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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Coca-Cola in India 1. What aspects of U.S. and Indian culture may have been a cause of Coke’s difficulties in India? There are four areas that of culture differences may cause the Coke’s difficulties in India. First of all‚ is the spoken and written language. During the contact with the India government‚ there might comes out some misunderstood with language express. Secondly is the service and empowerment. Asian culture is more conservative and the U.S. pays more attention on empowerment
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Case 15: Coca-Cola and Case 16: REI Coca Cola 1. What role does corporate reputation play within organizational performance and social responsibility? Develop a list of factors or characteristics that different stakeholders may use in assessing corporate reputation. Are these factors consistent across stakeholders? Why or why not? A list of factors or characteristics that different stakeholders may use: Must be ethical; in other words respectful‚ honest‚ and trustworthy Commitment to employees
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Ciara Martinez March 3‚ 2014 Strategic Management Internationalizing the Cola Wars: The Battle for China and Asian Markets Coke was formulated in 1866 by John Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta who sold it at drug store fountains as a “potion for mental and physical disorders.” Since then‚ it has grown and spread in the world as one of best Soft Drink in the world with an intense competition against Pepsi. It has started this competition in 1950s and continues until now. Coke is facing different
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new management team continues to evolve‚ The Coca-Cola Company today named Doug Jackson‚ John Guarino and Alex von Behr division presidents. Doug Jackson‚ currently executive assistant to President and Chief Operating Officer Doug Daft‚ will succeed Don Knauss as president of the Southern Africa Division. As announced separately today‚ Mr. Knauss will become president and chief executive officer of The Minute Maid Company. Mr. Jackson joined the Coca-Cola system in 1984 in South Africa‚ where he held
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Promotion Coca cola follows a 5 lesson guide in marketing their products‚ these steps are: 1. Create Liquid content by creating liquid content is to ‘create’ ideas so ingenious that it attracts people and how it does will just flow as like a liquid‚ thus named ‘liquid content’. eg: this content must be able to beg people to want to share it with others‚ making viral on the internet such as on social media platforms‚ etc. it can be anything from an image to a video even an article of the
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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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Coca-Cola Company Memo To: From: Date: Re: SEC Project –Coca-Cola Company Purpose: The purpose of this SEC project is not only to understand the accounting concepts deeply by analyzing a company’s reports. We have made the answers to questions regarding Coca-Cola Company’s annual financial report and proxy statement. Meanwhile‚ we also analyzed the information composed in the report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission‚ in detail‚ and we have confidence in being able to employ
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CSR Case Studies: Coca-Cola 1. Why did Coca-Cola Vietnam chose to work on water projects? Coca Cola is a beverage company‚ a major consumer of water resources‚ it uses 2.43 liters of water to produce just 1 liter of beverage which makes it prone to criticism and consumer boycotts so to protects its brand image and defend its vision statement‚ which said be a responsible citizen‚ and run its business smoothly it decided to start water program to maintain its operations in Vietnam and build a CSR
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During the Super Bowl of 2014‚ Coca-Cola took a shot in the dark and first aired a commercial coined ‘It’s Beautiful‚’ an advertisement which was geared to celebrate America’s great diversity and uniqueness. ‘It’s Beautiful’ has been shown on television on many different American holidays‚ such as the Fourth of July and Memorial Day. Additionally‚ it has been seen on major moments in national and international sports and entertainment events‚ like the football playoffs‚ New Year’s Eve‚ and several
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