Strategy – NCC 5090 Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 Case Part 1: Why was concentrate manufacturing profitable until the late ‘90s? Porter’s Five Forces provides an in-depth understanding as to how the interconnected relationship between Entrants‚ Buyers‚ Suppliers‚ Substitutes‚ and Rivals allowed concentrate producers to increase profitability. Entrants: Existing Concentrate Producers create high barriers to entry Despite low capital requirements to enter the
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The case of Coke and Pepsi in India is a lesson that all marketers can observe‚ analyze and learn from‚ since it involves so many marketing aspects that are essential for all marketers to take into consideration. Both companies had many difficulties‚ especially Coca-Cola‚ and it’s useful to observe how it dealt with the different aspects‚ stating from the political environment of the Indian market and the trade barriers it faced‚ going through the market entry and penetration strategies considered
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Cola Wars Continued – Coke vs. Pepsi in 2006 Reading the case‚ special attention should be paid to the underlying economics of the soft drink industry and its relationship to average profits‚ the relationship between the different stages of the value chain in the industry‚ the relationship between competitive interaction and industry profits‚ and the impact of globalization on industry structure. While preparing the case‚ you should start by carefully characterizing the carbonated soft drink
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Strategy Assignment week two: “Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s” Professor: Orlando Rivero D.B.A. April‚ 3‚ 2008 Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Overview This paper will explore Porter’s Five Forces ( Porte 6) and Branderburger and Nalebuff’s Value Net to answer this questionnaire and describe soft drinks industry characteristics. The soft drink industry is concentrated with the three major players‚ Coca-Cola‚ Pepsi‚ and Cadbury Schweppes Plc.‚ making up 90 percent
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Coca-Cola versus Pepsi-Cola: Competitive Strategies Coca-Cola (Coke) and Pepsi-Cola (Pepsi) have been the most popular soft drinks for many years‚ and has also been each other’s biggest competitor. Coke was created in 1885 by John Stith Pemberton‚ a pharmacist‚ and was initially made as a tonic (Smith‚ 2012). In the beginning‚ Coke had cocaine in it‚ which was to fight depression and also make consumers addicted to the drink. In 1904‚ the Food and Drug Administration eliminated the use of cocaine
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MARKET IN INDIA In India‚ cold drink market is growing exuberantly day-by-day and coming out as a most profitable business. All the activities of cold drink market are revolving around three major competitors i.e. coke‚ Pepsi and cad buries. Out of these three‚ two coke and Pepsi have a face-to-face competition with unequal brands. Cold drink market is flourishing rapidly with a total market of 3000 crores from which Rs 1800 crores market is snatched by cola flavor and market
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COKE CLASSIC VERSES PEPSI THE CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION 11/15/99 The American Soft drink has become an internationally recognized icon. As a children we choose our preference Coca-Cola or Pepsi-cola. We go to restaurants and ask for it by name‚ and if for some ungodly reason‚ we are forced to submit to one or the other we do it with reluctance and hesitation. Coke-cola and Pepsi-cola have integrated and weave itself‚ into our daily lives‚ through fast food‚ celebrities‚ and controversy
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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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Coke vs Pepsi Week 5 Case Study Question #1 Question #2 Question #3 Question #4 Can you make poor investment decisions and be profitable? What evidence do you see from the companies’ results that indicate how well they made investment decisions (capital budgeting). A company can make poor investment decisions and still remain profitable‚ but only for a time. A company cannot continually make poor investment decisions and remain profitable forever. When looking at the Coke vs Pepsi case study
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Memo case study 1 To: Robert Smith (Executive Director-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States) From: (Student at UMUC) Subject: Safety and quality concerns of Coke products in India. Date: June 07‚ 2013 Coca-Cola has considerably gained a large share of the market in the soft drinks industry. In the chase of expanding to foreign companies‚ it decided to explore India which presented great potential for revenues due to the growing population. The company built bottling
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