1. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS Business Cases (Spring) Professor Dan Nicholes BUSI 4003 Yorkville University BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS Professor Dan Nicholes Business Cases (Spring) BUSI 4003 Yorkville University Table of Contents Lululemon Athletica Inc.....................................................................................................................5 Pepsi Canada: The Pepsi Refresh Project.....................................................................
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Rev. Integr. Bus. Econ. Res. Vol 3(1) 382 Impact of Workplace Diversity Elizabeth Foma University of Guam School of Business and Public Administration P. O. Box 5169 UOG Station Mangilao, Guam 96923 efoma@uguam.uog.edu; drmayuk@yahoo.com Abstract Diversity is an important part that all employees have to deal with at one point during their careers. There are many positive aspects to diversity in the workplace, such as exchange of ideas because of the diverse cultures of employees
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ed productsLevi’s Type 1 Jeans A clothier, such as Levi Strauss, that has been around for 150 years is bound to have their share of hits and misses because fashion is terribly fickle and largely unpredictable. But this doesn’t mean you should ignore your target audience. In late 2002, Levi Strauss began a massive marketing push to launch what was being touted as one of the company’s most significant launches in history, Type 1 Jeans. The line unnecessarily went to great lengths to accentuate
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turned in. Please take into account the professor comments when you analyse the case. Good luck!****** Pepsi Refresh Project Case Analysis Problem Definition Should Pepsi continue the Pepsi Refresh Project? If so, how should the marketing strategy and execution be changed to use the project’s success to drive Pepsi sales? Decision Alternatives ( add a bit more detail with each alternative) 1. Discontinue the Pepsi Refresh Project and use the funds for advertising again. 2. Continue
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that includes the company’s fiscal year-end December 2006 financial statements, competitor information and more. The case time setting is the year 2007. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for the company. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Coca Cola’s common stock is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KO. Coca Cola operates in over 200 nations
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only today has Taco Bell been focusing on quick service but ever since “1988, Taco Bell introduced six core-menu items for the reduced price of 59 cents and offered free drink refills. Taco Bell has since continued to change and innovate. Its new strategy meant restructuring the business to become more efficient and cost-effective. To do this, the company relied on an integrated set of operations, research models, including forecasting to predict customer arrivals, simulation to determine the optimum
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beverages. Separated from parent PepsiCo, Inc. in 1999, it accounted that year for 55 percent of Pepsi-Cola beverages sold in the United States and 32 percent worldwide. The company delivers its products directly to stores without using wholesalers or other middlemen. In addition to its extensive production and distribution facilities, PBG leases and operates about 20,000 vehicles and owns more than 1.1 million soft drink dispensing and vending machines. PepsiCo holds a controlling interest in the
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comprehensive strategic management case that includes the company’s financial statements, organization chart, competitor information, and industry trends. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for the company. Kellogg is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, where the company was started in 1906. Kellogg’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol K. Kellogg
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over by PepsiCo in 1964 and now stands 3rd in the soft drinks category (Bruce 1) “Do the Dew!” This was a long time tag line for the Mountain Dew brand. In 1995 marketing managers for Mountain Dew realized the tag line had lost consumer interests, understanding this they changed the direction of the creative. Though the creative changed, the target market for Mountain Dew remained in line. Mountain Dew’s ad campaign between 1995 and 1999 did not live up to the brands expectations. PepsiCo decided
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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
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