | 52.49% | 54.05% | 53.51% | 52.95% | Operating profit margin | 13.91% | 14.48% | 14.41% | 18.61% | 16.09% | Net profit margin | 9.43% | 9.69% | 10.93% | 13.75% | 11.89% | Return on Investment | | | | | | Return on equity (ROE) | 27.71% | 31.29% | 29.86% | 35.38% | 42.47% | Return on assets (ROA) | 8.28%
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