Avert the Tragedy of the Commons -Case Study: Coca-Cola India Aneel Karnani Stephen M. Ross School of Business The University of Michigan E-mail: akarnani@umich.edu Ross School of Business Working Paper Series February 2014 This paper will be published in Economics‚ Management‚ and Financial Markets‚ forthcoming. Keywords: corporate social responsibility; tragedy of the commons; common-pool resource; environmental sustainability. I would like to thank Coca-Cola India‚ and especially Praveen Agarwal
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Coca-Cola India On August 20‚ 2003 Sanjiv Gupta‚ President and CEO of Coca-Cola India‚ sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks. On August 5th‚ The Center for Science and Environment (CSE)‚ an activist group in India focused on environmental sustainability issues (specifically the effects of industrialization and economic growth) issued a press release stating: "12 major cold drink brands sold in and
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Company Profile Coca-Cola Company in China The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company‚ refreshing consumers with almost 500 sparkling and still brands. The Company’s brands include Coca-Cola‚ Diet Coke‚ Fanta‚ Sprite‚ Coca-Cola Zero‚ Vitamin Water‚ POWERADE‚ Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally‚ Coca-Cola is the giant of the beverage industry worldwide. Through the world’s largest beverage distribution system‚ consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company’s beverages
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Coca-Cola – International Controversy Kim Motsinger Management in Global Economy August 12‚ 2012 Professor Thomas Brantle A global leader in the beverage industry‚ the Coca-Cola Company offers hundreds of brands including soft drinks‚ fruit juices‚ sports drinks and other beverages (The Coca-Cola Company‚ 2012). The Coca-Cola established itself as a premier beverage business by maximizing its production and distribution throughout the world. These strong production efforts were met with
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COCA-COLA COMPANY: • Coke was first created in Atlanta. It is an American Multinational‚ offering 500 brands in 200 countries with over 3500 products worldwide. • Coke’s slogan: OPEN HAPPINESS It represents the power of optimism and positive thinking. It is “happiness in a bottle”‚ it connects people and it brings out the best in the human spirit. • MUSEUM: Coca-Cola is the only brand in the world to have an entire museum that showcases its history‚ current reality and future possibility. The
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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soda sold in stores‚ restaurants‚ and candy machines all through the world. It is delivered by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ and is frequently alluded to just as Coke (an enrolled trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27‚ 1944). Initially expected as a patent pharmaceutical when it was imagined in the late nineteenth century by John Pemberton‚ Coca-Cola was purchased out by specialist Asa Griggs Candler‚ whose showcasing strategies
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Kayla Boehmig MKTG 320 TR 2:00 Coca Cola: Another Advertising Hit 1. Consider Coca-Cola’s advertising throughout its history. Identify as many commonalities as possible for its various ads and campaigns. A common theme that I see in Coca-Cola’s slogans is happiness. The slogan in 1923 was “Enjoy life.” In more recent years‚ other slogans used depicting happiness includes “Life tastes good” and also “Open happiness”. I believe that Coca-Cola stands for wholesome‚ quality‚ and happiness. It is a company
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INTERGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION (IMC) According to Wikipedia‚ integrated marketing communications (IMC) is defined as a process for managing customer relationships that drive brand value primarily through communication efforts. Such efforts often include cross-functional processes that create and nourish profitable relationships with customers and other stakeholders by strategically controlling or influencing all messages sent to these groups and encouraging data-driven‚ purposeful dialog with
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Coca Cola Company is one of the biggest global manufacturer‚ marketer‚ and distributor of non alcoholic beverages. The company sells concentrates and syrups to authorized canning and bottling operators. Coca Cola company products include sparkling‚ juices‚ beverages‚ and bottled water. Around 75% of the coca cola revenue is international‚ and 53% are concentrate and syrup sales of Coke brands. Coca cola markets in world’s top five brands Coke‚ Diet Coke‚ Sprite‚ and Fanta. Coca-Cola is the most
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Coca Cola’s operations have been blamed for exacerbating or causing stress on local water resources in some less developed countries. Review and discuss the evidence. Coca-Cola is the world’s largest beverage company offering more than 400 brands in over 200 countries. Multi-national corporations such as Coca-Cola are synonymous with globalisation and renowned for prioritising economic growth over environmental and social well-being. In their pursuit to maximise profits Coca-Cola has been accused
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