Questions for Discussion: What markets should Pepsi target for Aquafina? What recommendations would you make foradvertising objectives‚ message strategy‚ andmessage execution for Aquafina? What advertising media recommendationswould you make for Aquafina‚ and how wouldyou evaluate the effectiveness of those mediaand your advertising? What sales promotion and public relationsrecommendations would you make forAquafina? What recommendations would you make forpromoting Aquafina Sparkling
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CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly‚ identifying only those that can be measured‚ such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets‚ such as a particular technology‚ accumulated consumer information‚ brand name‚ reputation‚ and corporate culture‚ are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact‚ these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
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1a) Dynamic capabilities are abilities which enable the organisation to renew and recreate its strategic capabilities to meet the needs of the changing environment. It is the capacity of an organisation to change which enables them to adapt more readily. Sustainable competitive advantage relies on resources‚ competencies and capabilities evolving with the dynamics of the industry. Sustainable competitive advantage is achieved when an organisation’s capabilities are of value to customers‚ unique
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 21: 1105–1121 (2000) DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: WHAT ARE THEY? KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT* and JEFFREY A. MARTIN Department of Management Science and Engineering‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This paper focuses on dynamic capabilities and‚ more generally‚ the resource-based view of the firm. We argue that dynamic capabilities are a set of specific and identifiable processes such as product development‚ strategic decision making‚ and
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CADBURY INDIA LIMITED Cadbury India Limited is the biggest chocolate importer and manufacturer in India since 1948 (Cadbury‚ 2007)‚ launching series of chocolates for the various segments and strata of people in India’s large and diverse population. Exploiting the monopoly of Cadbury’s market can be highly beneficial and profitable by launching our product‚ Cadbury Choco Slim‚ a diet chocolate which will specifically serve the needs and wants of the higher income group who are more health conscious
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Marketing Strategies of Pepsi Co. PepsiCo is the second largest food and beverage company in the world. Caleb Bradham founded PepsiCo in 1898‚ a pharmacist and drugstore owner‚ who formulated the ingredients for the syrup‚ originally called Brad’s drink‚ of what is known today as Pepsi-Cola. PepsiCo’s mission is to be the world’s most premier consumer products company focused on convenient foods and beverages. PepsiCo has six guiding principles that include‚ “Care for customers/world we live
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3.0 Resources and capabilities This paragraph begins by laying out the theoretical dimensions: Resources and capabilities Definition of resources In order to get a deeper understanding of the concept resources‚ a definition can shed some light on this matter. While a variety of definitions of the term resources have been suggested in the literature of resources‚ this paper introduces the definition first suggested by Teece et al. (1997) who determined resources as ‘firm – specific assets that
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1. The Political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo & Coca-Cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not could developments in the political area have been handled better by each company? Ans: The primary barrier to Pepsi and Coca-Cola’s entry into the Indian market was its political / legal environment as a result of its history. Despite
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The case of Coke and Pepsi in India is a lesson that all marketers can observe‚ analyze and learn from‚ since it involves so many marketing aspects that are essential for all marketers to take into consideration. Both companies had many difficulties‚ especially Coca-Cola‚ and it’s useful to observe how it dealt with the different aspects‚ stating from the political environment of the Indian market and the trade barriers it faced‚ going through the market entry and penetration strategies considered
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11 in 2000. Some of the brands include: Pepsi-Cola brands‚ Frito-Lay brands‚ Gatorade brands‚ Tropicana brands‚ and Quaker brands. Research and development – they increased investments in sweetener technologies‚ next-generation processing and packaging and nutrition products. Emerging markets infrastructure - they increased selling and delivery systems by putting more coolers in the market and adding route and distribution capacity ahead of growth in India‚ China‚
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