...Coca-Cola in India Coca-Cola is a brand name known throughout the entire world. It covers 60 percent of the $1.6 billion soft drink market. In 2006–2007, Coca-Cola faced some difficult challenges in the region of Kerala, India. The company was accused of using water that contained pesticides in its bottling plants in Kerala. An environmental group, the Center for Science and Environment (CSE), found 57 bottles of Coke and Pepsi products from 12 Indian states that contained unsafe levels of pesticides. The Kerala minister of health, Karnataka R. Ashok, imposed a ban on the manufacture and sale of Coca-Cola products in the region. Coca-Cola then arranged to have its drinks tested in a British lab, and the report found that the amount of pesticides found in Pepsi and Coca-Cola drinks was harmless to the body. Coca-Cola then ran numerous ads to regain consumers’ confidence in its products and brand. However, these efforts did not satisfy the environmental groups or the minister of health. India’s Changing Marketplace During the 1960s and 1970s, India’s economy faced many challenges, growing only an average of 3–3.5 percent per year. Numerous obstacles hindered foreign companies from investing in India, and many restrictions on eco-nomic activity caused huge difficulties for Indian firms and a lack of interest among foreign investors. For many years the government had problems with implementing reform and overcoming bureaucratic and political divi-sions. Business...
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..."Coca-Cola has the most valuable brand name in the world and, as one of the most visible companies worldwide, has a tremendous opportunity to excel in all dimensions of business performance" (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2008). However, as proven in this case study, Coke has a lot on their plate as the biggest brand name in the world. Ethical issues throughout different aspects of the company, and with multiple leadership changes in the last ten years, Coke has some catching up to do. The company has been involved in racial discrimination, misrepresenting market tests, manipulating earning and disrupting long-term contractual arrangements with distributors. Neville Isdell, the new president of Coke is currently working to improve their reputation cause by some of the problems presented next. The Coca-Cola Company Struggles with Ethical Crises Coca-Cola History Coca-Cola is the world's largest beverage company that operates the largest distribution system in the world. This allows Coca-Cola companies to serve more than 1 billion of its products to customers each day. The marketing strategy for Coca-Cola promotes products from four out of the five top selling soft drinks to earn sales such as Coke, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. This process builds strong customer relationships, which gives the opportunity for these businesses to be identified and satisfied. With that being said, customers will be more willing to help Coca-Cola produce and grow. "Pepsi and Coca-Cola, between...
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...During the 1960s and 1970s, India’s economy faced many challenges, growing only an average of 3–3.5 percent per year. Numerous obstacles hindered foreign companies from investing in India, and many restrictions on eco- nomic activity caused huge difficulties for Indian firms and a lack of interest among foreign investors. For many years the government had problems with implementing reform and overcoming bureaucratic and political divi- sions. Business activity has traditionally been undervalued in India; leisure is typically given more value than work. Stemming from India’s colonial legacy, Indians are highly suspicious of foreign investors. Indeed, there have been a few well-publicized disputes between the Indian govern- ment and foreign investors. 3 More recently, however, many Western companies are finding an easier time doing business in India. 4 In 1991, political conditions had changed, many restrictions were eased, and economic reforms came into force. With more than 1 billion consumers, India has become an increas- ingly attractive market. 5 From 2003–2006, foreign invest- ment doubled to $6 billion. Imported goods have become a status symbol for the burgeoning middle class. 6 In 2008/09 FDI in India stood at $27.31 billion. 7 In 2009, India was the third highest recipient of FDI and was likely to continue to remain among the top five attractive destinations for international investors during the following two years, according...
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...dollar business. However, the road to success has not always been easy for Coca-Cola. Many countries have banned the use of Coca-Cola products, claiming that these products are “threatening public health” and “encouraging obesity.” Many labor practice suits have been filed against the mega beverage company with accusations of “child labor sweatshops” and “discrimination in providing health care benefits to workers.” In addition, the beverage industry has been flooded with competitors introducing new soft drink products, such as Pepsi, along with soft drink alternatives, such as Gatorade, bottled water, fruit juice, and energy drinks. Coca-Cola has faced the challenge by introducing new beverage brands including Sprite, Fanta, Minute Maid, Simply Orange, Fresca, Vitamin Water, Smart Water, Odwalla, and Powerade. In light of the obstacles Coca-Cola has overcome, the company has remained true to its commitment to provide quality, refreshing, and satisfying products to consumers. In order to ensure each product tastes the same across the globe, Coca-Cola continues to keep the beverage recipes secret with tightly controlled manufacturing facilities. CocaCola has never lost sight of its goal to be the best beverage company in the world. Now, let us take a closer look at Coca Cola’s journey to...
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...Bottling business Compare the economics of the concentrate business to the bottling business: why is the profitability so different? (50%) Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola were both established at the very end of 19th century. Their history is more than a hundred years old and the size of these two companies is huge. Both of them work in the consumer goods industry providing beverages and other drinks to the customers (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/ourcompany/historybottling.html) . Pepsi and Coke dominate the market in this sector and form oligopoly in the US and even in the world market: "Among national concentrate producers, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola claimed a combined 74.8% of the U.S. CSD market in sales volume in 2004, followed by Cadbury Schweppes and Cott Corporation." (Financial data for Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, and Their Major Bottlers.) Their businesses are structured in the same way. They are the biggest concentrate producers. They sell ready concentrate to the bottlers which after convert it into the ready product which is brought to the shop shelves. Bottlers are situated all over the world as the principle of franchising is used. That greatly helps in the spread of CSDs across the globe. However, the returns received by concentrate producers differ from those received by bottlers for several reasons (Yoffie, 2007). Concentrate producers: Capital investment. Concentrate production business is less capital intensive than bottling. It requires less funds to be invested...
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...HND Business 4-Marketing Principles By: Contents Introduction 3 Task 1.1 4 Task 1.2 4 Task 2.1 5 Task 2.2 6 Task 2.4 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction This discusses the details of marketing principles and this assignment has considered Coca cola, a company which is in the soft drinks industry as the base. This includes evaluation of benefits and costs of a company being market oriented and the deviation from its core activities. Further this discusses the micro and macro factors that affect Coca cola and how the marketing decisions should be taken considering these factors. The segmentation aspect which is adopted in Coca cola is discussed here. And effective strategies adopted in a company lead the company to achieve competitive advantage is been highlighted in this assignment. Further Targeting strategies, buyer behaviours that impact Coca cola is been discussed along with proposition for new positioning of the beverages of Coca cola. The distribution also plays a major part in a company’s marketing activities. And the strategies used by Coca cola are discussed here with the setting of prices with the aim of achieving objectives and the promotional activities adopted are discussed here. Additional elements of marketing mix, and the different strategies that should be adopted when selling to businesses rather than customers and the strategies that are used in international marketing are discussed in this assignment. About Coca Cola The company Coca...
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...calligraphy class, which he later used for the typography used in Macintosh personal computers. Therefore, Jobs uses contrasting ideas to convey that you have to trust in something, whether it is your gut, life, karma or destiny (Jobs). His logic is that you cannot connect the dots in the present and that you have to forge your path based on your intuition. Thus, in the future you can connect the dots looking back on your actions. Steve Jobs also provides logos when reminiscing about the struggles involved with dropping out of college. Jobs described the fact that he had to sleep on the floor while staying with friends, having to return Coke bottles for five-cent deposits in order to buy food, and how he would walk seven miles once a week to get one good meal at a local temple (Jobs). Using facts and numerical figures allows Jobs to show the impact of the obstacles he had to incur in his early adult life. Steve was in dire...
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...Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India A. Identification of issues and Problems Step 1—overview of the case study During the 1900s and the beginning of the new millennium India’s government had opened its doors wide open to foreign investors, but the Coca-Cola Corporation and PepsiCo experienced many difficult challenges. Both companies were engulfed with unexpected problems and difficult situations that led to the recognition that India’s market was very different and special knowledge, skills and local expertise was needed to be obtained if the two companies were to succeed. As Ronald McEachern, PepsiCo’s Asia chief, stated, “India is the beverage battlefield for 2003”. Pepsi entered into the Indian beverage market in July 1986 as a joint venture with two local partners, Voltas and Punjab Agro, forming ”Pepsi Foods Ltd.” Coca-Cola followed suit in 1990 with a joint venture with Britannia Industries India before creating a 100% owned company in 1993 and then ultimately aligning with Parle, the leader in the industry. In many ways, Coke and Pepsi managers had to learn the hard way that ‘what works here’ does not always ‘work there’. In India, there are two main high seasons for the consumption of soft drinks. First being the summer session which lasts about seventy-five days in mid-April to June. The second major opportunity for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in India is the annual Navratri celebrations. Another issue that the Indian...
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...______________________PROJECT COLA_____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ [pic] Cassandra Chew Mbere Monjok Kristina Nguyen, Mohammad Punjwani Normandie Scanlon William Stripling __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 COMPANY OVERVIEw 2 PRODUCTION 2 MARKETING 2 OPERATIONS 3 Organizational Structure 3 Regional Structure 3 Foreign Operations 4 Expansion in China 4 Rising Costs in the US 5 VISION 2020 6 PROBLEMS 6 LOSS OF LOCAL BUSINESS 6 WATER WARS 7 RECOMMENDATIONS 8 CONCLUSION 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose: The purpose of this document is to summarize the following report on the structure and functionality of Coca-Cola. This report details some of the problems that the company is currently facing and recommends possible solutions. Company Overview: Coca-Cola is a multinational retailer of beverages and syrups to businesses around the globe. The marketing strategies, which Coca-Cola employs, must be tailored to the many cultures and languages present in the regions of sale. Employing over 94,000 people in more than 200 countries requires that Coca-Cola rely on a regional approach to marketing...
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...A Research paper on An Overview of Business Ethics in Indian Businesses Authors: 1) Ms. Swenee Shah 2) Ms. Mehal Pandya 3) Ms. Chitral Patel (Faculties of Hasmukh Goswami College Of Engineering (MBA)) Submitted to: Gujarat Technological University 1 Abstract Business ethics deals with ethical rules and principles necessary for a successful business. It explains the various ethical problems that can rise in a business setting and the responsibilities of persons who are engaged in an organization. We have here shown how the Indian Businesses follows ethical practices even though they are working globally. We have here also taken few examples MNCS to show how are they going ahead unethically. In this research paper we have tried to show that no business can get success even though they are going globally (locally) if they don’t follow ethics and legitimate values. Our research paper reflects that true and ethical business can sustain for longer time and even can survive at toughest time. ethical training ,policies procedures will help any organization to manage their work place very well .we have shown that how ethics will help to enhance reputation of business and generate loyalty from staff members. Our research paper will open new avenues to the ethical dilemmas 2 Table of Contents Particulars What is Business Ethics Ethics and military Overview of issues in Business Ethics Ethics in Indian context: Scope of business ethics Approaches to Business...
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...the assistant editor of the magazine. “Everyone wants to be on the first page. They want to be seen by all”, she continued. Amidst growing tension in the economy regarding underground tapping of resources and political instability, every company or organization has been facing its set of problems. These problems have ranged from increasing employee turnover to internal ethical breaching to compromising on quality. Taking a different turn in the existing scenario, however, has been Good Times (GT) who has successfully flourished and maintained their position even in degenerated circumstances. Alarmingly, their success has created the problem for them in itself. Being one of the biggest social magazines of our country, GT has continuously faced issues...
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...Index 1. A brief Walkthrough 2. Introduction 3. Coke strategic Intent 4. External analysis 5. Internal analysis 6. resource based view 7. Value Chain Analysis 8. SWOT 9. Six Strategic Objectives 10. Financial analysis 11. Recommendations 12. Conclusions 13. Bibliography A brief Walkthrough Coca Cola is a well-known brand and the world’s leading beverage producer. The company is over 100 years old and enjoys patrons in over 200 countries. The company till date remains true to its vision and mission which has permeated through to all levels of the company. Coca Cola has a product of more than 3,500 beverages. These include * Energy drinks and Sports Drinks * Fruit and Fruit juices * Soft Drinks * Tea and coffee * Water * Other drinks The external environment analysis shows that coca cola enjoys a competitive position across the industry due to high capital requirements and exit costs. It has an intense but healthy rivalry with Pepsi. The Pestel analysis shows a growing demand for healthier alternatives to carbonated drinks which Coca-Cola is now addressing. Through the internal analysis of the company, we understand that the company has a competitive advantage in terms of its brand reputation and value chain process which it should continue to further use to its advantage. The value chain is perfectly aligned to ensure maximum efficiency. As the financial analysis, will show, Coca Cola...
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...race." The advertising theme "Delicious and Healthful" was then used over the next two decades. In 1926, Pepsi received its first logo redesign since the original design of 1905. In 1929, the logo was changed again. In 1931, at the depth of the Great Depression, the Pepsi-Cola Company entered bankruptcy – in large part due to financial losses incurred by speculating on wildly fluctuating sugar prices as a result of World War I. Assets were sold and Roy C. Megargel bought the Pepsi trademark. Megargel was unsuccessful, and soon Pepsi's assets were purchased by Charles Guth, the President of Loft Inc. Loft was a candy manufacturer with retail stores that contained soda fountains. He sought to replace Coca-Cola at his stores' fountains after Coke refused to give him a discount on syrup. Guth then had Loft's chemists reformulate the Pepsi-Cola syrup formula. On three separate occasions between 1922 and 1933, The Coca-Cola Company was offered the opportunity to purchase the Pepsi-Cola company, and it declined on each occasion....
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...For the exclusive use of R. PONCE 9-702-442 REV: JANUARY 27, 2004 DAVID B. YOFFIE Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century For over a century, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for “throat share” of the world’s beverage market. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $60-billion industry in the United States, where the average American consumed 53 gallons of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) per year. In a “carefully waged competitive struggle,” from 1975 to 1995 both Coke and Pepsi achieved average annual growth of around 10% as both U.S. and worldwide CSD consumption consistently rose. According to Roger Enrico, former CEO of Pepsi-Cola: The warfare must be perceived as a continuing battle without blood. Without Coke, Pepsi would have a tough time being an original and lively competitor. The more successful they are, the sharper we have to be. If the Coca-Cola company didn’t exist, we’d pray for someone to invent them. And on the other side of the fence, I’m sure the folks at Coke would say that nothing contributes as much to the present-day success of the Coca-Cola company than . . . Pepsi.1 This cozy relationship was threatened in the late 1990s, however, when U.S. CSD consumption dropped for two consecutive years and worldwide shipments slowed for both Coke and Pepsi. In response, both firms began to modify their bottling, pricing, and brand strategies. They also looked to emerging international markets to fuel...
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...Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad (IMT,HYD), 2015 9-702-442 REV: JANUARY 27, 2004 DAVID B. YOFFIE Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century For over a century, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for “throat share” of the world’s beverage market. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $60-billion industry in the United States, where the average American consumed 53 gallons of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) per year. In a “carefully waged competitive struggle,” from 1975 to 1995 both Coke and Pepsi achieved average annual growth of around 10% as both U.S. and worldwide CSD consumption consistently rose. According to Roger Enrico, former CEO of Pepsi-Cola: The warfare must be perceived as a continuing battle without blood. Without Coke, Pepsi would have a tough time being an original and lively competitor. The more successful they are, the sharper we have to be. If the Coca-Cola company didn’t exist, we’d pray for someone to invent them. And on the other side of the fence, I’m sure the folks at Coke would say that nothing contributes as much to the present-day success of the Coca-Cola company than . . . Pepsi.1 This cozy relationship was threatened in the late 1990s, however, when U.S. CSD consumption dropped for two consecutive years and worldwide shipments slowed for both Coke and Pepsi. In response, both firms began to modify their bottling, pricing, and brand strategies. They also looked to emerging international...
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