Business Strategy – MGMT 420 Case Study #1 - Starbucks Closing Case Irine Ram – January 31‚ 2015 1. What functional strategies at Starbuck’s help the company to achieve superior financial performance? Internal production strategy by selling the company its own premium roasted coffee‚ along with freshly brewed espresso style coffee beverages‚ a variety of coffee pastries‚ tea and other products in a coffeehouse setting. Human Resources strategy by focusing on providing superior customer services
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STARBUCKS – CASE STUDY 1. Identify the controllable & uncontrollable elements that Starbucks has encountered in entering global markets. Controllable ¬ Challenge to maintain growth ¬ Dependency on overseas growth to maintain annual revenue growth ¬ Innovations to surmount toughest challenges in the home market ¬ Employee’s feelings of a far less special place to work Uncontrollable ¬ Paying twice the market-rate rates to keep competitors out of location ¬ Rivals offering similar fare
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1: STARBUCKS CASE STUDY Summary The history of Starbucks starts in Seattle in 1971. Three friends‚ Jerry Baldwin‚ Zev Siegl‚ and Gordon Bowker‚ who all had a passion for fresh coffee‚ opened a small shop and began selling fresh-roasted‚ gourmet coffee beans and brewing and roasting accessories. In 1981 Howard Schultz first walked into Starbucks as a sales representative for a Swedish kitchen manufacturer. He immediately wanted to work for the company as he got so inspired by Starbucks but
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PRAISE EMERALD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION‚ INC 121-41 Rotary Drive‚ Pilot Area‚ NGC Compound‚ Brgy. Commonwealth‚ Q.C. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS March 31‚ 2010 1. ORGANIZATION: Praise Emerald Int’l School Foundation‚ Inc (PEIS) is a non-stock‚ non-profit educational institution which started in 1988 as a Day Care Center in honor of Judge Lorenzo Veneracion’s late daughter who died in a plane crash in January 26‚ 1987. In 1994‚ this Day Care Center was
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Starbucks case study analysis Founding Starbucks is an international coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle‚ Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world‚ with 19‚435 stores in 58 countries‚ The first Starbucks opened in Seattle‚ Washington‚ on March 30‚ 1971 by three partners: English teacher Jerry Baldwin‚ history teacher Zev Siegl‚ and writer Gordon Bowker. The three were motivated to sell coffe with a high quality to the customers. Starbucks sells drip
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Case Study 1: Starbucks 1. What are the barriers facing Starbucks as they try to “teach” people to change their consumption habits from tea and instant coffee? a. China is country with a population of about 1.3 billion people. It is considered a tea-drinking nation rather than a coffee-drinking nation. This is partly due to the benefits that tea is believed to offer‚ which include medicinal qualities that coffee does not have. As a result‚ Starbucks has the barrier of tradition in their way
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Marketing Management 03/10/2012 Case Study 7 Pg. 320-324 Starbucks 1.) What is Starbucks’ Product? They have a wide variety of different products. Their main product that they are well known for is their line of premium coffee products. They offer more than 30 blends and single origin coffees‚ hand crafted espresso and blended beverages‚ Tazo teas‚ a line of bottled frappuccino coffee drinks and Starbucks dubbleshot. They also offer an exclusive line of Starbucks Barista home espresso machines
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A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON: A STORY OF GROWTH -Riddhi Ravishekar Roll no:42 Q:1. In the beginning‚ how was Starbucks different from other coffee options for coffee drinkers in the United States? What activities and assets did Starbucks leverage to differentiate itself from competitors? Ans. Starbucks was founded in 1971with an aim to roast and sell great coffee. At that time‚ coffee consumption in the US was nearly
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Starbucks case study 3 Q1. What type of departmentalization are being used? Explain your choices. Ans. Types of departmentalization being used are : a. Retail Expert b. Administrative c. Manufacturing d. Sales & Marketing Q2. Do you think it’s a good idea to have a president for the US division and for the international divisions? What are the advantages of such an arrangement? Disadvantages? Ans. Yes‚ it will be good idea to have a president for US division and international
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What factors accounted for the extra-ordinary success of Starbucks in the early 1990s? 1. by 1992 Starbucks had 140 stores and was competing against small scale coffee 2. Starbucks went public in 1992 which helped them raise 25 million‚ allowing expansions to continue. 3. Almost no spending in marketing 4. Controlled supply chain – enforcing standard quality 5. Focused on service and the partners 6. Created ambiences with universal appeal 7. Company operated stores‚ not franchises which usually
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