Case Study: Bottled Water Industry Team 3 James Barlow, Julianne Schneider, Robyn Sumner & Katie Austin GBA 490 Dr. Drnevich 26 March 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The strengths of The Coca-Cola Company’s Dasani brand include its availability and convenience, prominence of the parent company, geographic coverage, financial stability, assets, distribution channels, and image of social responsibility. Dasani’s availability and convenience stems
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regulatory changes occurring in the market at the time. Following three years of lackluster performance, he was asked to leave. Compare that story with one from the start of my executive search career. My task was to fill a project manager role at a small brewery owned by Quinsa, which then dominated the beer market in the southern cone of Latin America. In those days, I hadn’t yet heard the term “competency.” I was working in a new office without research support (in the pre-internet era), and Quinsa was
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The strengths of The Coca-Cola Company’s Dasani brand include its availability and convenience, prominence of the parent company, geographic coverage, financial stability, assets, distribution channels, and image of social responsibility. Dasani’s availability and convenience stems from the fact that the brand is virtually in every supermarket, convenience store and vending machine. Consumers are bombarded with the brand, which makes it very recognizable and well known. Its
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RED BULL GMBH IN SOFT DRINKS (WORLD) April 2013 SCOPE OF THE REPORT Scope This global profile focuses on the industry trends in soft drinks. Disclaimer All values expressed in this report are retail/off-trade in US dollar terms using a fixed exchange rate (2012). 2012 figures are based on part-year estimates. Much of the information in this briefing is of a statistical nature and, while every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy and reliability, Euromonitor International
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Beverages, in 1998. Expansion into Asia continued, though Filipino bottling was eventually sold to San Miguel Brewery and parent The Coca-Cola Company. Its most recent purchase activity has been the acquisition of fruit producer and packager SPC Ardmona Ltd. Until May 2007, the company also operated the online music store, Coke Tunes, out of New Zealand. . Core Business of the Company Coca-Cola Amatil is an anchor bottler of The Coca Cola Company in Asia-Pacific region. It manufactures, distributes
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The increasingly globalized economy has created boundless opportunities for firms to expand and concurrently forced them to improve their comparative advantage by integrating with each other. Today, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have rapidly increased, reshaping corporate leadership and unlocking corporate value. The Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s takeover of Fraser and Neave (F&N), the largest region takeover, has illustrated the strategic corporate governance
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(Cover Page) “PROJECT ON “SUCCESS STORY OF AN ENTREPRENEUR – KIRAN MAZUMDAR” Master of Commerce Semester – III (2014-2015) Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements For the award of degree of M.Com By Arati Sachidanand Mishra Seat No. _86_ Tolani College of Commerce Sher – E – Punjab society, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400 093. PROJECT ON “SUCCESS STORY OF AN ENTREPRENEUR – KIRAN MAZUMDAR” Master of Commerce Semester – III (2014-2015) Submitted In Partial Fulfillment
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school. As he left the lecture hall, he stopped at the University’s most popular coffee shop, the Brewery. The shop’s sign indicated that it was “Now Serving Starbucks Coffee.” As Mr. Schultz ordered the House Blend, he noticed that the Brewery was a far cry from any Starbucks coffeehouse. The shop was messy, the service was poor, and the coffee was average. As Mr. Schultz was leaving the Brewery, Orin Smith, Starbucks President and COO, called him on his cellular phone. McDonald’s, whom Starbucks
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1. China Mobile, empereur de la téléphonie China Mobile a de quoi faire pâlir de jalousie Orange, SFR et Bouygues réunis. Le premier opérateur mobile de Chine totalise 290 millions de clients, ce qui en fait le plus gros opérateur mobile du monde. La société est issue de la restructuration du secteur des télécommunications chinois en 2000, pour cause d'entrée dans l'organisation mondiale du commerce. - Chiffre d'affaires 2010: 24 milliards d'euros - Résultat opérationnel 2010: 7,3 milliards
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option in emerging markets. Here’s how winners set the pace. By Mike Booker, Wlademir Gomes, Nikhil Ojha and Robert Schaus Mike Booker is a Bain & Company partner based in Singapore and leads the firm’s Consumer Products and Retail practices in Asia-Pacific. Wlademir Gomes is a Bain partner in São Paulo. Nikhil Ojha is a Bain partner in New Delhi. Robert Schaus is a Bain partner in Kyiv. Pierre-Laurent Wetli, a Moscow-based principal, and Joachim Breidenthal, a principal based in Johannesburg, also
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