as a result of the merger of Pepsi Cola‚ created in 1898 and Frito Lay‚ created in 1932. Both companies agreed that by merging they would gain access to a wider market. Diversification was part of the company’s strategy from the beginning‚ and we can say that because Frito-Lay was the result of a merger between two different producers of salty snacks. PepsiCo Inc. was clear as to what type of diversification strategy to use‚ and when to diversify. Their first strategy was to developed similar products
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Essentials of Planning and Managing by Objectives OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Understand what managerial planning is and why it is important. 2. Identify and analyze the various types of plans and show how they relate to one another. 3. Outline and discuss the logical steps in planning and see how these steps are essentially a rational approach to setting objectives and selecting the means of reaching them. 4. Explain the nature of objectives. 5. Describe
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Case Study 16: Coke and Pepsi 1. Identify the ongoing issues in this case with respect to issues management‚ crisis management‚ global business ethics‚ and stakeholder management. Rank order these in terms of their priorities for Coca-Cola and for PepsiCo. Number 1 Priority: The major global business ethics I found in this case study was the whole issue with excessive water usage in their companies as well as the pollution of the water. The book explains that water is very sacred in India. Even
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Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book „Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors“ in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porters model is based on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Especially‚ competitive strategy should base on and understanding of industry structures and the
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Market Research Report Pepsi Cola MKT201: Market & Audience Research Brand loyalty of generation Y to the Pepsi-Cola brand Table of Contents Summary of Background 2 Marketing Problem 3 Research Methodology 4 Research Objectives 4 Hypothesis 5 Marketing Research Problems 5 Analysis Steps Taken 6 Statistical Procedures 7 Findings from Analysis 8 Recommendations and Implications 9 References 10 Appendix 1 11 SURVEY 11 Appendix 2 13 SURVEY RESULTS 13 Summary
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THE MANAGEMENT PLANNING FUNCTION Planning - is determining what needs to be done‚ when‚ by whom‚ how‚ and within what cost in order to achieve an objective. It is the work that a manager performs to predetermine a course of action. * Provides the means for achieving a purpose‚ makes the best use of resources‚ makes a manager’s work easier‚ encourages teamwork‚ and forms a base for control. It is based on assumptions‚ involves change
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PEPSI CO. CONTENTS: 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. BACKGROUND 2.1 Brief history 2.2 Current financial status 3. MISSION STATEMENT 4.1 Mission statement 4.2 Revised mission statement 4. VISION STATEMENT 5.3 Vision statement 5.4 Revised mission statement 5. EFE MATRIX 6.5 EFE matrix 6.6 EFE matrix summary 6. CPM MATRIX 7.7 CPM matrix 7.8 CPM matrix summary 7. IFE MATRIX 8.9 IFE matrix 8.10 IFE matrix summary
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Running head: COKE A Coke is a Coke ITT Tech PROBLEM Why do some of us have such strong soda preferences? There’s all this uproar of Coke vs. Pepsi‚ and really looking at the ingredients‚ the products aren’t all that different. Both are made of carbonated water‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ caramel color‚ sugar‚ phosphoric acid‚ caffeine‚ citric acid and natural flavors (Pendergrast‚ 2000‚ p.6). The natural flavors are where they differ. Coke includes a “secret ingredient” known as Merchandise
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“Strategic Leadership at Coca-Cola: The real thing” Assignment questions: 1. Analyze leadership’ style of different Coca-Cola top managers. How effective were different styles in navigating Coca-Cola through the strategic challenges it faced? What were the reasons for such effectiveness? Before analyzing it is important to clarify what types of leadership was implemented by each Coca-Cola CEO. In my opinion Goizueta was a strategic leader because he changed Coca-Cola financially‚ organizationally
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Why has Coca-Cola been so successful in the past? The DuPont system of analysis is based on three components: (net income/sales) x (sales/assets) x (assets/equity). These components can be separately categorized into operating efficiency‚ asset use efficiency‚ and financial leverage. When they are put together‚ the resulting ROE is a strong measure of how well management creates value for shareholders. Coca-Cola (CC)‚ under both Woodruff and Goizueta‚ undertook management decisions that would
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