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Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate: B2B and B2C Social Media Marketing
Raymond Pirouz; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B12A057-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case explores social media marketing as both business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) strategies. In spite of a challenging real estate environment, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) was launched in 2008 by Realogy Corporation, the largest franchisor of real estate brands in the world, to maintain and grow market share with a new type of real estate company centered around lifestyle. BHGRE has grown rapidly and ha...Starting at €8.20
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Corona Beer: Ambiguous Brand Association during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20A063-EMarketingIn early 2020, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Google Trends data revealed a surge in the use of the search terms “Corona beer virus” and “beer virus” by users of the Google search engine. A survey conducted around that time also seemed to suggest that consumers were less likely to buy Corona beer, which led various major media outlets to misrepresent the accuracy of the findings regarding consumer beliefs about the association between ...Starting at €8.20
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Kanopy LLC: Growth Challenges of an Educational Video Streaming Company
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20A078-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingKanopy LLC (Kanopy) was a video streaming platform that hosted independent and documentary films for educative purposes. Founded in 2008, Kanopy had rapidly expanded to several countries. By 2017, it had more than 3,000 college libraries and several publiStarting at €8.20
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SpaceX: Starlink’s Uncertain Demand Trajectory
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B21A004-EMarketingElon R. Musk, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), was on a mission to provide people in rural and remote areas with affordable, reliable Internet access. Starlink-a constellation of 12,000 satellites to be launched into low Earth orbit (LEO)-was to provide a seamless web of high-speed, low-latency Internet access to anyone with a coordinating ground station. If revenue from the project mater...Starting at €8.20
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Moderna: In Search of a Competitive Edge in the COVID-19 Vaccine Race
Saurabh Bhattacharya; Arpita AgnihotriCase IVEY-9B21M058-EMarketing, StrategyModerna, Inc. (Moderna), a US biotech start-up, was a contender in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. On November 23, 2020, Moderna announced success in the third-stage clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine, soon after larger rival Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer), partnering with BioNTech SE, had reported the successful clinical trial results of its own vaccine. However, large-scale vaccine production was a challenge for Moderna, and its chief executi...Starting at €8.20
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Goya Foods, Inc.: Boycott or Buycott Due to the CEO's Political Stance
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B20A081-EMarketingRobert Unanue, chief executive officer (CEO) of Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic food company in the United States, came under criticism on July 9, 2020, when as an invited guest at the White House, he praised the US President. Upset community members boyStarting at €8.20
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MediaMath: Positioning a Real-Time Interface for Online Media Planning & Buying
Raymond Pirouz; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B13A014-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingMediaMath is a demand-side platform that provides a single interface from which online media buyers can buy display media advertising from multiple advertising exchanges. The company’s chief executive officer is contemplating the strategic direction of his new business after its first full year of operation. Specifically, he needs to determine which clients he should most actively pursue and how that decision will affect the strategic direction o...Starting at €8.20
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Sushilicious: Standing Out in a Crowded Field
Dante Pirouz; Raymond Pirouz; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11A035-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe founder of Sushilicious, a new sushi restaurant in California, is wondering how to make his second year in the business even more successful. His objective is to grow the current base for his restaurant with a limited marketing budget. The founder has had success building his first restaurant using a combination of social media tools and now wonders how he can build upon his current marketing strategy. Furthermore, should he franchise the Sus...Starting at €8.20