Soft Drinks- Case Analysis
Title: Soft Drinks- Case Analysis
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 2406 | Pages: 9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Soft Drinks- Case Analysis
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 2406 | Pages: 9 (approximately 235 words/page)
In the years between 1975 and 1993, the Coca Cola Company posted an average return
on equity of 30.5%. Similarly, PepsiCo Inc. recorded an average return on equity of
21.2%. Although these figures likely include the return form non-soft drink operations
(it's difficult to tell from the available information in the Yoffee and Foley case), it is
clear that the soft drink industry is extremely profitable--profitable, that is, for
concentrate producers such as Coke and Pepsi.
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concentrate producers would no
longer be able to profit from the strategic asymmetries of the market. As of the date of
the HBS case study, this had not yet occurred and it was difficult to foresee whether or
not vertical integration would ever provide long-term value to the major players within
the soft drink industry.
Few Number of Buyers Many
Number
of Sellers
Sellers
Dominate
Buyers
Dominate
No One
Dominates
High
Trading
Risk
Few
Many