Michael Smurfit Graduate School Economics of Entrepreneurship John Cashell Starbucks Case Study Name: Cian Bolger Student Number: 14204986 Q1: In the Early 1980s‚ how did Howard Schultz view the possibilities for the emerging specialty coffee market? In the early 1980s Howard Schultz became interested in the specialized coffee market. He observed that there were only a few small coffee shops around the united states that did not have marketing budgets to expand or that they did
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Starbuck Case Principles of Marketing T/TH April 13‚ 2013 Starbucks’ product is no longer just plain coffee. They have branched out to offer a large variety of drinks‚ from espressos to lattes. They all also now offer food to go with their drinks‚ such as muffins and cookies. They offer a product that people feel they need everyday‚ and serve it in a relaxing environment. They have chairs and sofas in the coffee shops so that customers have the option to stay and enjoy their beverage. Some
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Case Discussion Questions 1. What factors accounted for the extraordinary success of Starbucks in the early 1990s? What was so compelling about the Starbucks value proposition? What brand image did Starbucks develop during this period? First of all‚ Starbucks has created the entire “coffee culture” in North America. From the idea to create a chain of coffeehouses that would become America’s “third place” other than home and work‚ Starbucks has become another place for relaxation and joy. This
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Starbucks case 1) - Cultural distance: During the expansion abroad Starbucks had to deal with several cultural differences. For example‚ Japanese and Chinese consumers used to drink tea and did not have a coffee drinking culture. Furthermore‚ Starbucks had to deal with the association with the expansion of the American culture. - Administrative (or institutional ) distance: Starbucks had to deal with‚ for example; the differences in law and were therefore involved in different law-suits. -Geographic
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The Leadership Styles of Howard Shultz Led Starbucks Success Howard Schultz is one today’s most influential corporate leaders. Although he no longer holds the Chief Executive Officer position at Starbucks‚ he is responsible for bringing Starbucks where it is today. Leadership is a process whereby an individual‚ in this case Schultz‚ influences others to achieve a common goal. Schultz has influenced a wide range of people from the highly educated and trained executives Orin Smith and Howard Behar
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Jens Philip Therp Retail Marketing November 28th‚ 2012 Starbucks has been the leading retailer of specialty coffee since they opened up their first store in Seattle in 1971. Today Starbucks have over 17000 stores in more than 50 countries‚ all of them with a commitment to providing the highest quality coffee in the world. In the fiscal year 2011‚ Starbucks reported all time record net revenue of $11.7 billion. Starbucks is one of the strongest retail brands in the world‚ which makes them a
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Q1: Why do you think Starbucks has now elected to expand internationally primarily through local joint ventures to whom it licenses its format‚ as opposed to using a pure licensing strategy? First of all‚ the main point of this topic is that local joint venture gives control to Starbucks. In fact‚ the company can be really sure that licensees are following its success formula. For example‚ it allowed the company to the liberty to train the foreign working party by transferring some employees
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Copyright © 2003 Thunderbird‚ The American Graduate School of International Management. All rights reserved. This case was prepared by Professors Michael Moffett and Kannan Ramaswamy for the purpose of classroom discussion only‚ and not to indicate either effective or ineffective management. This case draws upon information presented in “Planet Starbucks (A)” by the same authors. Planet Starbucks (B): Caffeinating the World Ten years ago‚ we had 125 stores and 2000 employees. [Today‚] we have 60‚000
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1. Analyze entry strategies adopted by Starbucks. Starbucks adopted three different entry strategies: licencing‚ joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries. Looking at the list of the countries in which the company is present and modes of entry to each of them‚ we can notice that a company hardly ever decides to open their own subsidiary. It is understandable‚ as this mode of entry is connected with highest risk and costs. Starbucks was able to use this strategy in Canada because of some similarities
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Running head: Case Study - “Starbucks Structure” Week 2; Case Study - “Starbucks Structure” March 19‚ 2012 Week 2; Case Study - “Starbucks Structure” For this assignment we were required to review the case study titled “Starbucks’ Structure” found in Chapter 3 of our The five functions of effective management text. We are required to write a paper that answers the four case questions of 1. Complete a job description and job specification for a Starbucks employee. 2. What form of departmentalization
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