Reva: The Indian electric car
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
REVA electric car company is a joint venture between the Maini group and AEVT Inc. of USA. Other companies, world leaders in their respective fields, have also partnered with Maini and AEVT to design and develop key components for the REVA. Today, Maini is a multi-product, multi-division...
Program of equitable trade: Analysis of Nespresso
Thesis - 4 pages - Management
Since 2003, the market for hot drinks has recorded a significant drop in sales volumes, due to a transfer of purchases to other products such as fruit juices and other product formulas. This has forced the industry to put forward further innovation to attract new consumers. These developments...
Strategic analysis of the launching of the Tassimo machine by Kraft Foods Inc.
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
Kraft Foods Inc. is the second largest global brand in the food and drink sector. The group markets its products in 149 countries, representing more than 114,000 employees, and has a portfolio of 61 brands achieving a turnover of over 100 million dollars anually. Kraft Foods France, a subsidiary...
Analysis of the Perrier Company (2005)
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
For over twenty years, Perrier has retained its position as the world leader in aerated water. Despite great difficulties in the 1990s, following the case of benzene, the company was able to restore the situation in the early 2000s, including the establishment of an effective innovation strategy....
Pepsi-cola versus Coca-Cola
Case study - 24 pages - Services marketing
The PepsiCo group distributes products of different brands in 192 countries, including Pepsi, which is the primary brand of the group. The core business of Pepsi Co is the manufacture and distribution of soft drinks. Thus, the Pepsi brand ranks the second in the world in soft drinks, behind...
Nespresso
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Nespresso is a global company and is considered a true pioneer in the world. It is a benchmark of the coffee market. It is positioned effectively in high-end and strives to offer its customers the best in quality. This company is growing and has an average annual growth above 30% since 2000. It...
Case study of Unilever and Dove brands
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
In the consumer society in which we live today it is virtually impossible not to know the brand Dove. Indeed, men and women, of all ages more or less visualize this brand of body care. This brand is one of the largest producers of consumer goods in the world for the Unilever Group. Since 2004,...
Perrier fluo analysis
Thesis - 4 pages - Services marketing
Perrier is a very well known company in Europe, which is usually associated with a French style. Perrier is under the control of Nestlé water, who bought the company in 1992. Since this acquisition Perrier has tried to change its image and tried to target a younger audience, to be present...
Tibet's struggle for autonomy
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
Poised 4,900 feet above sea level, the peaceful plateau of Tibet is a land crowned by clear high skies and nestled amidst snow covered mountains and lofty peaks that throw reflections in the shimmering lakes at their feet. It is the land where all religions meet, and attracts millions of pilgrims...
Ice Cream Market of 'Gelato'
Market study - 6 pages - Services marketing
According to a study in the UK, “The ice cream sector is a major part of the UK's food economy with an estimated value of £4 billion” and “Ice cream sales contribute £1.4 bn to the UK economy” (BBC News (b) 2010). As we can observe, there is a substantial ice cream market in...
Global marketing Basis
Essay - 4 pages - Services marketing
A company that engages in global marketing focuses its resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements - the 4 PS - to create global marketing programs. Marketing, R&D, manufacturing...
The consumption market for children
Thesis - 8 pages - Services marketing
Companies looking to reach young consumers are forced to understand the viewpoint of children. Imagining the marketing approaches through the eyes of children is not easy, but good information about the target may be the key to success. Nestlé has for instance created websites where they...
Change management: the CBC case
Case study - 8 pages - Management
For this assignment, I decided to use a company which I will call CBC, and in which I did an internship for 7 months. This Swiss Group provides chocolate-based products, is present in several countries, and generates a sales turnover of nearly 3 billion €. However, this company faced strong...
Nespresso, crisis communication report: Establishment in Israel
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
For more than 20 years, Nespresso, which is a subsidiary of the Nestlé Group, managed to transform the very bitter beverage coffee, to an elegant and pleasant product thanks to its expertise on quality coffee and coffee machines as well to its efficient marketing campaigns. With the...
The position of Perrier in the soft drinks market (2007)
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Introduction In 1898 a natural spring was discovered in the Gard department in France. This water is naturally carbonated and was quickly used by the by Perrier Group in 1906. Over the years, this drink has become a commonly consumed beverage in the market for soft drinks which is also known as...
Porter's Five forces - Nespresso
Thesis - 4 pages - Services marketing
Portion-coffee is defined as single cup coffee systems, offering individual portions of freshly ground coffee. Portion-coffee systems come in several coffee machines systems like, filter, automatic, pads or capsules . In this segment, Nespresso offers hermetically sealed and colored capsules...
How to create a homogeneous culture across boundaries?
Thesis - 18 pages - Management
We have decided to study the company Unilever for several reasons. Firstly, Unilever is a European company that is one of the biggest multinational in the world. Secondly, as we have chosen to study the corporate culture of multinationals, Unilever presents a quite particular corporate culture....
Strategy marketing of the mineral water: Dasani (Coca-Cola group) in France
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
The French market for bottled water (6.0 billion liters) is ranked third in Europe in terms of volumes consumed. The water market is oligopolistic and can be described as a concentrated one. There are three main groups, first with Nestlé Waters, which represent 25.2% of the French market,...
Nespresso- Sustainable Quality Program
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Organizations seeking continual innovation of their product portfolio and processes in the quest of improving their profitability and sustaining their revenue growth, incur huge investment. Ordinarily, undertaking innovations to improve processes and products are often expensive and...
Unilever: Corporate Sustainability Report
Case study - 9 pages - Management
Sustainability has become the buzz word in many companies and industries in recent years. All major organizations operate some form of sustainability program, as there will be certification of the amount of documentation on their website. But most of them also publish their responsible attitude...
Corporate development Mergers
Essay - 16 pages - Business strategy
Created by Paul Ricard in 1939, the Ricard company, subsidiary of the Group Pernod Ricard since 1975, is a major player in the sector of drinks. It occupies the first rank in France on the market of the whisky with Clan Campbell, of premium Scotch whisky with Chivas, of Irish whiskey with...
Global strategy and policy: Hershey's case study
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
The Hershey Company, the “largest [North American] producer of quality chocolate and sugar confectionary products,” as of December 2007, had approximately 11,000 full-time employees and almost 1,800 part-time employees worldwide. Today, their company boasts of approximately 13,000...
Lesbians and butch-femme relationships
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
Homosexual relationships have existed since the beginning of time, however, acceptance of such relationships in the modern era has not been so forthcoming, as was the welcoming atmosphere in ancient Greece. Lesbianism appeared to be a somewhat accepted practice until Victorian social mores began...
Launching of the Evian bottle water in India
Case study - 38 pages - Services marketing
The objective of this report is to elaborate a marketing strategy for the launching of the Evian bottle water in India. Evian is today the best selling brand of mineral water in the world, with 1.5 billion bottles sold every year. It was acquired by the Danone Group in 1991. The company is...
Hershey Company
Case study - 21 pages - Management
Hershey Company, a United States-based snack food company has been looking to assume an international role for the past two decades. Founded by Milton Hershey over one hundred years ago, going international has proven to be quite a feat especially when it is chocolate that is the topic for...
The internationalization of the company and human resource management
Book review - 10 pages - Human resources
Today, most French companies have had the "great leap" in international markets. With increased trade and international context, the phenomenon of globalization has forced companies to open their activities abroad. Even if we can see significant differences in their degree of...
Strategy and transformation portfolio - Corporate Social Responsibility
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Over the years, organisations have continually engaged in activities that aim at improving their position and competitiveness in the market. They have been taking more considerations towards the wellbeing of the community as well as trying to improve their business models. This paper entails a...
The entrance of Swiss Lindt & Sprungli on the Finnish market
Case study - 11 pages - Economy general
Chocolate was imported in Europe in 1494 by Christophe Colomb. It was considered a medicine and then as a sweet. However, this product was used since long time by the Aztec and Mayans to fight against tiredness. In fact, chocolate has been used since V century BC. Thus, this product has become...
Cadbury on the Irish market
Market study - 18 pages - Services marketing
Cadbury Schweppes is a global confectionery manufacturer and a soft drink producer in North America. The company is the number-one worldwide for confectionery products. The company is headed by Todd Stitzer, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Sir John Sunderland, the Non-Executive chairman....
Should Lipton leaf tea enter the Brazilian market?
Market study - 60 pages - Economy general
Western Europe, Lipton's biggest market, shows a poor growth outlook in the tea market. The brand and other tea brands of Unilever are also present in other markets where the sales outlook is better, but are almost absent in Latin America with a unique presence in Chile. Nevertheless, this market...
