...involvement is how Starbucks has managed to continue their commitment to upholding a culture where diversity is valued and respected. Diversity as a concept focuses on a broader set of qualities than race and gender. The importance of committing to diversity in the workplace will indicate to your employee’s that you promote diversity and respect their differences. The organization will also benefit by taking advantage of the different thoughts and ideas in their strategic growth and planning process. Starbucks has always recognized diverse contributions can create a positive work environment that maximizes the potential of all employees. “The dimensions of diversity include, but are not limited to: age, ethnicity, gender, physical abilities/qualities, race, sexual orientation, educational background, geographic location, income, marital status, military experience, parental status, religious beliefs, work experience, and job classification." Starbucks is constantly working on improving their new hire process. They are dedicating a great deal time and effort in employee and customer diversity. The organizations management team visions Starbucks in the middle of a high-stakes, high-profile turnaround during slumping economy. They are not interesting in hiring the “traditional employee” with the “traditional resume”; they are interested in applicants with technology and customer service background to remain competitive in a hurting economy. Starbucks feels hiring new...
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...coffee, but does Tim Horton’s apply to everyone? Does everyone value its service or is it only given appreciated by some? Tim Horton’s was opened in 1984 and was open only to serve coffee and donuts, to some of us, that seems like a great big deal because now Tim Hortons offers a wide range of products to consume in, it has changed from being that small corner coffee shop to a break time lunch location. The city of Toronto for example is surrounded by many different coffee places at every corner of the city, franchises like Starbucks, McDonalds, Timothy’s coffee and Second Cup are only some of the popular coffee places of today’s generation but the question is, do they target the same general consumer population or do they target different groups, and the answer is yes, they are all targeted towards different social classes indirectly. When was the last time that one saw an individual experiencing homelessness was drinking a Christmas drink from Starbucks or eating a gourmet brownie from Second Cup, well the answer is hardly, unfortunately many other franchises such as the ones listed before don’t serve all cliental, meaning, their prices, their marketing and their products overall do not target the population in general, it segregates individuals into their separate classes and financial differences, different franchise are geared to different individuals which not only enforces class segregation but creates an unfortunate consumer identity that categorizes people based on what...
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...2. Starbucks operates more than 17,000 stores in more than 50 countries. How many of the four tests of the competitive power of a resource does the store network pass? Explain your answer. INTRODUCTION Starbucks Corporation, an American company founded in 1971 in Seattle, WA. It is start just as a single store in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. Starbucks has about182, 000employees across 19,767 company operated and licensed stores in 62 countries. Their product mix includes roasted and handcrafted high-quality/ premium priced coffees, tea, a variety of fresh food items and other beverages. They also sell a variety of coffee and tea products and license their trademarks through other channels such as licensed stores, grocery and national foodservice accounts. Starbucks also markets its products mix with other brand names within its portfolio of companies, which include Teavana, Tazo, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Starbucks VIA, Starbucks Refreshers, Evolution Fresh, LaBoulange and Verismo. Starbucks had total revenue of $14.89 billion as of September 29th, 2013. FOUR TEST OF COMPETITIVE RESOURCES POWER – VRIN (VALUABLE, RARE, INIMITIATABLE, NON-SUBSTITUTABLE) The four test of the competitive power of a resources does the Starbucks pass is depend on the resources itself where resources is divided into tangible and intangible resources. Below is the explanation regarding to the Starbuck’s resources and which test is true for each resource. 1. Specialty Coffees , foods...
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...Assignment #1: Case 2-1 “Starbucks Keeps it Brewing in Asia” N’kengie Best Dr. Karen Mountain Consumer Behavior-MKT 510 October 16th, 2011 1. Determine and discuss the barriers facing Starbucks as they try to teach people to change their consumption habits from tea and instant coffee. China is well known for its love of tea, therefore, it is amazing how excited Starbucks is about entering the Chinese market. One executive of Starbucks stated “China is clearly a tea-drinking society-unlike Japan, which we think of as a tea-drinking society but they also drink a lot of coffee. In China, that really isn’t true (Hawkins,Del I & Mothersbaugh,David L, 2010).” There is reason for the excitement about adding Starbucks to the Chinese market. China is known for its consumer market with a population of approximately 1.3 billion, rising incomes, and increase in the outlook of global attitudes; many companies are looking to tap into the China gold mine. However, in actuality China’s coffee market is still far behind other countries in regards to coffee consumption. There was a 90 percent growth in coffee sales in China in recent years; however, the per capita consumption is still less than one kilogram per person. In the United States the per capita consumption rate of coffee is four kilograms. Tea is clearly still the number one beverage in China (Hawkins,Del I & Mothersbaugh,David L, 2010). Tea is part of China’s national heritage and is strongly rooted...
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...Global Business Opportunities Project: Starbucks Going to India Prepared by: Group A Contents Module 2: ANALYZING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS 6 Module 3: ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT 7 Module 4: ASSESSING THE SOCIAL-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT 10 Module 5: ASSESSING THE POLITICAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT 13 Module 6: SELECTING A GLOBAL COMPANY STRUCTURE 15 Module 7: FINANCING SOURCES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS 16 Module 8: CREATING A GLOBAL MIS (MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS) 18 Module 9- IDENTIFYING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 19 Module 10 – MANAGING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS RISKS 21 Module 11 - PRODUCT AND TARGET MARKET PLANNING 22 Module 12: DESIGNING A GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY 24 MODULE 13: PLANNING A GLOBAL PROMOTION STRATEGY 25 MODULE 14—SELECTING AN INTERNATIONAL PRICING STRATEGY 27 MODULE 15— DETERMINING ORGANIZATIONAL FINANCIAL RESULTOVERVIEW 28 References: 31 Module 1: IDENTIFYING GLOBAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Global Business Opportunities We are the Starbucks Corporation; we purchase and roast whole bean coffees. Majority of our stores are in the United States, but we also have international stores. Starbucks Corporation has successfully been in business since 1971. India has the youngest population in the world and will stay young. Starbucks Co. has found the opportunity to expand internationally to India and believes that it can be a huge success. Potential Markets Starbucks would like to first start its operation...
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...Starbucks in Cambodia Introduction Globalization, a process of international integration from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and cultures which can benefit all countries that embrace international trade. With the right strategy to involve in international trade, a country can successfully grow economically, as well as socially. Cambodia is a country located at the central of Southeast Asia, with population of over 14.8 million people. With an open investment policy, Cambodia offers opportunities for creative entrepreneurs and dynamic businesses. It is evident through her rapid development and strong, positive growth over the last 15 years. It provides opportunities for foreign investment. In this paper, we will discuss the global coffee company-Starbucks Corporation and its potential expansion into Cambodian market. Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks has developed an internationalization strategy to enable the company to open stores and franchises in countries across the globe. They provide unique tasting products and have improvised the recipe of traditional coffee according to modern tastes. While Starbucks was very successful in its domestic market, the leaders of the company sees the potential of foreign markets and planned to expand its business to foreign countries through globalization in order to fully utilize the potential that the company had. In 2003, Starbucks...
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...Starbucks Corporations GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Overview Starbucks is planning on opening a record number of new stores, with the ongoing popularity of its core beverage and food items, and the enhancing of the customer experience through unique offerings in music and consumer products, they are appealing to a broad and diverse global consumer base. Starbucks has set its sights on entering new markets with an aim of achieving a first mover's advantage and building brand loyalty. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business Introduction Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971, when it opened its first location in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Starbucks was named after the first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick and is the world's leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee with coffeehouses in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971, opening its first location in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Starbucks, named after the first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick, is the world's leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee with coffeehouses in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Worldwide, approximately 33 million customers...
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... Seeking to grow is fundamentally a good objective if the underlying economics can support it -- meaning productivity improvements and technological breakthroughs -- and if the expectations of customers, as human beings, keep being satisfied. Unfortunately, it is not always the case. In some markets, such as the US and the UK, the pharmacy, restaurant, and video store businesses, for instance, have largely consolidated from mom-and-pop shops to large standardized chains. Economically, consolidation seems to make sense since it initially brought customers a broader choice at lower prices thanks to economies of scale; and sometimes a predictably good customer experience, e.g., McDonald's and Burger King, Barnes & Noble and Borders, and Starbucks. Too often, however, consolidation meant that unmotivated, low-wage workers replaced devoted shop-owners; ignorance replaced knowledge and know-how; and assembly-line processes -- cadenced by injunctions such as "next in line" and "proceed to the exit" -- replaced the humanity of neighborly relationships. In hindsight, it now appears that those are instances of throwing the baby out with the bath water. A poor quality of service has indeed often become the price to be paid when an industry over-consolidates. We all have...
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...Starbucks Keeps It Brewing in Asia Changing Habits: Barrier’s facing Starbucks Starbucks is a household name across North America and many different parts of the world. Coffee drinkers are loyal to the brand and trust new products that are presented to the market. Although Starbucks has loyal followers who continually buy a specific blend, either whole bean or ground, there are a number of consumers from different cultures who prefer the convince of tea and instant coffee as a part of their morning routine or as a general habit. In 2008, coffee consumption in North America was respectively 10.7kg while Asia consumed 6.2kg respectively (www.earthtrends.wri.org). North American culture is often derived from an on the go mentality and that philoisy is applied the way people drink coffee. Coffee, a universal demand, is marketed to the businessperson running late for a meeting, or the on the go mom picking up her kids from soccer practice, to friends getting together after work. With this on the go mentality, consumers don’t have the time or want to take the time to brew coffee at home or stop by a coffee shop, stand in line, and wait for their coffee to be made. Tea and instant coffee offers the consumer their daily caffeine fix in a relatively short amount of time. Asian consumers are much more concerned about the health and philosophical benefits that tea offers as apposed to coffee. Tea has been apart of the Asian culture for centuries and is a big part of its...
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...loyal to starbucks through Loyalty programs, with a majority of 63% saying they would return just for the rewards program (Horn, 2013) * Digital storefront promotion for teas proved to be successful (Laird, 2011) * Partnership with evergreen encourages Canadians to “go green” (Starbucks Encourages Canadians to Pledge to do some Green, 2010) * Partnership with AT&T Inc. to include free and paid wireless internet coffee shops in the united states (Associated press, 2008) * Partnership with Bell Canada to include free wireless internet in over 650 locations in Canada (Laird, 2008) * Leads specialist coffee shop sales in most countries (Starbucks Corp. (food), 2012) Weaknesses * Share price fell by 43% due to commercializing the business (Passikoff, 2008) * Price senstaive customers choosing other places to get their coffee (Starbucks Corp. (food), 2012) * Overall weak performance in the UK (Starbucks Corp. (food), 2012) * Starbucks cut back on new store openings in the United states (Janet, 2007) * Risky TV camping (Kang, 2007) * Competition from McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts caused profits to decline in the United States (Lynn, 2008) * Overpriced coffee causes consumers to not purchase during recession. (Bryson, 2009) Threats * Fast food places moving into the coffee market segment provides a threat for Starbucks (Starbucks Corp. (food), 2012) * Starbucks holds 0.7% of market share for coffee (Starbucks Corp. (food)...
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...Internal and External Factors MGT/230 Internal and External Factors Introduction To be successful organizations rely on the four functions of management: plan, organize, lead, and control. However, implementing these functions is not easy when other factors come into play. External and internal factors such as, globalization, technology, innovation, diversity and ethics all affect the four functions of management. If an organization wants to be successful they must adapt to these different factors. One company that has been able to do so is Starbucks Corporation. The adaptation and utilization of these many different internal and external factors has helped to make the company very successful. Globalization Globalization is the integration and exchange of worldwide cultures and resources. “Corporations operate worldwide, transcending national borders” (Bateman, & Snell, (2011), pp. 4). Advancement technology has led to advances of transportation and telecommunication, and these advances have led to connections and interactions between people that may not have encountered each other. Globalization has also led to an increase of available resources to companies around the world. When it come to the four functions of management and how globalization affects them, an organization must plan a companies goals and mission according to whether or not they want to globalize, export or import, then they must organize their company and departments to help implement...
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...Globalization and Starbucks Globalization has impacted almost every organization currently in operation. Even when organizations choose to limit their activities and operations to a specific geographical region, globalization becomes part of operations as new technologies bring international attention and customers to the company. In the end, few organizations are able to escape the impact of globalization. Given the importance of globalization on the organization, there is a clear impetus to consider how this reality will impact business operations in both the short and the long-term. Using this as a basis for investigation, this research considers the impact the globalization is having on the Starbucks organization. Through a careful consideration of how globalization has impacted this organization, it will be possible to provide salient policy recommendations for change that will improve operations in the organization. Starbucks-An Overview In order to begin this investigation, it is first helpful to consider a review of the Starbucks organization and critical issues currently impacting its development. Reviewing this history of this organization, Lyons (2005) reports that Starbucks originated in Seattle, Washington as a premium coffee retailer. In an effort to foster the success of the organization, leaders chose an aggressive business model that would allow them to permeate and saturate local markets. The business model used by the organization was novel, prompting...
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...person who I have chosen to do a write-up about is Howard Shultz, the Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Coffee Company. Shultz is a person who possesses excellent entrepreneurial skills, which is the main reason why I chose to do my write-up about him. Background Howard Shultz was born in 1953 to a loving family in Brooklyn, New York. He spent his childhood being brought up in the Bay View housing project that was known to be in an unpleasant condition at that time (bio., n.d.). His father, Fred Shultz was a person with many talents. Being a jack of all trades, he had many different kinds of jobs. His mother, Elaine Shultz worked as a receptionist (Entrepreneur, 2008). During his secondary education, Shultz did not have a niche for studying; however, he enjoyed playing sports. This was in fact, a silver lining, as his love for sports enabled him to secure himself an athletic scholarship while furthering his tertiary education in the Northern Michigan University (Entrepreneur, 2008). He managed to graduate with a Bachelor in Business in 1975....
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...Organization Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971, opening its first location in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. It was named after the first mate in ’s Moby Dick, is the world’s leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee with coffeehouses in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Worldwide, approximately 35 million customers visit a Starbucks coffeehouse each week. Starbucks is all about purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees and sells them along with fresh, rich-brewed, Italian style espresso beverages, a variety of pastries and confections, and coffee-related accessories and equipment – primarily through its company-operated retail stores. In addition to sales through their company-operated retail stores, Starbucks sells whole bean coffees through a specialty sales group and supermarkets. Furthermore, Starbucks produces and sells bottled Frappuccino coffee drink and a line of premium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships and offers a line of innovative premium teas produced by its wholly owned subsidiary, Tazo Tea Company. The Company’s objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand in the world. In realizing and achieving this goal, the Company plans to continue to rapidly expand its retail operations, grow its specialty sales and other operations, and selectively pursue opportunities to leverage the Starbucks brand through the introduction...
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...Starbucks International Business Student’s name Name of the Institute Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 SWOT Analysis of Starbucks 4 Starbucks Introduction to International Business 7 Market entry strategies adopted by Starbucks 7 Porter’s 5 forces 8 Challenges and Barriers in International Business 11 Conclusion 13 References 15 Executive Summary Starbucks is one most successful example of transnational companies across the globe with its rich cultural and organizational strength. This paper analyzes Starbucks from an International Business perspective in which the various nitty-gritties of International Business are applied on the company to analyze its core strengths and prospect areas of concerns. The paper starts with an introduction regarding Starbucks, its origin, current standing in terms of stores across the world and a brief history. The SWOT analysis of the company uncovers its major strengths and weakness and prospect areas of threats and opportunities while expanding internationally. The current situation analyses analyzes the prime factors of the current organizational situation, which are of use and which should be looked forward to improve its international perspective. Further the paper discusses its basic market strategies while entering in any foreign market in which is focusses on analyzing the market and culture in depth and the collaborating partner so as to keep a sync with its values. The organizational barriers discusses the various...
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