Analysis of the Accounting Policies of PepsiCo as compared to Coca Cola Year-end December 31‚ 2001 Prepared for Robin Webb‚ G. D. Meyers and Company Allison Heiland‚ Angela Heyroth‚ Robin Tieman FBD I Section 4 O b 17 2002 Analysis of Accounting Policies EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In investigating PepsiCo’s accounting policies for G. D. Meyers and Company‚ we have focused on nine major areas of the annual report‚ comparing PepsiCo with Coca Cola throughout our analysis. Through the Balance
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the Coca-Cola Company. The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer‚ retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage‚ Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves over 1.7 billion servings each day. Since The Coca-Cola company
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India History Background Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India Case Summary Indian softdrinks Market Six product segments-Economic crisis of 1991 leaving consumers with little choice of brands -1986 “Pepsi Foods Ltd.” “Lehar Pepsi” -1990 Coca-Cola Reenters market with joint venture “Britco Foods” -Later partner with Parle Advertising Pepsi and Coke sponsor TV campaigns‚ Urban Youth‚ Cultural Festivals and Sports Fans. Both Pepsi and Coke look to expand into other markets (fruit juices‚ bottled
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Corporate Governance The Coca-Cola Company is committed to sound principles of corporate governance. The Board is elected by the shareowners to oversee their interest in the long-term health and the overall success of the business and its financial strength. The Board serves as the ultimate decision making body of the Company‚ except for those matters reserved to or shared with the shareowners. The Board selects and oversees the members of senior management‚ who are charged by the Board with conducting
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1. Why do you think Coca-Cola has had one ethical issue after another over the last decade or so? Ethical issues have been a problem for Coca-Cola because the company has lacked quality leadership in many areas of the organization. It seems that the company was not prepared to handle disputes or incidents when they occurred. They were slow to respond in many incidents because they were ill equipped to handle the fall out. They essentially had no crisis management skills. It seems that
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Coca Cola Analysis 2. Coke’s strategy and structure before Daft Leadership - The structure was more centralized in the model of command and control with all the instructions and decisions‚ Atlanta - ‘Concentrate on Concentrate’ strategy - the high cost operations (trucks purchases‚ product delivery‚ and execution of local marketing) is left to worldwide bottlers. - Consolidation of the vast bottling network into 10 anchors bottlers. - Strategy‚ expansion of market share
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The Coca- Cola Company Planning Memorandum Industry and Regulatory Risk Factors: Obesity/Health Concerns: There is a growing concern among consumers and public health officials about the public health consequences of obesity. This includes a large movement towards health conscious eating and drinking‚ specifically avoiding sugar-sweetened beverages. This could affect demand for some beverages and in turn affect profitability. Water scarcity: Water is the main ingredient of all products. It is
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The Coca-Cola Way In 1999‚ following the merger of Coca-Cola’s four bottling operations (Hindustan Coca-Cola Bottling North West‚ Hindustan Bottling Coca-Cola Bottling South West‚ Bharat Coca-Cola North East‚ and Bharat Coca-Cola South East)‚ human resources issues gained significance at the company. Two new companies‚ Coca-Cola India‚ the corporate and marketing office‚ and Coca-Cola Beverages were the result of the merger. The merger brought with it over 10‚000 employees to Coca-Cola‚ doubling
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PESTEL Analysis: (COCA COLA) Political The non-alcoholic beverages falls in the category under the FDA and the government plays a role within the operation of manufacturing these products. In terms of regulations‚ the government has the power to set potential fines for the companies that did not meet their standard law requirement. The company has monitored the regulations and politics in each country to maintain and protect their brand image by assigning the risks. Such regulations are made
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Introduction Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink which is sold in more than 200 countries across the world. Its brand is the most well-known brand which is shown by the clothing company pays the licensing fee for it in order to use its name on the product. In 1886‚ it originated as a soda fountain drink and started bottling. Its most important step was during WW2 when the CEO declared that the American militaries would be able to get Coca-Cola anywhere they were at 5 cents a bottle. Owing to
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