Global Marketing Managment
Please read the case study" Starbucks foray into Tea loving India" and answer the following questions:
1.Starbucks decided to enter India through a 50-50 joint venture
with Tata Global Beverages. As the case points out, the
first store was based in Mumbai. Assess Starbucks’s entry
strategy—entry mode choice, partner choice, and scope.
2. Starbucks entered India relatively late. Costa Coffee, a
major global chain based in the U.K., set up business seven
years earlier. By the time of Starbucks’s entry in the country,
Costa already operated 100 outlets. In fact, Starbucks planned
to enter India much earlier but it had to postpone its move.
Evaluate the timing decision. Does Costa Coffee have a significant
first mover advantage vis-à-vis Starbucks? If so, would
Starbucks be able to overcome it?
3. What criteria would you use for selecting future cities in
India to set up shop?
4. What marketing mix recommendations in terms of menu
and promotion would you recommend t