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Secret Formula

Disciplines:
investigative journalism
business history
biography/corporate biography

Summary

Frederick Allen's 1993 investigative history of the Coca-Cola company, covering its founding through the New Coke debacle with detailed reporting on the company's competitive practices, advertising, and corporate politics.

Core Contribution

Provided the most thoroughly researched narrative of Coca-Cola's history — including previously undocumented competitive practices and internal politics — making it the primary research source for understanding the company's rise.

Historical Influences

Frederick Allen

Intellectual Lineage

American Business History TraditionInvestigative Journalism

Allied Works

Emperors of Chocolate The Everything Store Made in America

Contemporaries & Peers

Emperors of Chocolate Barbarians at the Gate The Wal-Mart Effect

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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