Running head: STARBUCKS AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 1 An Analysis of Starbucks as a Company and an International Business Lauren Roby A Senior Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation in the Honors Program Liberty University Spring 2011 STARBUCKS AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Acceptance of Senior Honors Thesis This Senior Honors Thesis is accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from the Honors Program of Liberty University
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paper focuses on a SWOT analysis which stands for strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats against a particular company. The company discussed in this paper is of the coffee company‚ Starbucks. This paper also provides a detailed SWOT analysis figure on page four for review. Further information can be found on Starbuck’s website at www.starbucks.com. SWOT Analysis of Starbucks With its vast array of decadent drinks‚ snacks‚ and a welcoming atmosphere‚ Starbucks has become a staple in
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Case Problem Analysis STARBUCKS BACKGROUND OF THE CASE Time Frame The case happened back in the 90’s where a lot of coffee shop is being operated in the business industry; one of this is the Starbucks a very well-known coffee shop nowadays. The Starbucks coffee maintained its clients or customers due of the new technique in marketing mix and to evaluate the kind of coffee and tea they were offered by the customers. The management also offered a promotional campaign by
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Porter Analysis “Starbucks Case” I. Threats of Competitors Now a day‚ Starbucks is very well known in the market‚ so with this competitors are arising rampantly. Small coffee retail outlets are growing rapidly in America and it seems to be multiplying. Based on the study of the Ivey Management‚ there are more than 3485 competitors in the market. All are coffee retailing or even café or with carts. In US‚ they have low barrier to entry in the retail specialty coffee market. This has resulted
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Starbucks Financial Analysis Financial Analysis of the Starbucks Corporation 2401 Utah Avenue South Seattle‚ Washington 98134 (800) 235-2883 Financial Analysis of the Starbucks Corporation Company Overview Starbucks is the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer‚ Starbucks has more than 16‚000 retail outlets in more than 35 countries. Starbucks owns more than 8‚500 of its outlets‚ while licensees and franchisees operate more than 6‚500 units worldwide‚ primarily
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1.Analyze Starbucks as a company and identify their competitive advantage Starbucks is a company that produces and serves high quality coffee beans as well as produces and sells high quality coffee bean products and fresh pastries within each Starbucks location. The main competitive advantage that Starbucks maintains is an upper scale classy coffee bar providing a warmth with European design and furnishings. Also Starbucks sustains a competitive advantage because the company continuously looks
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Politics Starbucks is an international company‚ therefore the political factors around the world will have an impact on the company and its profitability. There is a strong correlation between economic and political stability. Consequently‚ the more politically stable a nation is‚ the more stable its economic environment tends to be. There is a strong correlation between political stability‚ economic stability and the supply chain. A disruption in the supply chain will have an influence on the daily
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Renewing America’s Energy Dropping gas prices‚ hills covered in rows of wind turbines‚ panels that flash the dessert with glare from the sun‚ and newly formed boomtowns that have doubled their population in four years. While this may seem like a foreign nation sometime in the future‚ this is the US in the present day. The story behind the success is the result of a basic economics principle: when a producer begins to make a higher profit on his product‚ more producers join this industry. This has
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Company Background Three Seattle academics and entrepreneurs‚ English teacher Jerry Baldwin‚ history teacher Zev Siegel‚ and writer Gordon Bowker‚ started the Starbucks Corporation in 1997. Their primary product was the selling of whole bean coffee in one Seattle store. By early 1980’s‚ this business had grown into four stores selling the coffee beans‚ a roasting facility‚ and a wholesale business for local restaurants. "There store did not offer fresh-brewed coffee sold by the cup‚ but tasting
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I. Market Research Reveals a Service Gap at Starbucks Retail Stores In 2002‚ Starbucks was a high-growth company‚ successfully implementing ambitious retail expansion and product innovation in spite of the economic downturn. However‚ despite uninterrupted growth‚ recent market research suggested that everything was not going according to plan for the company. Starbucks built its empire on a foundation of customer service‚ but data collected in 2002 suggested that its consumer base did not feel a
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