423112 2011 CRS39210.1177/0896920511423112BarkayCritical Sociology Article When Business and Community Meet: A Case Study of Coca-Cola Critical Sociology 39(2) 277–293 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0896920511423112 crs.sagepub.com Tamar Barkay Tel Aviv University‚ Israel Abstract Community involvement programs occupy centre-stage in the portfolio of many corporations who display and report upon their socially responsible
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Abide Masaraure MBE Internationalizing the "Cola Wars" : A case study 1. Four industry competitor challenges facing Coke and Pepsi in the mid- to late-1990s Consolidation of bottlers Coke on owned a smaller percentage of the bottler’s market share (about one third as illustrated on Page 4). This meant it lacked control over the independent bottlers who did not have long term commitment in satisfying its corporate goals. Also the bottling process was capital intensive. Change of distribution
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The Coca-Cola Company From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The Coca Cola Company | | Type | Public | Traded as | NYSE: KO Dow Jones Component S&P 500 Component | Industry | Beverage | Founded | 1892 (1892) | Founder(s) | Asa Candler | Headquarters | Coca-Cola headquarters‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ U.S. | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Muhtar Kent (Chairman & CEO) | Products | List of The Coca Cola Company products | Revenue | US$
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and competition are ultimately responsible for industry profitability‚ an analysis of the five competitive forces offers an explanation for the success of the soft drink (CP) industry. The soft drink industry benefits from generally benign forces. Colas characterized the first 50+ years of the soft drink industry‚ with Coke and Pepsi accounting for the top brand names. While substitutes for soft drinks certainly exist‚ the major players in the CP industry have successfully shaped this competitive
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Introduction of The Coca-cola Company The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer‚ retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ which is headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola‚ invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus‚ Georgia.The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler
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Here’s my attempt at looking at Coca cola’s behavior using the theories listed: Egoism Coca cola also did not look at the bigger impact on the German economy when it closed 7 plants in Eastern Germany. 2000 jobs were lost which impacted unemployment; however coca cola focused on the bigger picture that machinery was able to produce more at a lower cost by centralizing bottling plants. Coke focused on the global picture rather than the local situation of their factory in India. It tried to show
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Coca Cola Kalvin Williams MGT/445 August 23‚ 2010 Mr. Dennis Stroud Coca Cola The Coca Cola Company begins in Jacob’s Pharmacy selling for five cents. Many years have past and the Coca Cola Company remains the leader in beverages‚ syrups‚ and non-alcoholic drinks. The following paragraphs will discuss how a complete performance management system and annual performance appraisals at Coca Cola are different and how effective various performance appraisals methods and relevant problems affect
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Organizations 1. How has the company changed over the years in order to survive a highly competitive marketplace? Coca-Cola is a billion dollar global operating organization. They’ve been around for over a 100 years and they currently operate in over 200 countries. This is not a simple task‚ but Coca-Cola has found ways to manage by taking the right risks and evolving over time. Coca-Cola has over time invested in their brand‚ their quality‚ the right marketing‚ the availability of their product and
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for improvement. After analyzing Pepsi’s recruiting methods and cross referencing them with methods used by a similar competitor in the industry‚ Coca-Cola‚ it is evident to us that there were some things that could be improved to make the process more efficient. In general‚ Pepsi utilizes many of the same employee recruitment methods as Coca-Cola. However‚ Pepsi does not stress the importance of its official website in regards to recruiting new employees. Coca-Cola’s website‚ on the other hand‚
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adequately. It seems like the employees at Coca Cola Company are intrinsic motivated people when it comes to working for this company. 2 Discuss the most likely organizational design for Coco-Cola Company. The most likely organizational design for Coca Cola Company‚ in my opinion‚ would be the job characteristics theory. The job characteristics theory describes the relationship between job characteristics and individual responses to work. The Coca-Cola Company views itself as a company whose responsibility
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