changing their well established Coke formula and introducing an new one in 1985 for the purpose of gaining more market share; the reason why such decision was made by Coke’s executives was mainly because of a series of marketing campaign conducted by their major arrival - Pepsi. During mid 1970s‚ Pepsi has ran a the famous “Pepsi Challenge” of blind taste tests on all the commercials to show that the majority preferred Pepsi than Coke based on its teste. By 1977‚ Pepsi had exceeded Coke’s market share
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Recently‚ I found myself standing in line waiting to get a sandwich at Dutch‚ when I looked through the ever-so-perfectly placed drinks cooler...and what did I see? Coke and Coke Zero‚ the original and the supposed ’clone.’ Now‚ naturally being an extremely inquisitive person‚ I decided it was time to do an experiment. I grabbed one of each and about 10 of those little water cups and went over to the completely unsuspecting group I had come with. Little did they know‚ they were about to be a part
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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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OMEGA’s image. Cindy even helped to design a collection dedicated to her: the Constellation My Choice. PEPSI: Today’s PepsiCo‚ Inc. was found in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi Co and Frito-Lay‚ the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of snack chips. In 1998‚ it acquired Tropicana‚ the world’s largest marketer and producer of branded juices. In addition to the main body of 3 companies‚ the Pepsi-Cola Incorporation also owns four well-known fast food restaurants in the world; they are Pizza Hut
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Introducing New Coke Q. In your opinion‚ what was the most significant challenge (or problem) that Coca Cola faced with the Pepsi Challenge? Ans. The most significant challenge faced by Coca Cola was in the late 1970s when the top executives of the Coca Cola actually paid less and less attention to the marketing and sales of their central product and they were making attempt on diversifications‚ and the competitor Pepsi during this period targeted the young generation by
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Case Study: Coke Zero I highly agree with the statement that “companies should develop products what will bring new customers into market rather than just creating variants on the old” (Lamb et al. 289) because when old products failed‚ it is an opportunity for the company to invest in different market segments— “a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs” (Lamb et al. 261)—that could potentially increase additional consumers
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Strategic Thinking in an Oligopoly Presented by: Michael Chai CA(M)‚ CPA‚ CFP‚ MCSM‚ MMIM 1 Oligopolistic concepts/issues: – Duopoly strategic interaction – Cournot Equilibrium – Kinked demand curve – Cartel instability 2 Cournot Model • Interdependence between firms • Max π given what one firm believes the other will produce • Decisions made simultaneously • Firms compete on non-price techniques • Simplest model is a duopoly 3 Numerical example – Duopoly • • • • Assume
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1. INTRODUCTION Oligopolies have been around ever since there is trade. However‚ it has only recently gained grounds in this age of globalisation. Never before has oligopolistic competition been so fiercely contested across so many industries. The media industry in the United States of America (US) is one such industry. As a powerful communication tool‚ the media has attracted many companies but only a handful has grown big. These media giants have dominated the local market and are currently seeking
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The efficient coal alternative. Petroleum coke‐fired CFB boilers in Europe Damian Góral (Damian.Goral@fwpl.fwc.com) Anna Wylenżek (Anna.Wylenzek@fwpl.fwc.com) Foster Wheeler Energia Polska Poland Presented at Coal Gen Europe Warsaw‚ Poland February 14‐16‚ 2012 The efficient coal alternative. Petroleum coke-fired CFB boilers in Europe Damian Góral‚ Anna Wylenżek Foster Wheeler Energia Polska Poland Abstract: Petcoke is not just a refinery’s by-product
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CHAPTER 12 MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION AND OLIGOPOLY REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What are the characteristics of a monopolistically competitive market? What happens to the equilibrium price and quantity in such a market if one firm introduces a new‚ improved product? The two primary characteristics of a monopolistically competitive market are (1) that firms compete by selling differentiated products which are highly‚ but not perfectly‚ substitutable and (2) that there is free entry
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