The Coca Cola Company The company that I have chosen for my course project is the Coca Cola Company. The reason for my selection is simple‚ I am impressed with growth associated with Coca Cola and plan on further researching and analyzing how such growth of this magnitude is possible. The company was founded in 1886 by John Pemberton as a simple soft drink‚ created solely out of curiosity. John Pemberton‚ a pharmacist‚ mixed together the caramel flavored carbonated drink and initially starting
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extracts of Coca leaves and Kola nuts • Business sold in 1888 to business men • Candler acquired competitors and promoted Coca-Cola → Rapid sales increase since 1895 • In 1894 J.A. Biedenharn invented selling the prepared drink in bottles 2. Company Background (continued)• In 1919 a group of investors bought Coca Cola for around $25 million• Robert Woodruff turned the company into what it is now:• One of the worlds most recognized brands and a MNE with huge profits• 1993‚ Coca Cola entered India
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Case 1: Global Human Resource Management at Coca-Cola 8/16/2013 1. What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial position: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? I believe Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positioning is primarily polycentric; however‚ I also believe it involves many characteristics of both ethnocentric and geocentric staffing policies as well. According to Dowling‚ et al‚ a polycentric staffing approach involves the multinational
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Coca-Cola Coca-Cola’s profile Coca-Cola started its business in 1886 as a local soda producer in Atlanta‚ Georgia (US) selling about nine beverages per day. By the 1920s‚ the company had begun expanding internationally‚ selling its products first in the Caribbean and Canadian markets and then moving in consecutive decades to Asia‚ Europe‚ South America and the Soviet Union. By the end of the 20th century‚ the company was selling its products in almost every country in the world. In 2005 it became
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Coca Cola Marketing Analysis Report Market Segmentation Apparently‚ marketing takes over the biggest portion out of all in any organization. What determine the value of a brand ~ what make an organization wealthy ~ what set a certain position and plans and predicts its future in the market are timely analyzed and rightly given marketing decisions. Market Segmentation is one of core marketing tools for marketing strategy. In this report‚ we aim to deliver the analysis of The Coca Cola Company’s marketing
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Coca Cola Coca-Cola is one of the most widely used soft drink in the world. The company has very efficient and extensive distribution system in the world. There is a great variety of brands offered by Coca-cola throughout the world like Diet coke‚ sprite‚ Fanta‚ Rc cola‚ Minute made etc. you can find the Coca-cola soft drinks anywhere in every country of the world. The ’Coca-Cola’ brand has been adopted the strategy of global marketing. They are considering the whole world as single market place
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organizations profitability as compared to its competitors in the same industry by looking at 5 forces of stress. Coca-Cola deals with a lot of pressure in the concentrate business‚ most specifically with Pepsi. I will analyze the 5 forces model to determine Coca-Colas overall profitability. The 5 forces model begins by looking at rivalry between established competitors. Coca-Cola has a direct rivalry with Pepsi in the fact that they make and distribute an almost identical product used for the
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The Coca-Cola Company is the world leading beverage organization in manufacturing industry with a history of 126 years‚ operating in more than 200 countries worldwide. Coca-Cola is the world’s most valuable brand in which the company features 15 billion dollars brands that includes Diet Coke‚ Coca-Cola Zero‚ Sprite‚ Fanta‚ Minute Maid and others (The Coca-Cola Company‚ 2006-2012). The company is not a single entity as the organizational operations required cooperation with almost 300 bottling partners
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Report on the Customer Care Strategy of Coca-Cola Report written by: LI TINGKAI Date: December 6‚ 2013 Class: Business in IT SCN：12060432 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction The aim of this report is to provide information on the customer care strategy of Coca-Cola written by Li Tingkai. The report will cover the details of the customer care strategy of Coca-Cola. In more specific‚ it contains the description of customer care strategy‚ the system of customer
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value. According to Interbrand‚ The Coca Cola Company is the most valued ($77‚839 billion) brand in the world. 2. World’s largest market share in beverage. Coca Cola holds the largest beverage market share in the world (about 40%). 3. Strong marketing and advertising. Coca Cola’ advertising expenses accounted for more than $3 billion in 2012 and increased firm’s sales and brand recognition. 4. Most extensive beverage distribution channel. Coca Cola serves more than 200 countries and more
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