What Makes a Good Merger? An Analysis of Merger Efficiencies in the U.S. Bottled Water Industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Bottled Water ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
The U.S

Bottled Water Industry in Brunei Darussalam: The Unregulated Sector?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-165
Keyword(s):  
Bottled Water ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Available Water ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Water Companies ◽  
The Government

Brunei is seeing a proliferation of bottled companies established in the country in the last decade, driven by cheap water supplies, easily available water filtering systems and demand by the public. This research found 16 ‘companies,’ ‘producing’ and distributing over 34 brands of bottled waters in the country. Since bottled water industry is ‘popular,’ it is necessary to understand how the industry is being monitored and regulated by the government as it involved products consumed by the public. Since most of the bottled water companies use water drawn from the pipes supplied by the government, it is also important to understand how the government is protecting, monitoring and regulating this valuable resource from exploitation. This paper is a preliminary research on the bottled water industry in Brunei Darussalam.

Rhetoric and propriety judgments: reflections from bottled water

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Gauthier ◽  
Jeffrey A. Kappen
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Primary Contribution

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the rhetorical strategies used by organizations in support of propriety judgments concerning their products. Design/methodology/approach The approach taken entails discourse and rhetorical analysis of texts produced by leading firms in the bottled water industry, and by the industry’s trade association, surrounding issues of sustainability. Findings The analysis reveals rhetorical strategies invoked by firms to legitimate their economic, environmental and social performance. Research limitations/implications This paper’s primary contribution is to research that informs the discursive aspects of legitimacy. As well, this study contributes to our nascent understanding of the microfoundations of sustainability. Originality/value Our knowledge of how organizations use different discursive strategies in support of legitimacy is relatively underdeveloped. By examining rhetorical strategies used in support of propriety judgments concerning organizations’ environmental, social and economic legitimacy, this study begins to fill gaps in our understanding.

scholarly journals Consumer Orientation and Competitor Awareness on Firm Performance in the Bottled Water Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
James Ichoroh
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Theoretical Implication ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Consumer Orientation

Purpose:  To assess the Influence of strategic positioning indicators namely customer orientation and competitor awareness on firm performance in the bottled water Industry, with sector standards as a moderating variable. Design/Method/Approach: This study adopted a quantitative methodology and cross-sectional explanatory study design of which a sample of 424 licensed bottled water firms were randomly selected. Structured questionnaires were distributed to the managers and a factor analysis was used to reduce the number of variables and establish the underlying constructs, while the analysis of moments of structures was applied to develop theory. Findings: It was found that there exists a positive and significant relationship among consumer orientation and competitor awareness on firm performance. The moderating effect of water sector standards on consumer orientation and firm performance was found to be statistically significant and operates fully or in part as a mediating variable in predicting the influence of competitor awareness on firm performance. Theoretical Implication: This study concluded that to enhance firms’ performance measured in terms of growth, there is need to manage and sustain consumers’ needs based on gender and age preferences, buying behavior as well as conducting market analysis and have internal capability to retaliate. Originality/Value: This study will not only add value to the existing body of knowledge in strategic management, but will also address the application of strategic position to improve firm performance. Research Limitations/Future Research: Since the study was quantitative, there was risk of omitted variable and nonresponse bias, limited access to performance data and lack of previous research on the subject. Future research should extend to other categories of firms which have diverse decision processes and purchase intentions amongst consumers. Paper type: Empirical

scholarly journals La industria del agua embotellada en Europa, siglos XIX-XX. The bottled water industry in Europe, XIX-XXth centuries

2014 ◽  
pp. 108-124
Author(s):  
Margarita Vilar-Rodríguez ◽  
Elvira Lindoso-Tato
Keyword(s):  
Bottled Water ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Per Capita

Desde un punto de vista histórico, la industria del agua embotellada ha pasado de ser un apéndice del negocio balneario a convertirse en una de las actividades más importantes de la industria alimenticia en Europa. Este trabajo persigue dos objetivos básicos. Primero, conocer las diferentes etapas de la historia empresarial del agua envasada y la configuración de los grandes grupos empresariales que dominan el mercado actual. Con este fi n, se aporta nueva información estadística sobre la producción y el consumo de agua embotellada desde una perspectiva de largo plazo y se reconstruyen las historias empresariales de las principales marcas de agua envasada de Francia, Italia y Alemania, grandes líderes del mercado. Segundo, se analiza el sector de las aguas embotelladas en España, un país que en las últimas décadas ha conseguido escalar posiciones de manera espectacular en el ranking europeo, tanto en términos de producción como en consumo per cápita.

Water reuse for the bottled water industry

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
E. Ramírez Camperos ◽  
L. Cardoso Vigueros ◽  
V. Escalante Estrada ◽  
A. Gómez Navarrete ◽  
A. Rivas Hernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Reuse ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Residual Chlorine ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Special Equipment ◽  
Ph Adjustment ◽  
Green Areas

The bottled water industry uses a machine specifically designed for the washing of its containers (19-L capacity) and generates 6-L wastewater/container. This effluent can be used for watering of green areas and car washing. The objectives of the present work were to characterize the effluent and to propose a specific treatment to enable reuse of the effluent from the container washing machine. The analysis of water quality identified the following problems: high pH (10.0), high biochemical oxygen demand (50 mg/L), high concentration of free residual chlorine (3.15 mg/l), alkalinity (207 mg/l as CaCO3) and hardness (38.8 mg/l as CaCO3). These parameters must be reduced in order to comply with the Mexican standards for water reuse (NOM-003-ECOL-1997), and to protect the washing equipment against corrosion and incrustations. The water can be used for the watering of green areas after pH adjustment and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5) removal. If special equipment is used for car washing, it is necessary to reduce the concentration of calcium and magnesium using a strong cationic resin. Following these recommendations the specific industry installed a treatment system with pH adjustment, dual filtration (sand-anthracite) and adsorption system with activated carbon. The effluent is now used for watering of green areas and for car washing with garden hoses.

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