DR. UNITES STATES INTENATIONAL UNIVERSITY (USIU) MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) MKT 6000: MARKETING MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTOR: DR. PETER KIRIRI Marketing – Term Paper “The Coca-Cola Company” Study Conducted by: Priyanka L. Divecha ID No: 638817 Dated: 14/04/2013 Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background of the Study ..........
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The Coca Cola and Pepsi War 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? * The soft drink industry remains profitable because of the market share based on Porters Five Forces. * Coke has protected its recipe for over a hundred years as a trade secret‚ and has gone to great lengths to prevent others from learning its cola formula. The company even left a billion-person market (India) to avoid revealing this information. As a result of extended histories and successful advertising
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Coca cola promotion tools used Television Advertising The first advertisement created for the Coca cola company was produced in conjunction with a television special featuring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on Thanksgiving day‚1950. At that time‚ Coca cola advertising agency was D’Arcy since 1906. Television advertising then become the medium of Coca cola to promote their products. They struggle to develope strategy to reach consumers at the place which had television station. One
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1 2.1.1 Assessing Corporate Reputation 1 2.2 Assume you have become the CEO at Coca Cola. Outline the strategic steps you would take to remedy the concerns emanating from the company’s board of directors‚ consumers‚ employees‚ business partners‚ government s and the media. What elements of social responsibility would you draw from in responding to these stakeholder issues? 3 2.3. What do you think of Coca Cola’s environmental initiatives? Are they just window dressing or does the company seem
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Scott Morrow MGT 531 Case #1 1/31/08 Coca-Cola’s New Vending Machine Statement of Problem Coca Cola‚ the world’s largest beverage company‚ has been under a tremendous amount of media scrutiny lately. Word got out that Coke is testing a new vending machine technology that changes price based on weather conditions. It charges a higher price during warmer temperatures and a lower price during colder times. Coke wants to increase its vending machine business with higher margins‚ but isn’t
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as Big Cola in Mexico‚ is a growing competitor to Coca-Cola.[70] On the French island of Corsica‚ Corsica Cola‚ made by brewers of the local Pietra beer‚ is a growing competitor to Coca-Cola. In the French region of Brittany‚ Breizh Cola is available. In Peru‚ Inca Kola outsells Coca-Cola‚ which led The Coca-Cola Company to purchase the brand in 1999. In Sweden‚ Julmust outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.[71]In Scotland‚ the locally produced Irn-Bru was more popular than Coca-Cola until
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Discussion Questions: 1- Discuss the attitude and related beliefs towards Coca-Cola of intensely brand-loyal consumers (perhaps like those who were upset by the new Coke in 1985). How might their attitude and beliefs differ from those of less involved‚ less loyal consumers? What marketing implications would these differences have? Answer: For those types of consumers they have a strong positive attitude toward the Coca-Cola brand. And this can surpass what the company can imagine to even reach the
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for the carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry‚ which has experienced declining growth in demand for recent years (Exhibit 1). As the United States has been Coca-Cola’s largest source of revenues by country and the company relies heavily on its domestic CSD market‚ this trend threatens the company’s future profitability. Coca Cola must dedicate more resources to the emerging markets of Asia in order to capture larger market shares and revenue. U.S. CSD Industry Revenue Growth Year | Revenue $ million
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The Coca-Cola company was established back in 1886 and it is most famous of creating the soft drink Coca Cola. Based on a global brand study‚ Coca Cola was the world’s most valuable brand in 2011. Though‚ just like all those “old” and well developed brands‚ Coca Cola is facing aging problem‚ a disconnection with the younger generation and it seems like people are not picking up coca cola as a trendy drink and a sign of coolness anymore as there are so many other drinks available in the market nowaday
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The Coca-Cola Company: a global presence First question: what are the management functions performed by Mr. Goizeta‚ Mr. Hunter‚ and Mr. Ivester? How their responsibilities differ? Management leading functions are planning‚ organizing leading and controlling. All four functions are used by every manger throughout his work‚ but some functions are revealed more than others. Mr. Goizueta used important management functions during his time working for Coca Cola‚ such as planning and leading. He
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