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Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad: It's A Women-Only Business
Isabella, Lynn A.; Yemen, Gerry; Mattoo, Nirja; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Wicks, Andrew C.Case DARDEN-OB-1091-ELeadership and People ManagementThe story of Lijjat offers an opportunity to challenge students to think about what a business is for. It can be used to explore students’ cultural intelligence starting point and discover what they need to learn from others who are different from them. The material lends itself to explore the concepts of missions, visions, values, strategies, and goals in the context of a highly successful business in India. For many years, members of the same f...Starting at €8.20
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Catalina Marketing Corporation: Developing a Retailer Value Proposition
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Leliveld, IngmarCase DARDEN-M-0764-EMarketingThis case tracks the relationship between Catalina, a provider of customized coupons for consumer packaged goods manufacturers, and the Meijer Stores supermarket chain. An optional instructor-only multimedia product is available featuring top company executives talking about the co-creation of this new product with a major customer. Class discussion centers on the challenges of executing a co-creation initiative in business-to-business settings. ...Starting at €8.20
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The Tata Nano: The People's Car (A)
Farris, Paul W.; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Kishore, N. Raghu; Lemley, AmyCase DARDEN-M-0768-EMarketingStudents identify promotion, price, place, segment, targeting, and positioning for marketing “the world’s cheapest car.” This case is effective for MBA, undergraduate, and executive learners studying market segmentation, pricing, cannibalization risk, pricing, and break-even sales in the face of different price and cost scenarios. Has Tata chosen the right marketing strategy? Does the Nano represent an evolution or a revolution in automobile mark...Starting at €8.20
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SVEDKA Vodka (B)
Farris, Paul W.; Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Zuckerman, IvyCase DARDEN-M-0775-EMarketingIn the second case of a three-part series, the SVEDKA founder assesses which initial decisions were most critical in the launch of his now-successful product. He also explores the new choices he faces, including changes to the distribution channels and additions to the product line. Suitable for both MBA- and undergraduate-level courses such as "Integrated Marketing Communications," the case presents opportunities to discuss pricing, target, dist...Starting at €5.74
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The Tata Nano: The People's Car (B)
Farris, Paul W.; Venkatesan, RajkumarCase DARDEN-M-0804-EMarketingIn the follow-up to the A case of the same name, this case reveals post-launch results for Tata's $2,500 car. Students learn about Tata's promotion, price, place, segment, targeting, and positioning for marketing “the world’s cheapest car.” This case series is effective for MBA, undergraduate, and executive learners studying market segmentation, pricing, cannibalization risk, pricing, and break-even sales in the face of different price and cost s...Starting at €5.74
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Cardagin: Local Mobile Rewards
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Ateya, Kelly; Harr, AdamCase DARDEN-M-0825-EMarketingCardagin, a new start-up in the increasingly competitive space of consumer/merchant apps for smartphones, is reaching an inflection point: decisions it makes at this stage can determine whether it becomes a national presence or an also-ran. The CEO needs to demonstrate the value of Cardagin's service to retailers and consumers in compelling ways. The case provides students an opportunity to analyze a new digital venture, explore expansion options...Starting at €8.20
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VinConnect, Inc.: Digital Marketing Strategy
Venkatesan, RajkumarCase DARDEN-M-0864-EMarketingThis case is used in the course elective "Big Data in Marketing." The VinConnect company helped European wineries sell their products directly by using it to facilitate the direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales model to American consumers via offers delivered in e-mail. Unfortunately, the number of purchases has not been as high as VinConnect's president had projected and the open rate for e-mails was high, so potential customers who received the offers...Starting at €8.20
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Segmentation at Sticks Kebob Shop
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Gibbs, SheaCase DARDEN-M-0866-EMarketingThis case is used in the Marketing Analytics elective at Darden. A Sticks executive team is interested in opening a second quick-service restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. But before doing so, the team wanted to gain a better sense of who were Sticks' customers, which location would attract the best customers, and how to best connect with customers. An opportunity to gather survey data presented itself. Would the demographic and psychographic assu...Starting at €8.20
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Have Text, Will Travel: Can Airbnb Use Review Text Data to Optimize Profits?
Gibbs, Shea; Venkatesan, RajkumarCase DARDEN-M-0897-EMarketingHundreds of thousands of would-be hoteliers have been popping up all around the world, hoping to rent their own homes and apartments to complete strangers through a service called Airbnb. The goal of Airbnb's aspiring hosts was to use the company's website to attract guests who were willing to pay the highest rates to stay in their homes for a short time. For Airbnb, the goal was to improve customer review performance so it could, in turn, increa...Starting at €8.20
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Tackling Low Completion Rates-A Compare.com Conundrum (A)
Venkatesan, Rajkumar; Craddock, Jenny; Brodie, KyleCase DARDEN-M-0947-EMarketingThis is the first of a three-part case series. These three cases were designed to be taught in sequence. In 2016 Andrew Rose, CEO of Compare.com, an online price comparison website for car insurance shoppers, faced a troubling problem. Completion rates for the site’s detailed online questionnaire were at an alarming low. Site visitors, increasingly accessing the site on mobile devices, were proving they did not have the time or incentive to answe...Starting at €8.20