debating whether Pepsi is better than Coke or if Coke is better than Pepsi. A few articles say Coke wins the battle between Pepsi and Coke. The other articles state Pepsi wins the controversy. Some articles state that nobody wins the Coke vs. Pepsi battle. Pepsi apparently has a softer fizz than Coke. Pepsi’s characterized is a citrusy flavor burst‚ while Coke has more of a raisiny vanilla flavor. Pepsi’s flavor is more sharper than Coke’s flavor. Coke has 160 calories while Pepsi has 10 less
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the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? Do you agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation? Why or why not? 2. If you do not agree with Cohen’s analysis‚ calculate your own WACC for Nike and justify your assumptions. 3. Calculate the costs of equity using CAPM‚ the dividend discount model‚ and the earnings capitalization ratio. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method? 4. What should Kimi Ford recommend regarding an investment in Nike? 2 Case Overview
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11 CASE STUDY PEPSI GROUPE ASSINGMENT INTRODUCTION Pepsico‚ inc.is one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world. Its operates from Australia. Pepsi-cola company‚ the second largest soft drink business and Tropicana products. The main products of the company comprises of different soft drinks brand includes pepsi‚pepsi light ‚pepsi max‚7up‚mountain dew‚etc..The company consists of: Frito-Lay Company‚ the largest
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In 1886‚ the Coca Cola Company was developed but it wasn ’t until 1898 that the fierce competitor Pepsi-Cola entered into the market. These 2 companies are the two major players that dominate the consumer beverage (soft-drink) industry. Coke and Pepsi have since been competing to rein the global market in consumer beverages. The market of drinks in the United States alone is valued at more than thirty million dollars annually. With the growth of these two companies‚ PepsiCo has developed and acquired
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Coke VS. Pepsi James Esposito Strayer University The Business Enterprise BUS 508 Dr. Amanda Manners June 11‚ 2011 Coke VS. Pepsi The following paragraphs will discuss the financial positions of both Coke and Pepsi. There will be a discussion on which company has the greatest ability to pay off any current liabilities the companies have and what type of financial tools can be used to determine their capability to pay such debt. The reader will also be provided the tools that anyone can
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Current Market Conditions Paper Productivity Coca is always looking for ways to improve their productivity to stay a top notch competitive in the market of soft drinks. Currently Coca is introducing a new system call MC9000. Coca-Cola’s deployment of Symbol’s flagship MC9000 mobile computers across EMEA operations is part of a strategic initiative to improve the efficiency‚ productivity and customer service delivered by its mobile workforce. The Symbol mobility platform replaces
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Individual Assignment Marketing Pepsi’s New Healthy Option In the United Kingdom (Case study) STUDENT NAME :Nambuhewage Buddhini Shashika STUDENT ID NUMBER :G1406999U LECTURER :Ms.June DATE OF SUBMISSION Table of Content Word Count Number of Pages: Number of Words: Word count is exclusive of the followings: Cover page Content Page List of References 1: INTRODUCTION Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been battling each other for more than a century. It’s a legendary brand
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Strategic issue Maintain competitive focus‚ while splitting PepsiCo and creating governance for the new Pepsi Bottling Group. Internal Analysis Pepsi was invented in 1893‚ establishing a franchise bottling system of 270 bottlers by 1910. Pepsi struggled in its early years declaring bankruptcy twice. The 1970’s and early 80’s‚ Pepsi surpassed Coke for the first time. Bottling was a capital-intensive business and involved highly specialized production lines. Bottling and canning could cost between
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Coke v. Pepsi – 5 Forces Analysis Industry concentrate produces High intensity (depends on price/advertising cost/ high number of substitutes(low calorie drinks/no carb drinks/ not carbonated drinks like orange juice) Pepsi products /Coke products New Entrants (barriers/rivalry) High Intensity-Brand recognition dominant market/ patents on style and colors Network relationships & high cost of entry established such as distribution‚ warehouse‚ bottlers‚ and shelf-location high marketing
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THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2003‚ Jagdeep Kapoor‚ chairman of Samsika Marketing Consultants in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)‚ commented that "Coke lost a number ofyears over errors. But at last it seems to be getting its positioning right." Similarly‚ Ronald McEachern‚ PepsiCo ’s Asia chief‚ asserted "India is the beverage battlefield for 2003." The experience ofthe world ’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium was not a happy one‚ even though
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