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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The Coca Cola Company‚ founded in 1886 in Atlanta‚ the United States‚ is the world’s largest nonalcoholic beverage company. Coca Cola currently owns and markets more than 500 beverage brands (Anonymous‚ 2010)‚ including waters‚ sports and energy drinks‚ juices‚ tea and coffee‚ which are distributed in over 200 countries throughout the world. Along with Coca Cola‚ the company also owns Sprite‚ Fanta and Diet Coke‚ which are four of the world’s top five nonalcoholic beverage brands (Anonymous‚ 2010)
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THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2003‚ Jagdeep Kapoor‚ chairman of Samsika Marketing Consultants in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)‚ commented that "Coke lost a number ofyears over errors. But at last it seems to be getting its positioning right." Similarly‚ Ronald McEachern‚ PepsiCo ’s Asia chief‚ asserted "India is the beverage battlefield for 2003." The experience ofthe world ’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium was not a happy one‚ even though
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The Coca Cola Company Introduction This report is to investigate Coca Cola Company. On this coursework I will look at the company on all aspects from their business functions‚ organisational structures to the company’s objectives. I would have to look at the departments within the business and the functional areas within these departments‚ also look at the different management styles within the business‚ looking at the organisational structure‚ the communication used within the business
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strategies etc. company needs to implement individual strategies to cope with each type of change. Coca Cola Corporation is among one of the oldest corporations of the world. It has gone through many internal and external changes since it has been in existence. The company has used techniques of change management in order to survive from the consequences of those events. Coca Cola is a type of company that requires making changes in its products and business strategies according to the consumer
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S11005210 Tutorial Group: 01 Introduction: To ease the discussion in the 4 areas required‚ an introduction has been added to summarize the challenges faced by Coca cola in India. More details have been added from various sources to provide a more detail picture outlining the plight of Coke in India. Coke has suffered the below difficulties when operating in India. Reports of Center for Science and Environment (CSE) release in 2003 and 2006 claiming its drink contained unsafe level
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Exam case “Strategic Leadership at Coca-Cola: The real thing” Assignment questions: 1. Analyze leadership’ style of different Coca-Cola top managers. How effective were different styles in navigating Coca-Cola through the strategic challenges it faced? What were the reasons for such effectiveness? Before analyzing it is important to clarify what types of leadership was implemented by each Coca-Cola CEO. In my opinion Goizueta was a strategic leader because he changed Coca-Cola financially‚ organizationally
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biggest challenge of “Est” Cola by Serm suk? What will be your recommended marketing strategy for Serm suk to overcome such challenge? The challenge number one of Est-cola is to build the brand to be known in Thailand. But at present they already have been recognized by customers with the second leader share in this industry. The next challenge that they need to face to is how to be number one and also have the brand equity from the customers. According to the Est-cola or Serm suk company’s strengths
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Coca-Cola’s “Coke in the Morning” campaign? What is the target for Pepsi A.M? Are these audiences the same? Coca-Cola’s Coke in the morning target people that leave homes in the morning and on the mid-morning coffee break. Pepsi A.M’s target is the people that drink coffee in the morning. Yes the audiences are the same apart from the fact that Coke in the morning focuses more on the time factor whereas Pepsi directly appeals to coffee drinkers. 2. What buyer responses are Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola trying
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APPENDICES Appendix1: History Of Coca-Cola The world’s most recognized trademark in the World! It is recognized by 94% of the world’s population. The world has changed in many ways since pharmacist‚ John Styth Pemberton first introduced the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola in Atlanta‚ Georgia. However‚ the pure and simple magic of one thing remains the same - Coca-Cola. The name and the product mean so many things to hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe. Coca-Cola products are served more than
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