Undergraduate Program Coca Cola CASE STUDY Submitted by: Cecilia BUISSON Winter 2014 INSTRUCTOR Momtchil Kovatchev COCA COLA CASE STUDY 1.What are the pricing strategies adopted by Coca Cola brand in the three key markets of India‚ China and USA? (15 points) 2.Should they have done anything differently? In which market and why? (5 points) 3.Was the price decrease the right move in India? Why? What were the consequences for both companies? (5 points) 1) Coca Cola is one of the three
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.......................30 Historical Summary Coca-Cola started as a fountain beverage used for medicinal purposes in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. It grew quickly‚ but only after a bottling system was developed did Coca-Cola have a chance to became the world-famous brand it is today. In 1894 in a candy store in Vicksburg‚ Mississippi‚ sales of Coca-Cola impressed the stores owner‚ Joseph A. Biedenharn. He began bottling Coca-Cola to sell‚ using a common glass bottle. Two attorneys
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1. Why do you think Coca-Cola has had one ethical issue after another over the last decade or so? Ethical issues have been a problem for Coca-Cola because the company has lacked quality leadership in many areas of the organization. It seems that the company was not prepared to handle disputes or incidents when they occurred. They were slow to respond in many incidents because they were ill equipped to handle the fall out. They essentially had no crisis management skills. It seems that
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Introduction The Coca-Cola recipe was originally founded and formulated by John Pemberton at the Pemberton’s Eagle Drug and Chemical House. By 1885‚ the product was registered as a French Wine Coca as a patent medicine. Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured morphine addiction‚ dyspepsia‚ neurasthenia‚ headaches and impotence. The carbonated drink began its first sales at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta‚ Georgia on May 8‚ 1886 for 5 cents a glass with its first advertisement in the Atlanta Journal on May
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Coca-Cola May 17‚ 2013 I. Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility is the corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company ’s effects on the environment and impact on social welfare. The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups. Corporate social responsibility may also be referred to as "corporate citizenship" and can involve incurring short-term costs that do not provide an
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the key success factors for Coca-Cola? The first reason of success expansion to the overseas‚ marketers saw an expansion opportunities everywhere. First in 1928 they introduced Coca-Cola to the Olympic Games. Then‚ as in case was mentioned they represented Cola in World War II. Thousands of people sent overseas to War and Coca- Cola rallied behind them. The Second strategy for success is making the brand feel local everywhere around the world. Step by step Coca-Cola found home in more and more
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FINANCE AND ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW KAUNO KOLEGIJA Created by: Gabrielė Sakalauskaitė - President Giedrė Žėkaitė - Commercial Officer Vytautas Žukauskas – Chief Executive Officer Jurgita Šunokaitė - Financier Gediminas Urbanavičius - Chief Administrator Checked by: Rasa Šemiotienė Kaunas‚ 2012 Contents Aim 3 Activity attribution 4 “ The Coca-Cola Company” history and development 4 Subdivision‚ activities‚ administration structure 11
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American university of beirut | FINANCE 210 CASE | PEPSI VS. COCA COLA | Instructor: Leila Atwi | | 12/12/2010 | Raneem Jaffal (Ratio Computation) Jana Haounji (Ratio Analysis) Alexandra Aboulhosn (Recommendations and Comparison) This is a financial comparison between Pepsi and Coca Cola in terms of company liquidity‚ solvency‚ asset management‚ profitability‚ and valuation between the years 2008 and 2009 respectively. | Part One: Pepsi Ratio Analysis: Pepsi PEPSI RATIOS
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Stith Pemberton‚ a local pharmacist‚ produced the syrup forCoca-Cola®‚ and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs ’ Pharmacy‚ where it was sampled‚ pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Carbonated water was Dr. John Pembertonteamed with the new syrup to produce a drink that was at once "Delicious and Refreshing‚" a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-Cola is enjoyed. Thinking that "the two Cs would look well in advertising
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On May 8‚ 1886‚ The Coca-Cola product was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia by Dr. John Stith Pemberton‚ a local pharmacist. He produced the carbonated water which was teamed with the new syrup to produce the Coca-Cola drink. (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/chronicle_birth_refreshing_idea.html)•In its first year‚ Coca-Cola products placed on sales for five cent a glass as a soda fountain drink with the sales about 9 glasses a day. (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/chronicle_birth_refreshing_idea
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