Abstract This case study will provide an overview of the Coca-Cola Company as the perfect business as it pertains to the characteristics that make up a good business. A series of three questions will be discussed. Identifying four characteristics of a good business‚ identify four companies that display these characteristics‚ and in three years after purchasing common stock in these companies determine if the present analysis was correct. Discuss at least four characteristics of a good
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Coca-Cola May 17‚ 2013 I. Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility is the corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company ’s effects on the environment and impact on social welfare. The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups. Corporate social responsibility may also be referred to as "corporate citizenship" and can involve incurring short-term costs that do not provide an
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In this case of Coca-Cola changing their well established Coke formula and introducing an new one in 1985 for the purpose of gaining more market share; the reason why such decision was made by Coke’s executives was mainly because of a series of marketing campaign conducted by their major arrival - Pepsi. During mid 1970s‚ Pepsi has ran a the famous “Pepsi Challenge” of blind taste tests on all the commercials to show that the majority preferred Pepsi than Coke based on its teste. By 1977‚ Pepsi had
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Pepsi vs Coca Cola For more than a century‚ Coca Cola and PepsiCo have been the major competitors within the soft drink market. By employing various advertising tactics‚ strategies such as blind taste tests‚ and reward initiatives for the consumer‚ they have grown to become oligopolistic rivals. In the soft-drink business‚ “The Coca-Cola Company” and “PepsiCo‚ Incorporated” hold most of the market shares in virtually every region of the world. They have brands that the consumers want‚ whether it
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From: Kenny Shan Widjaja Date: May 21‚ 2015 Subject: Case Analysis of Cola Wars Continue Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Essentially the case discusses about the rivalry of Coca-Cola and Pepsi throughout the years from the beginning‚ and how they manage to come up with a more lucrative way to establish more market share. The case mentioned the reasons profitability of the soft drinks industry. The reasons for this profitability are: Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have an agreement with their own bottler who specializes
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Coke vs. Pepsi Karmen Burrell AIU Online MKTG205-1004B-08 Unit 1 IP October 7‚ 2010 In assignment one we are asked to choose two competitive products to analyze how they address the 4 P’s of marketing. First‚ we must understand what the 4 P’s of marketing refers to. They are pricing‚ product‚ promotion‚ and placement of product. We are asked to describe the products‚ their industry‚ their market shares‚ and their fluctuation in sales. Now that we understand what the 4 P’s of marketing
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Recently‚ I found myself standing in line waiting to get a sandwich at Dutch‚ when I looked through the ever-so-perfectly placed drinks cooler...and what did I see? Coke and Coke Zero‚ the original and the supposed ’clone.’ Now‚ naturally being an extremely inquisitive person‚ I decided it was time to do an experiment. I grabbed one of each and about 10 of those little water cups and went over to the completely unsuspecting group I had come with. Little did they know‚ they were about to be a part
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Coke Ethical Issues Our product is quite healthy. Fluid replenishment is a key to health. Coke does a great service because it encourages people to take in more and more liquids. - Michael Douglas Ivester‚ Coke’s Chairman and CEO. Public schools are funded by the public to educate the children as provided by state law. It is totally inappropriate that its facilities and employees are being used by corporations to increase their own profits on public time and with public dollars
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for the competition to enter the market. For example‚ both Coke and PepsiCo havefranchise agreement with their existing bottler¶s who have rights in a certaingeographic area. These franchise agreements strictly prohibit the bottler fromtaking on business from new competing brands. Furthermore‚ if a concentrateproducer wanted to build their own bottling plants due to the inability to bottlefrom the existing bottling plants as prohibited by Coke and Pepsi; the newbottling plant would require an extensive
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Coca-Cola has had one ethical issue after another to resolve over the past decade or so. There is no current evidence to suggest that Coca-Cola could become the next Enron. Both companies have had to deal with issues with employees not having loyalty to the business. What differs between the two is Enron had accounting numbers that did not add up correctly. The reason behind this was later discovered that company money was being transferred to off shore bank accounts. This was later proven to
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