Harvard Business School 9-387-108 Rev. June 21‚ 1989 Coca-Cola Versus Pepsi-Cola (A) Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola had been competing for 93 years in 1982‚ and the rivalry had intensified since the early 1950s. By the mid-1970s‚ business journalists had labeled this competition "The Cola Wars." The launching of the Pepsi Challenge in 1977 propelled the wars into the 1980s‚ considerably altering the landscape of the soft-drink industry. History of Soft-Drink Concentrate Producers Soft drinks had existed
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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? Corporate Reputation is particularly important when considering the role that it plays regarding organizational performance and social responsibility. A company’s overall success or demise mainly relies on its
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ANNUAL REPORT 2011 contents chairman’s Review managing director’s Review Financial commentary Board of directors senior management corporate Governance statement Financial and statutory Reports directors’ Report Financial Report Income Statement Statement of Comprehensive Income Statement of Financial Position Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Changes in Equity Notes to the Financial Statements 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 2. Segment Reporting 3. Revenue 4. Income Statement
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| Coca-Cola | Background Dr. John S. Pemberton invented Coca Cola in Atlanta‚ Georgia in May 1886. Coca-Cola first began selling their product at a soda fountain in Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta. The name came about when Dr. Pemberton’s bookkeeper‚ Frank Robinson suggested it. He even wrote out the script as seen today on the Coke bottles. Initially‚ Coca- Cola averaged nine drinks a day in the first year of their sales‚ adding up to $50 annual revenue. Today products of The Coca-Cola
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The Coca Cola Company : Case Writeup Financial Statement Analysis : Why has Coca-Cola been so successful in the past? To analyze Coca Cola’s success in the past‚ we look at its financial statements as included in the case. The Dupont System extracts meaningful ratios from the financial statements to compute the Return on Equity (ROE) and breaks it down into the levers which can be used by management to manage the performance of the company. Coca Cola’s ROE and ROA are very healthy. Some
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manager. Here to study HRM development process Coca-Cola Company is being selected. Coca-Cola is a big & very popular company doing its business in soft drink arena for more than 100 years. Coca-cola has been practicing HRM activities since they started. The HRM department of coca-cola makes them moving globally as the world’s leading beverage company in the world. 1.a Three key HRM activities of Coca-Cola HR acts as a tactical associate for coca-cola in a various means. For instance‚ it allows them
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Coca-Cola has been refreshing people’s lives since 1886. Everyone likes to the refreshing‚ crisp taste of a cold Coca-Cola. There is a lot of history behind Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola started in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1886. Coca-Cola was originally intended to be used as a medicine but was bought by businessman Asa Griggs Candler. He turned Coca-Cola from a medicine to a drink. He also turned it into a million dollar industry. That is why Coca-Cola is worldwide. Here is some of the first thoughts
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Coca-Cola co. Executive Summary The following report attempts to persuade and convince potential investors that the Coca-Cola co. is a financially efficient and healthy company. Additionally it provides an analysis of the company’s short term and long term financial figures to provide an educated recommendation as to why the company is a lucrative investment. The Coca-Cola Company has always maintained high profits and low debts so that in times of hardship the company does not truly feel the profit
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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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