Made-to-order beverages Bottled beverages Baked Goods Merchandise Frappuccino beverages Smoothies Coffee ▲ US$9.411 billion (2007) ▲ US$1.053 billion (2007) ▲ US$672.64 million (2007) US$5.343 billion (2007) US$2.284 billion (2007) 172,000 (2008)[1] Industry Products Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world,[2] with 16,120 stores in 49 countries, including around
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authorization by any reproduction rights organization. Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7; phone (519) 661-3208; fax (519) 661-3882; e-mail cases@ivey.uwo.ca. Copyright © 1997, Ivey Management Services Version: (A) 2009-09-09 Mr. Howard Schultz, the Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation, had just given a speech on the future of the coffee industry at a well-known business school. As he left the lecture hall, he stopped at the University’s
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Nova Southeastern University Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business & Entrepreneurship Integrating Values - The Legality, Morality, and Social Responsibility of Caffeine-Alcohol Drinks Introduction The subject of this paper being presented is a specific review of how Phusion Projects, maker of the Four Loko alcoholic drink, acted between 2005 and 2010 in regards to their operation within the caffeinated alcoholic drink market. The paper will review the FTC and
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century (Tatars). To a large extent, the Mongols allowed Russians to maintain their way of life: - Slavic based languages including writing system (Cyrillic) - Orthodox religion The Russians adopted much from Asian culture and this led western Europeans to think less of the Russians Geographically Russia was isolated from the rest of Europe: - Entirely land locked (mostly) - Huge Plains of Eastern Europe prevented overland travel During these early years there were a series
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edu/centers/center-‐for-‐active-‐business-‐education/research/case-‐network.html Larry Young, President and CEO of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (DPS) seemed to be on a roll. Named 2010 Beverage Executive of the Year by Beverage Industry Magazine, he led the company through three very difficult economic years since it separated from the London-based food and beverage giant Cadbury Schweppes. Reflecting on that time, he chuckled, “There couldn’t have been a worse year to go public
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Bacteria |I | |INTRODUCTION | Bacteria, one-celled organisms visible only through a microscope. Bacteria live all around us and within us. The air is filled with bacteria, and they have even entered outer space in spacecraft. Bacteria live in the deepest parts of the ocean and deep within Earth. They are in the soil, in our food, and on plants and animals. Even our bodies are home to many different kinds of bacteria. Our lives are closely intertwined with theirs, and the health
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RESEARCH PAPER 99/14 11 FEBRUARY 1999 The Asian Economic Crisis This paper considers the economic crisis that began in the financial markets of South East Asia in 1997 and the consequences for the economies of the region and the rest of the world. The paper provides a chronology of and explores the factors that led to the crisis. An overview is given of the policy measures that the international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the IMF, have taken to deal with the crisis. Some of the
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Australasian Marketing Journal 18 (2010) 41–47 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Australasian Marketing Journal journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/amj How the local competition defeated a global brand: The case of Starbucks Paul G. Patterson *, Jane Scott, Mark D. Uncles School of Marketing, Australian School of Business, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t The astounding growth and expansion of Starbucks is outlined
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HKU759 GERALD YONG GAO JIANGYONG LU HUNG-GAY FUNG WANG’S FORTUNE TEA FROM CHINA: COMPETING FOR A NEW ARENA OF THE BEVERAGE MARKET (A) “I remember liangcha [herbal tea] being described as a sunset industry in the 1980s, when people rushed to taste foreign soft drinks and food like CocaCola and McDonald’s. I was once interviewed by the media to comment on it; I said that view was wrong. This is because the ingredients of liangcha really work to protect against climatic influences and relieve
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