Coke Wars Case Analysis: Competition‚ Strategy‚ and Implications Webster University Summer 2012 INTRODUCTION The rivalry between Coca-Cola & Pepsi can be deemed as legendary‚ “the top soft drink competitors in the world spend millions of dollars yearly to try and convince you that their version of soft drink is better” (Dotson pg 1).
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Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for a “throat share” of the soft drinks market for more than a century. Carbonated soft drinks (CSD) contributed to majority of the revenues in soft drinks. 丁he core market was Ihc United States which had high per capita consumption (see Exhibit 1 for per capita consumption of carbonates in select countries). The Americas accounted for 54% of the global CSD market. Europe for 34.5%‚ and Asia-Pacific for 1 \%.] The industry was characterized by the presence of strong
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"Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010" Read and Apply: Michael E. Porter (2008)‚ “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ (January 2008)‚ pp. 2-17 Assignment Questions (AQ) (a) Why has the soft drink industry been so profitable for concentrate producers? Compare the economics of the concentrate business to the bottling business: why is the profitability so different? [50% points] The soft drink industry has been extremely profitable for Concentrate
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Q1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? OR Why is it not easy for new players to enter the industry? Already a mature market‚ coke & pepsi spent a lot of money‚ time & effort on all things e.g. networking‚ manufacturing Q2. Why CPs are more profitable than bottlers? The concentrate manufacturing process involved little capital investment in machinery‚ overhead‚ or labor. A typical concentrate manufacturing plant cost about $25 million to $50 million to build‚ and one plant could
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UNETHICAL PRACTICES BY COCA COLA AND PEPSI INTRODUCATION: AUTHORIZATION: This report is being submitted to DR. Muhammad Khalili‚ Professor of business ethics‚ University of Wollongong in Dubai. The topic of the report is unethical issues of coca cola in comparison with Pepsi. Purpose of the Report: In today’s competitive world‚ many organizations are practicing unethical practices to increase their productivity and profit without caring for the consequences of their actions. In order to stay ahead
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when doing business in developing countries. Although Coke and Pepsi were prompt at addressing the accusations brought against them‚ they overlooked multiple issues when starting business in India. When starting a business in a foreign country‚ the first priority a company should have is to learn the native culture. This was Coke and Pepsi’s biggest mistake and was most likely the reason why the Indian population responded so hostilely. Coke and Pepsi’s problems in India were complicated by the
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proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo and Coca- Cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not‚ could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? The political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo and Coco-Cola India. In Coca-Cola’s first entry into this market‚ they left after being
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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 same purposes. Because
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century Concentrate Producers and Bottlers were two of the four major participants that were involved in the production and distribution of Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs) in the United States. The Concentrate Producers (CPs) were responsible for blending raw material ingredients‚ packaging the blend in plastic canisters‚ and shipping it to the Bottler. Using Porter’s Five Forces analysis for the CPs industry‚ we determined that
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Summary: "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century” explains the economics of the soft drink industry and its relation with profits‚ taking into account all stages of the value chain of the soft drink industry. By focusing on the war between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as market leaders in this industry – with a 90% market share in carbonated beverages – the study analyses the different stages of the value chain (concentrate producers‚ bottlers‚ retail channels‚ suppliers) and the impact
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