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The Indian Premier League: Gauging Player Performance
Soumya Roy; Soumyadeep Kundu; Dipayan RoyExercise IVEY-W25528-EDecision Analysis, MarketingIn May 2019, a senior analyst and blogger for a market research firm decided to analyze the performance and pay of various top-rated cricket players in the Indian Premier League. Teams usually spent millions of dollars acquiring players through auctions, and on coaches and other key personnel, as well as promotional campaigns. The analyst had started following the player auctions, where bids on some players had run into millions of US dollars. He...Starting at €8.20
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Analyzing the Success of “Retailers”
Neil Bendle; Xin (Shane) WangExercise IVEY-9B15A045-EMarketingKelsey, a newly minted MBA hired by a firm that provides analysis of companies, has been given a task to present an assessment of six very different firms described by her manager as “retailers.” She has been given the performance details of these companies and is expected to quickly analyze the metrics related to the firms’ performance, such as return on assets, inventory turns and staff productivity. Her manager also wants her to assess and com...Starting at €8.20
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10 Marketing Scenarios
Cian, LucaExercise DARDEN-M-1010-EMarketingThis exercise aims to provide a rich discussion around marketing research. Specifically, this exercise presents 10 mini-scenarios that could be resolved with proper marketing research techniques. This exercise can be used as a midterm exam or an in-class exercise to summarize and discuss different marketing research techniques, along with their pros and cons.Starting at €8.20
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Exercise: Creating a Model of Consumer Behavior
Whitler, Kimberly A.; Hammerle, JudeExercise DARDEN-M-0893-EMarketingConverting myriad data into a simple, visual conceptual model is the basis for developing the ability to communicate consumer marketing insights up, down, and across the organization. This enables the marketer to persuade others of his or her analysis and helps with alignment of the broader organization. And while throughout the MBA program, students have been exposed to various models, once students graduate and enter the workforce, they will be...Starting at €8.20
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Your Professional Brand: Creating a Brand Essence Statement for Your Career
Whitler, Kimberly A.; Moore, Marian ChapmanExercise DARDEN-M-0887-EMarketingAlthough not all MBA students end up working in a marketing function and/or on a brand per se, all students will develop a professional brand, whether it is proactively built or created through happenstance. This exercise helps guide students through a process to think strategically about how to develop their professional brand at work. It is used in conjunction with a technical note that details how to build brands using a tool called the Brand ...Starting at €8.20
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Pause and Refresh: Rethinking Coca-Cola's Response to the Georgia Voting Reform Law
Whitler, Kimberly A.; Soltis, SteveExercise DARDEN-M-1020-EMarketingThis exercise is designed to give students an opportunity to develop a communications plan and press statement for The Coca-Cola Company (Coke) as it attempts to navigate the 2021 Georgia voting law controversy. Specifically, it asks students to assume the role of chief marketing and communications officer (CMCO) at Coke and recommend a communications plan, including a press statement, to fulfill their role as CMCO while living up to the brand’s ...Starting at €8.20
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FilmCast: A Conjoint Analysis Exercise
Srini Krishnamoorthy, Kyle MacleanExercise IVEY-W28489-EDecision Analysis, MarketingMaya Fonseca, the marketing analyst for video streaming service FilmCast, and her colleague Rupert Cruz had to interpret the results of a conjoint analysis conducted by their company. FilmCast was a large company, competing against Videosource and Webflickstream. The marketing analysts were debating whether it made sense to lower the price of their services and if the conjoint analysis results supported this idea.Starting at €8.20
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Focus Groups (A): Behavioral Insights Marketing Research Exercise
Reutskaja, ElenaExercise ME-8-EMarketingThis exercise is designed to enrich students' understanding of the "focus group" - a marketing research method used by organizations to generate behavioral insights. Students are asked to conduct one focus group and are given detailed guidelines and instructions on how to perform this task.Starting at €8.20
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Behavioral Experiment (A): Behavioral Insights Marketing Research Exercise
Reutskaja, ElenaExercise ME-6-EMarketingThis exercise is designed to enrich students' understanding of the "behavioral experiment" - a marketing research method used by organizations to generate behavioral insights. Students are asked to conduct one behavioral experiment and are given guidelines and instructions on how to perform this task.Starting at €8.20
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In-Depth Interviews (A): Behavioral Insights Marketing Research Exercise
Reutskaja, ElenaExercise ME-10-EMarketingThis exercise is designed to enrich students' understanding of the "in-depth interview" - a marketing research method used by organizations to generate behavioral insights. Students are asked to conduct 3-4 in-depth interviews and are given guidelines and instructions on how to perform this task.Starting at €8.20