Research Article

Examining Competitive Strategies in Growing Coffee Industry with Game Theory

Volume: 25 Number: 4 October 30, 2024
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Examining Competitive Strategies in Growing Coffee Industry with Game Theory

Abstract

The coffee market in Turkey is growing rapidly, leading to fierce competition between international, national and local coffee shops. It has become extremely important for the local economy that local businesses can compete and survive with these more institutionalized structures that also have brand advantages in competition. In this study, game theory was used as a tool to analyse the competitive strategies of companies operating in the coffee market by designing both zero-sum and non-zero-sum games. Considering that the expectations, tastes, preferences and consumption habits of the generations may be different, 1600 people were surveyed in Erzurum province by grouping them as Generation X, Y and Z according to their year of birth. Different game matrices were created with the data obtained from the surveys. The games were designed to identify the prominent strategies among coffee shops for each generation. The results showed that, regardless of generation, local coffee shops stand out from international and national coffee chains in terms of space comfort. In addition, local shops also stand out in terms of meeting consumer expectations. In order to gain a competitive advantage, local coffee shops should focus on developing strategies related to the space comfort. Developing this strategy provides opportunities for local businesses to increase their market share. It is also observed that Generation Z has higher expectations in all strategies compared to other generations.

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Supporting Institution

Bu çalışma Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi BAP Koordinasyon Birimi tarafından desteklenmiştir. Proje Numarası: 2021/022

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma için 20.05.2021 tarihinde Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etik Kurulu’ndan çalışmanın gerçekleştirilmesinde etik açıdan sakınca olmadığına dair onay alınmıştır.

Thanks

Bu çalışma Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi BAP Koordinasyon Birimi tarafından desteklenmiştir. Proje Numarası: 2021/022

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economic Theory (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

October 28, 2024

Publication Date

October 30, 2024

Submission Date

April 15, 2024

Acceptance Date

September 11, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 25 Number: 4

APA
Oral, F., Aysin, M., Çalmaşur, G., & Daştan, H. (2024). Examining Competitive Strategies in Growing Coffee Industry with Game Theory. Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 25(4), 637-655. https://doi.org/10.37880/cumuiibf.1466239

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