Strategic Management : Global Coffee Chain Starbucks

But at the beginning of this century affected by the economic downturn Starbucks financial growth of same-store sales and margins showed a 70% decline in net income and had experienced its first ever decline in quarterly sales (Grant, Robert Contemporary Strategy Analysis 2010). This paper will look at Starbucks’ mission statement and guiding principles

to evaluate Starbucks’ current strategies in addition to the retail coffee market as a whole. To

Starbucks is a dominant company based in the United States founded in 1971. After the current chairman Howard Schultz take over the business, Starbucks started to introduce specialty coffee beverages, food and entertainment product. In order to stabilized their position in the industry, identification of strengths and weakness, ability to define new opportunities as well as being aware of possible threats become essential.

A.   CASE  ANALYSIS       “Growing  Big  while  Staying  Small:  Starbucks  Harvests  International  Growth”     by  IAN  E  NIS  TIRYAKI                                         DATE         April  28,  2011  Thursday                                             A.  EXECUTIVE  SUMMARY   1. Situation  Overview   Globally  recognized  coffee  house  and  coffee  brand  Starbucks  has  changed  its  targeted   markets  more  towards

According to Nadler & Tushman, there are six strategic imperatives for future organizations: the need to focus the company's business portfolio; "abbreviate strategic life cycles; create 'go-to-market' flexibility; enhance competitive innovation; and manage intra-enterprise cannibalism" (Nadler & Tushman 1999). One company that is must restructure itself is the Starbucks Corporation, which has begun to eliminate unprofitable aspects of its empire and is trying to refocus its portfolio to emphasize high-growth markets. Starbucks must take an international focus, and reorganize its core competencies to suit the tastes of consumers living in high-growth markets. While Starbucks has acknowledged this need, over the next several weeks I will suggest additional methods for Starbucks to improve its financial performance and to better reframe the company's image for the international market.

Starbucks have played various roles over the last years to become the global contributor that added value to the society. The Company implemented a strategy of expanding its stores. It developed a geographical expansion of a three year strategy that targeted the areas that had favorable demographic profiles with the company's operation infrastructure. Its selection of the targeted region which served as a hub supported the goal of opening more stores. The Company oversaw the expansion process by creating zones that directed development for each region to implant its culture by opening new stores. The store launched grew steadily and more successful and in 1995 there were about 17,000 stores that fully served his customers (McGraw-Hill Companies, 1999).

Starbucks’ opportunities to expand into new markets in order to develop its global market revenues and profit shares.

Strategic Management can be defined as the art and science of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organisation to achieve its objectives (David 1999, p. 9). Strategic management therefore focuses on the activities of the organisation that contribute to the achievement of organisational success. These

As a consultant for Starbucks, it was interesting to review a multinational company that operates in 62 countries and has 19,000 stores (Starbucks Corporation, 2013). It is apparent that success lives within the offerings of high quality coffee with a 3 billion base of customers enjoying the products. The company has a strong commitment to buying and serving high-quality coffee and consumers have savored the coffee and the prestigious brand. Starbucks arsenal not only consists of the signature Starbucks brand but also goods and services under names such as Teavana, Tazo, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Starbucks VIA, Starbucks Refreshers, Evolution Fresh, La Boulange and Verismo. All of the intricacies that make Starbucks a big success also offer challenges to the company that puts more weight on an effective strategic management process.

Starbucks is a strong competitor in the service sector and a leader in the gourmet coffee industry. With a continued growth rate in store openings and maintaining successful profitability of its operations, Starbucks has demonstrated its ability to sustain a reliable and steady growth. Starbucks’ ability to contend with the vulnerability to current financial threats such as economic recession, higher interest rates, and global competition, is constantly proven by its incomparable brand image, its continual product innovations, and its exceptional customer service. This

This paper discussed about the Starbucks Corporation, the Mission and Vision statement of the Starbucks Corporation and the strategies formulated and implemented by Starbucks in maintaining competitive edge over its competitors. It also discussed about problems recently faced by Starbucks and recommendations to solve the problems and strategies for potential development of Starbucks in near future.

This case study analyzes Starbucks Corporation from a strategic point of view, our analyses revealed that Starbucks follows a focused differentiation Strategy. Starbucks has scored medium on both external and internal factors analysis with scores of (2.9) and (2.84) respectively. Despite showing strong financial position compared to its competitors, its financial performance has recently deteriorated due to the economic recession that struck in

After many years in the coffee industry, Starbucks is well on their way to achieving their vision, “a place that offers interesting coffee-related drinks in a theatrical atmosphere, pivoted around the espresso machine and become most recognized and respected brand of coffee in the world.” However, in order to maintain their position as the leader in the specialty coffee industry several obstacles have been identified. This report identifies three major issues in relation to financing, sales, and expenses and provides the most optimal strategy to surmount each issue.

Strategic management appeared as a comprehensible research filed in the 196os. Different works including the strategy and structure (Chandler, 1962), corporate strategy (Ansoff, 1965) contributed towards the fundamentals of this disciple. A lot of emphasis has also been on how companies can reach their targets, mainly with regard to profitability and competitive advantages.

Strategy formulation and implementation is an on-going, often called the “action stage” and never-ending, integrated process requiring continuous reassessment and reformation. Strategic management is dynamic. It involves a complex