foods and drinks. The crowning glory in her career was serving as lead negotiator of PepsiCo’s $13.8 billion acquisition of the Quaker Oats Company in 2001‚ which led to her being named one of the top five officers at her company‚ which also brought Gatorade to PepsiCo. As the highest-ranked Indian American woman in corporate America‚ Nooyi led some of PepsiCo’s most significant strategic moves. In 2007 she became the fifth CEO in PepsiCo’s 44-year history. According to Business Week‚ since she started
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PepsiCo‚ Inc.‚ and the Quaker Oats Company‚ this case asks to examine the implications of the merger for the rivalry between the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo and for value creation by each firm. Because the merger would allow PepsiCo to control Gatorade‚ which held an 83% share in the sports-drink market‚ PepsiCo would further strengthen its already wide lead over Coca-Cola in the noncarbonated drinks segment. Would Coca-Cola’s historically stellar performance in terms of value creation be threatened
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The Times 100 / IKEA / SWOT analysis and sustainable business planning / Introduction SWOT analysis and sustainable business planning An IKEA case study Introduction IKEA is an internationally known home furnishing retailer. It has grown rapidly since it was founded in 1943. Today it is the world’s largest furniture retailer‚ recognised for its Scandinavian style. The majority of IKEA’s furniture is flat-pack‚ ready to be assembled by the consumer. This allows a reduction in costs and packaging
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1999 contamination scare‚ their slowing unit growth‚ ugly class action racial discrimination suit (which result in a $195.2 million settlement with 2000 employees)‚ and an aborted takeover offer for Quaker Oats and its Gatorade Sports drink brand. Losing out to PepsiCo in the Gatorade battle left the company with a weakened strategy of beefing up its "fizless" soft drink products. Daft plans to launch coke’s first U.S. coffee brand‚ Planet Java‚ but the problem now is that they have not dominated this
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I. CORPORATE PROFILE 1.1 Name of the company Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. 1.2 Website of the company: International: http://www.pepsico.com Local: http://www.pepsiphilippines.com 1.3 Address or Location of the Company Km. 29 National Road‚ Tunasan‚ Muntinlupa City 1773‚ Metro Manila 1.4 Location and Branches: Luzon | Cagayan Valley Operations | Turingan St.‚ Dubinan east‚ Santiago City‚ Isabela | Central Luzon Operations | Sindalan‚ San Fernando‚ Pampanga | Modern Trade
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The SWOT Analysis of Lenovo-IBM Acquisition Case study: The acquisition case of American IBM Personal Computer by the Chinese computer company Lenovo. This article uses SWOT matrix to analysis the post-merger situation of Lenovo’s PC business and try to demonstrate a possible roadmap for future business. On December 8th of 2004‚ Lenovo announced its merging of IBM’s world personal computer (PC) business which included the ThinkPad line of PCs. This deal costing Lenovo $1.25 billion‚ including $650
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Applying SWOT Analysis for Effective Planning By Betty McQuilla Okocha December 24‚ 2012 Professor Lisa Bradill GM500 Introduction The objective or purpose of applying a SWOT diagram as a planning tool in business is to have a platform of doing business or having a through picture of a business plan. Applying SWOT diagram as a planning tool has helped me to work out the strengths‚ threats‚ benefits and strategy of achieving financial prosperity in business. (Draft‚ 2012/2010‚ p. 209) I have
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SWOT Analysis Dakota Ranallo BUS/210 November 9‚ 2014 Kellysue Trombley SWOT Analysis The sample business plan that I have chosen for a SWOT analysis is clothing retail. I chose this plan because it is something that I want to start of my own one day and it would be good for me to understand more about a plan for one. The best way to go about this is to perform a SWOT analysis over the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats of the company. The venture that I am researching has a really
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Gardner Distributing Company SWOT Analysis Gardner Distributing Company purchases‚ sells‚ and distributes Iams premium pet food products (68 percent of sales)‚ pet supplies (14 percent of sales)‚ and lawn and garden supplies (18 percent of sales). The management team has developed a purpose‚ mission‚ and objectives; but the strategies of the firm are not clear. Defining the firm ’s strategies will require an understanding of the business and the two industries in which the firm operates. It will
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people‚ which in turn has encouraged the youth to adopt sports as a profession or as a hobby. This has impelled the growth of sports drinks in Asian countries over the last few years. Sports drinks market in Asia is dominated by famous brands such as Gatorade‚ Powerade and Pocari Sweat. Red Bull majorly has dominated the energy drink market in the region. Red Bull has effectively maintained a strong distribution channel in various countries in Asia such as in India‚ China‚ Japan‚ Thailand and in South
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