PART IV: Case Studies 1. Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi in India: The Battle of the Bottle Continues, 395 2. Arun Ice Cream, 409 3. Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), 421 4. The Park, Calcutta, 439 5. Kanpur Confectioneries Private Limited (A), 461 6. Kanpur Confectioneries Private Limited (B), 467 7. Aravind Eye Care System: Giving the Most Precious Gift, 473 8. ITC Limited, Bangalore (A), 495 9. ITC Limited, Bangalore (B), 499 10. The Living Room: Redefining the Furniture Industry
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1) Why, historically, has the soft drink industry been so profitable? Coca-Cola and Pepsi are 2 common soft drink companies that have been in existence for many years. Coca-Cola was founded in 1886 by a pharmacist, and the company grew from there. During World War II, soldiers were given reduced price Coca-Cola. Similarly, Pepsi (called Pepsi-Cola) was invented by a pharmacist in 1893. During the Great Depression, a 12 ounce bottle of Pepsi cost the same as a 6.5 ounce bottle of Coke, thus keeping
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Yuxing Tang Rebecca Watkins Mark Kapadia Shane Reigert Zihao He Dr. Robert D. Russell BA. 462 10 December 2014 Learning organization project: PepsiCo Industry analysis Market Overview PepsiCo is operating in the food and beverage industry. PepsiCo merged with Pepsi and is the parent company that owns a variety of other companies such as, Frito Lay, Quakers, and ocean spray just to name a few. Pepsi alone is considered to be in the soft drink industry. (The PBG Inc. 2013). In accordance
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sustainability at large in the last decade, H&M has made significant changes internally towards adopting and embedding sustainability into all their operations and value chain – but it’s still a work in progress. H&M’s CSR initiatives have a strong track record and involve various stages and stakeholders of its value chain, including their design team, suppliers of raw materials and fibers, as well as customers. Some of these renowned initiatives include the Better Cotton Initiative, the
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Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the
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world where every company has the opportunity to explore the world in search of other profitable markets, there are different challenges and opportunities faced. I would like to explain this by focusing on Starbucks, one of the world’s leading coffee chains. Starbucks has come a long way from a coffee bean retailer to one of the world’s most recognized coffee houses. All throughout the years, Starbucks have expanded both domestically and internationally. In this answer, I would like to explain about
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Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the
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Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands in 2013 Brand Value, Mission & Vision: APPLE Brand Value: Founders of Apple Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs both dropouts of school Apple was incorporated in the state of California on January 3, 1977 Apple II debuted at a local computer trade show No. 20 on “Brand of the Year 2009” award The recession won’t take a bite out of this Apple Revenue of first quarter $15.68 billion in 2009 ($3.98 billion more than 2008). Apple has a
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to go, and deciding how to get there. A more complete definition is based on competitive advantage, the object of most corporate strategy: “Competitive advantage grows out of value a firm is able to create for its buyers that exceeds the firm's cost of creating it. Value is what buyers are willing to pay, and superior value stems from offering lower prices than competitors for equivalent benefits or providing unique benefits that more than offset a higher price. There are two basic types of competitive
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The two broad turnaround strategies that may be followed by Public and Private companies are Strategic and Operating. Strategic turnarounds can be branched into activities that comprises of a change in business strategy for competing in the same business and those that involve for entering a new business or businesses. Operating strategies does not involve altering the business level strategies and usually focuses on increasing revenues, decreasing cost, decreasing assets or a combination effort
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