Write a memo to Warren Buffet — the billionaire investor and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway —and make a recommendation should increase or decrease his investment in Coca Cola (Berkshire Hathaway currently holds a little under 10% of Coca Co the memo please conduct a short industry analysis of the soft drink industry using the 5-Forces Framework. Based on this a evaluation of how profitable (relative to other industries) you think the soft drink industry will be in the medium term (say the
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