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Tata Motors Limited: Ratan's Next Step
Biladeau, Andrew; Yemen, Gerry; Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-S-0184-EStrategySuitable for MBA, EMBA, and executive education programs, this case uses Tata Motors' move to acquire Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) from Ford to analyze a growth-through-acquisition strategy. It offers a discussion about the firm’s overall strategy to acquire instead of growing organically. The case begins when Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors, unveils the world’s cheapest car—the Nano. He had challenged the people around him to design and produce...Starting at €8.20
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Zappos.com, Inc., and the Warehouse Decision
Lenox, Michael; Weiss, Elliott N.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0227-EStrategyAmazon.com had purchased Zappos in 2009 and was making significant investments in warehouse infrastructure. By early summer 2012, Zappos, a dominant player in the crowded online retail apparel and footwear arena must decide whether to retain its warehouse complex in Kentucky, which it had maintained since 2002, or turn over the operations to Amazon. Should Zappos continue to operate as an entity external to its parent company? Or would advancemen...Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Yang: A New Way Marketing Campaign
Kim, Tami; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-M-1018-EMarketingThis field-based case follows Andrew Yang, who went from an unknown to a major competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential race. Yang’s initial rise to fame was largely owed to a group of young people who called themselves the Yang Gang. They made memes, GIFs, and music videos, had lengthy discussions about Yang’s campaign platform on Reddit, showed up at rallies, and served as small donors. This success, however, was a double-edged swor...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341-EStrategyThe evolution of the video game console industry illustrates how industry dynamics can shift and change over time, as different phases of the competitive lifecycle place different demands upon firms. Historically, different generations of video game console competition illustrate how different strategies have become dominant at different times. All these insights have implications for future strategy. How will video game console makers effectivel...Starting at €8.20
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Nintendo and the Future of Video Gaming
Harris, Jared D.; Lenox, Michael; Harrison, Katharine; Reiss, Mathew; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0341StrategyThis case presents the evolution of Nintendo’s gaming technology and discusses the history of the video gaming sector over eight generations of releases. It illustrates how industry dynamics shift over time and how different phases of the competitive life cycle place different demands upon those firms that are all vying for the top position. The case provides history and context for students to discuss an age-old question: How do firms sustain a ...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington: New Digs, New Strategy?
Lenox, Michael; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-S-0323-EStrategyWhen Brian Huseman, vice president of public policy for the Seattle-based internet retailer and technology company Amazon.com (Amazon), prepared to meet economic-development officials and community leaders from Arlington, Virginia, in the wake of the compStarting at €8.20
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Facebook: Managing User-Generated Content
Kim, Tami; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-M-0976-EMarketingReviewing content at scale had become a challenge for social media firms, and really for any business that worked to keep its public image truthful and accurate. Between public outcry and seemingly unending media investigations, government regulators were becoming increasingly concerned and putting pressure on regulators to evaluate content and privacy issues in social media. During congressional testimony in 2018, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerber...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington: New Digs, New Strategy? - Teaching Note
Lenox, Michael; Calandra, TroyTeaching Note DARDEN-S-0323TN-EStrategyTeaching note for product S-0323Starting at €0.00
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BP: Beyond Petroleum
Yemen, Gerry; Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.Case DARDEN-S-0182-EStrategySuitable for MBA, EMBA, and executive education programs, this case uses the complexities of the oil industry to set the stage to unfold a stakeholder analysis on BP’s growth and opportunity in the renewable energy sector. This public sourced case offers a discussion about the firm’s overall strategy, post Gulf Oil spill, moving forward. The case describes how within a single decade, BP had emerged as one of the largest energy companies in the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Apple (Computer) Inc: Whither the Mac?
Lenox, Michael; Harris, Jared D.; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-S-0202-EStrategyA product manager at Apple examines the past, present, and future of the PC industry in September 2011 in the wake of Steve Jobs’s resignation and HP’s announcement that it was exiting the PC industry in favor of enterprise software solutions and consulting. The protagonist thinks through current forces in the PC industry, including market share trends, mobile computing, ultrabooks, and cloud computing services-as well as the position of the Mac ...Starting at €8.20