Chapter 3: Cola Wars Question #1: In the new Coke fiasco‚ how could Coca-Cola ’s marketing research have been improved? To determine how the marketing research could have been improved‚ let us first define the end result. Ultimately‚ consumers felt almost betrayed that Coca-Cola scratched their flagship product‚ Coke‚ for a newer‚ updated flavor. Coca-Cola ’s marketing research showed that over half of the people who taste-tested the new flavor preferred it over Pepsi and the nearly 100 year
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from their large-scale investments in information technology (IT) and ITenabled change. IT-enabled investments can bring huge rewards‚ but only with the right governance and management processes and full engagement from all management levels. This case describes the tough but rewarding journey of the Dutch airline company KLM in improving the governance of IT‚ moving from managing the cost of IT towards managing the business value of IT. INTRODUCTION Information technology (IT) has become crucial
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Case Study Strategic management Evaluation II AIR DECCAN: REVOLUTIONISING THE INDIAN SKIES Air Travel in India For decades‚ air travel in India was meant for the most elite and powerful in society. An overwhelming majority of travellers who could not afford the prohibitive air travel fares‚ preferred to journey on trains and buses. The revolutionizing effects of liberalization swept India with dynamic changes in the aviation sector. From being a service that few could afford‚ the sector
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EISSN 2277-4955 THE KING WITHOUT FISHES...!!! [CASE ON CRISIS OF KINGFISHER AIRLINES] Prof. Bhavik M. Panchasara Marwadi Education Foundation’s Group of Institutions‚ RajKot‚ bhavikpanchasara@gmail.com ABSTRACT Indian Aviation Industry is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. But nowadays it is in the news due to different reason. And that is the failure of one of the leading aviation player - Kingfisher Airlines. The airline has been facing financial issues for many years. Till
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utilising the resources more efficiently‚ then budget airline segment is definitely an attractive place. Some of the areas where we can look into reduce the costs are like using the no frills strategy‚ reducing the number of travel agents‚ reducing the aircraft stay in a airport (which reduce the fees to be paid for the airports). The above are the some of the strategies used by the easyjet airways and also they used their resources to maximum extent like they operated Boeing flights for 11 hours per day
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the world‚ employing 10‚000 people in the UK. TNT has two operating divisions in the UK. As a global company‚ TNT seeks to project a consistent image across the world. For example‚ it uses the global strapline ’Sure we can’ on all its vehicles‚ aircraft and communications material. Values TNT’s values underpin the way the organization runs. These values are the core principles or standards that guide the way TNT does business. While business plans and strategies may change‚ the core values of
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Boeing‚ the founder of the leading aircraft company with annual revenues of 81 billion dollars at the end of 2012 (Mergent‚ 2013). This drive and determination personality allowed Mr. Boeing to drop out of Yale University to begin a successful lumber business in Washington State. After attending a public flying exhibition in Los Angeles his ambitions changed and became fascinated with aviation and determined that he would be able to build bigger and better aircrafts than anyone else. Teaming up with
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group to define a recovery plan when it occurs. For example‚ the executive should divide their works into different parts so they can react at the first time when problem happen instead of wasting time on contact each other or ask how to do so. In this case‚ if they consider the attack happen in advance‚ the problem that the executive cannot get into Qdata center because of the authority issue would not
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AssetsGuard Case Executive summary: Based on given conditions our recommendation is to launch AssetsGuard insurance product line for the following reasons: * product’s contribution margin under conservative estimates is at 79% which represent a very lucrative product profitability * estimated sales of AssetsGuard are at 8‚759 new policies for the next year at monthly premium of $18.74 will generate revenue of $1‚969‚684 with 26.5% profit margin * monthly premium price of $18.74 (market
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The case ‘Qantas Airlines: Twitter nosedive’ talks about troubles that the airline faced in the past years. Recently the company made a social media faux pas announcing a twitter contest omitting the bad situation the company is in at the moment. For the dissatisfied customers it was a great opportunity to express their opinion in public. The unsuccessful contest brought a lot of attention‚ but not in the way Qantas would wish for. The negative opinion was spread and so the public image of the company
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