Coca-Cola's worldwide sales as of December 31, 2011, was 26.7 billion cases. Assume the following sales distribution: Unit Case Volume Eastern Europe 20% Germany 16% Spain 14% Great Britain 12% Italy 9% France 8% Other 21% If Coca-Cola's worldwide growth were to continue at the same growth rate as it did in Germany between 1939 and 2008, when sales grew at the rate of 10.26%, its hypothetical sales in Spain in 2053 (42 years from 2011) would be approximately ▼billion cases. (Note: For this question, ignore other factors that affect sales.)

Imagine you are a manager at PepsiCo with the following scenario assumptions, would you try to convince your colleagues that introducing the new soft drink is the most profitable strategy by explaining the reasoning and theoretical analysis? Why or why not? Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are the leading competitors in the market for cola products. In 1960 Coca-Cola introduced Sprite, which today is among the worldwide leaders in the lemon-lime soft drink market and ranks in the top 10 among all soft drinks worldwide. Prior to 1999, PepsiCo did not have a product that competed directly against Sprite and had to decide whether to introduce such a soft drink. By not introducing a lemon-lime soft drink, PepsiCo would continue to earn a $200 million profit, less than Coca-Cola’s profit of $300 million. Suppose that by introducing a new lemon-lime soft drink, one of two possible strategies could be pursued: PepsiCo could trigger a price war with Coca-Cola in both the lemon-lime and cola markets.…

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Companies seek to expand their activities globally to achieve the following goals (choose the most accurate answer):   Question 12 options:   a)  To reach more consumers in world markets.   b)  To diversify.   c)  To lower their costs of production.   d)  To take advantage of the global product life cycle.   e)  To find new products and ideas in foreign markets.   f)  To take domestic product or service with global appeal to new market.   g)  All of the above.