core competencies:

“According to Prahlad and Hamel, core competenties lead

to development of core products. Core products are not directly sold to end
users, rather, they are used to build a large number of end-user products.”
Source: http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/core-competencies/

Cadbury Schweppes:

Cadbury Schweppes manufactures, markets and distributes a

wide variety of confectionery and beverage products. Cadburys and Schweppes
merged in 1969 and, since then, the company has developed a series of strong
brands including Dr Pepper and 7-Up in theUSA, and Orangina, Oasis and
Cadbury’schocolates in Europe. With the recent acquisition of Adams chewing gum
and confectionary brands the company currentlyemploys over 50,000 people
worldwide in fiveglobal business units

Cadbury Schweppes’ core purpose is ‘to work together to create

brands that people love’. Its objective is to grow shareholder value over the long
term. It has achieved this during the last twenty years through its strategy of organic
growth combined with the acquisition anddisposal of companies.

Source:http://www.article13.com/CBI/CBI%20CSR%20Case%20Study_Cadbury
%20Schweppes_Nov2004.pdf

critical success factors:

critical success factors refer to "the limited number of areas in

which satisfactory results will ensure successful competitive performance for the
individual, department, or organisation” (Rockart and Bullen, 1981).  Identifying
CSFs is important as it allows firms to focus their efforts on building their capabilities
to meet the CSFs, or even allow firms to decide if they have the capability to build
the requirements necessary to meet critical success factors (CSFs).
source:http://www.coursework4you.co.uk/essays-and-dissertations/critical-success-
factors.php
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