CASE 1 - DEMAND ESTIMATION and ELASTICITY: Soft Drinks in the U.S. Demand can be estimated with experimental data‚ time-series data‚ or cross-section data. In this case‚ cross-section data appear in the Excel file. Soft drink consumption in cans per capita per year is related to six-pack price‚ income per capita‚ and mean temperature across the 48 contiguous states in the United States. QUESTIONS 1. Given the data‚ please construct (a) a multiple linear regression equation and (b) a log-linear
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Corporate Strategy and Policy A Template for Structural Analysis of an Industry You can use the following template for analyzing the structure of an industry. It requires you to rate the attractiveness of an industry on a 5-point scale for several factors relating to each of the five forces in Porter’s (1980) model. (A 7-point or a 10-point scale would perhaps be even better in that it would allow finer discrimination between two businesses with different levels of attractiveness
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In General Motor (GM) in relations with their external environment‚ there are many elements in which (GM) as a company will have no control over when conducting it business. In the “Five Forces Model” ‚ Michael Porter provide an suggestion and analysis regarding the forces which companies like (GM) will have no control over such as: 1. Who their immediate rivals will be‚ 2. Who the potential entrants are‚ 3. their customers‚ 4. suppliers and 5. Substitute products that will be purchased over (GM)
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1 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? An industry analysis through Porter’s Five Forces reveals that market forces are favorable for profitability. Defining the industry: Both concentrate producers (CP) and bottlers are profitable. These two parts of the industry are extremely interdependent‚ sharing costs in procurement‚ production‚ marketing and distribution. Many of their functions overlap; for instance‚ CPs do some bottling‚ and bottlers conduct many promotional activities
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Outline 1. Michael Porter’s framework of generic strategies (overall cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ focus) ➢ Describe each of the strategies ➢ Provide examples of firms that have successfully attained as a means of outperforming competitors in their industry ➢ Address how these strategies help a firm develop a favourable position vis-à-vis the five forces ➢ Pitfalls managers must avoid if to pursue successfully these generic strategies ➢ Conditions under which firms may effectively
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Michael Porter’s video discusses how to gain competitive advantage and in the market place using specific strategies. Competitive advantage is the positioning of a company in its competitive environment. The starting point to have superior competitive advantage is to “improve faster than the competitors can catch up”‚ and this requires strategies. One of the strategies is broad differentiation which is defined as having a unique benefit over the competition. In other words you need to market a product
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Alternative Drink industry analysis 1. Do a complete five-forces analysis of competition in the global alternative drink industry‚ then tell me which of the five competitive forces is strong‚ weak‚ and why. Especially in the force of rivalry (one of the 5 forces)‚ you must identify the market size‚ growth rate‚ profit margins‚ what are the main categories in the alternative drink industry‚ who are the major competitors and their
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Growth Strategies in Soft Drinks A management report from Business Insights The battle for ‘share of throat’ Positioning of new soft drinks launches aimed at children 29% 36% In spite of growing competition in the soft drinks market‚ many companies‚ ranging from multinationals to niche specialists‚ continue to see volume growth well in excess of the market average. Much of their success can be attributed to progressive attitudes to their competitive environment and by exploiting new production
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a leading manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of Non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ in the world. The company owns or licenses more than 400 brands‚ including diet and light beverages‚ waters‚ juice and juice drinks‚ teas‚ coffees‚ and energy and sports drinks. The company operates in more than 200 countries. Approximately 74% of its products are sold outside of the US. The company is headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia and employs 71‚000 people as of September 2008.The company recorded
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INTRODUCTION An industry is a group of firms whose products are close substitutes for each other (e.g. the car industry‚ the travel industry). Some industries are more profitable than others. Why? The answer lies in understanding the dynamics of competitive structure in an industry. The external environment of an organization is marked by intense competition between rival firms. The components of external environment include economic‚ socio-cultural‚ and global issues. In order to gain sustainable
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