Social Responsibility & Starbucks BAMMC – BA Thesis May‚ 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility – A case study of Starbucks’ CSR communication through its corporate website Bachelor Thesis in Marketing and Management Communication Sanne Sanne Bruhn-Hansen CPR: XXXXXX-XXXX Supervisor: Tomasz A. Fediuk No. of characters: Thesis: 54‚329 Abstract: 3‚492 Page 1 of 42 Sanne Bruhn-Hansen Supervisor: Tomasz A. Fediuk Corporate Social Responsibility & Starbucks BAMMC – BA Thesis
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Starbucks Contents Introduction 3 The organization’s strategic position 3 External drivers affecting this organization 6 Value adding in Starbucks 9 Sustainability of Starbucks’s strategic position 13 Conclusion 14 References 15 Introduction Starbucks‚ the biggest coffee retailer in the world‚ grows from a small‚ regional business into the undisputable leader in the specialty coffee industry. It arrives in the UK in
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Starbucks Case: Starbucks’ Value Chain A value chain is used to identify key areas of a corporation‚ including their resources and what they may achieve. The value chain is made up of key primary and secondary activities‚ which differentiate a business from others and creates a competitive advantage. The primary activities include inbound logistics‚ operations‚ outbound logistics‚ marketing/sales‚ and services. Secondary activities are made up of the firm infrastructure‚ human resource management
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Introduction The first Starbucks store was set up in 1971 by three individuals who had a common liking for coffee and exotic teas- Jerry Baldwin‚ History teacher Zev Seigel and writer Gordon Bowker. The store was named Starbucks Coffee‚ Tea and Spice in the tourist’s Pikes Place Market in Seattle. However‚ later the name was changed to Starbucks Coffee Company. The logo was designed to be a two tailed mermaid encircled by the store’s name. The name was inspired from the coffee loving character
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related diversification and unrelated diversification. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world; they not only sell coffee and coffee beans also sell other drinks‚ salads‚ sandwiches and snacks. Besides they bought the Hear Music Company and develop other business except coffee. Related diversification‚ occurs when a company develops beyond its present product and market whilst remaining in the same area. For example‚ Starbucks Corporation buys roasts whole bean coffees and sells
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growth and become one of the great retailing stories of recent history by making exceptional coffee drinks and selling dark-roasted coffee beans and coffee-making equipment that would allow customers to brew an exceptional cup of coffee at home. The Starbucks brand was regarded as one of the best known and most potent brand names in America and the company had firmly established itself as the dominant retailer‚ roaster‚ and brand of specialty coffee in North America. It already had over 1‚500 stores in
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MBA 552 SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP WINTER‚ 2011 DR. PHILIP ANDERSON STARBUCKS AND SUSTAINABLITLITY KAI A. SORENSEN‚ PhD Dr.kai@hotmail.com 630.205.0333 INTRODUCTION In the July-August‚ 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review‚ Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was asked how he ultimately defines shareholder value: I do not believe that shareholder value is sustainable if you are not creating value for the people who are doing the work and then for customers. Quintessentially we are
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Business Organization and Management Group Case Study – Starbucks Chapters Introduction. 3 What is the product in this business and its value? What type of business is it and why? 4 What is a competitive advantage for the company? How can the management use it? Make SWOT analysis for the company. 5 What types of decisions did the owners have to make? Why you think they had to make those decisions? 7 Which are the reasons of success for a coffee shop in
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Starbucks HRM In 2005‚ Starbucks was placed second among large companies in the Fortune "Best Companies to Work For" survey. The employees are very important for every company‚ so also for Starbucks. The front-end employees have a boundary spanning position in the company. They interact with the internal and external environment of the company. That’s why it’s very important to attract the right people with the right skills and capabilities and to train those employees to improve their selves. That’s
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Starbucks Recruiting‚ Compensation‚ and Benefits Analysis December 7‚ 2011 By: Andrew Rucker‚ Kayla Villayvanh‚ 1 Megan Lanagin‚ Savitrii (Kiki) Rizki‚ and Zea Collentine Management 311: Managing Human Resources Professor Vandra Lee Huber Foster School of Business‚ University of Washington Introduction Our paper examines Starbucks’ human resource management practices related to recruiting‚ hiring and compensation‚ benefits. Our study focuses on the recruiting practices for Starbucks’s
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