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Beautific: Sanofi's Initiative to Enter the 'Beauty Drinks' Market with Coca-Cola

Ali Taleb; Jon Capus;

商品編號:9B15M082
出版日期:2015/08/31
再版日期:2017/07/27
商品來源:Ivey
商品主題:General Management/Strategy; International Business
商品類型:Case (Pub Mat)
涵蓋議題:Value chain configuration;strategic positioning;strategic alliance;industry creation
難易度:4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度:11 頁
地域:France; USA
產業:Manufacturing;
事件年度:2012

In 2012, Sanofi, a French pharmaceutical company, was considering forming a joint venture with the American soft drinks giant Coca-Cola to develop and commercialize a new line of beauty drinks, “Beautific,” which would provide health and beauty benefits to consumers. Rumours about the partnership in the press had been met with anger from Sanofi’s employees and skepticism from market analysts. It was unclear whether the initiative made sense from a strategic point of view for Sanofi. How different was the initiative from similar past projects that had been met with reluctance by consumers? What were the implications of internal dissent within Sanofi? Venturing into the beauty drinks business might signal a shift by Sanofi away from research and development-driven drugs. Would association with Coca-Cola, a company often decried for contributing to poor health, help or damage the reputation of a pharmaceutical company like Sanofi?

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