Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Remarkable Mind: Henry (Hank) Fossey, PhD (II)
Thomas-Hunt, MelissaCase DARDEN-OB-1014-ELeadership and People ManagementFossey, a premier horticultural researcher and an expert in turfgrass science, has founded Turf Technologies, a firm that performs commercial turfgrass research. On the first contract that Fossey secured, he was paid a consulting fee of $75,000 for a six-month period. Now Fossey has been asked by Bryant of the Re-Markable Paint Co. to assist in developing an alternative formulation for removable paint that is environmentally appropriate and suita...Starting at €8.20
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Marissa Mayer at Google - Teaching Note
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa; Gethin-Jones, Meredith; Fleming, SusanTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1028TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1028Starting at €0.00
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Brandefy: Approaching Expansion with Marketing Analytics
Yemen, Gerry; Mortimer, Steven M.; Boichuk, JeffCase DARDEN-M-0962-EMarketingThis field-based case allows instructors to explore the world of data analytics with students, using Brandefy, a startup company, and its plan to expand its app into additional categories of the grocery store as a sandbox for learning. Using R (or some other statistical programming language/software, such as Python, SAS, Stata, or SPSS) and retail scanner data from 84.51˚ (https://www.8451.com/area51), the case sets the stage for instructors to e...Starting at €8.20
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Food Marketing
Cian, Luca; Gibson, Madeline; Boichuk, JeffTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0966-EMarketingLiterature in food marketing provides many examples of implicit associations and tensions of which marketers should be aware. For example, a brand that positions its product as healthy and tasty may struggle to gain traction in the market because consumers tend to associate good-tasting food with low health value, and therefore assume healthy food tastes bad. Often, consumers make purchases based on heuristics and perceptions. This note provides ...Starting at €8.20
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Just: Positioned to Target Mainstream Tastes? (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Cian, Luca; Boichuk, Jeff; Gibson, MadelineTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0956TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0956Starting at €0.00
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Remarkable Mind: Kenneth Bryant (I)
Thomas-Hunt, MelissaCase DARDEN-OB-1015-ELeadership and People ManagementBryant is the founder and CEO of the Re-Markable Paint Co., which has developed the technology for completely removable paint for athletic fields. He has identified a commercial research-development firm, Turf Technologies, run by Fossey, which has the capacity to develop an alternative formulation for removable paint that remains environmentally appropriate and suitable for artificial turf and grass. It is now time for Bryant to finalize the con...Starting at €8.20
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Stratcomm (B): Morgan G.
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa; Goldberg, RebeccaCase DARDEN-OB-1045-ELeadership and People ManagementMorgan G., a new consultant hire at Change Analytics, a budding strategic planning consultancy in the Washington, DC, area, has been referred by a colleague in the industry to meet with Jess B., CEO of Stratcomm, a certified disadvantaged business enterprise. Morgan understands that Jess is interested in meeting to craft a response to an 8(a) set-aside contract but needs to partner with another firm to complete the service offering requirements.Starting at €5.74
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Stratcomm (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Thomas-Hunt, Melissa; Goldberg, RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1044TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product OB-1044Starting at €0.00
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Just: Positioned to Target Mainstream Tastes? (A)
Cian, Luca; Yemen, Gerry; Boichuk, JeffCase DARDEN-M-0956-EMarketingWell suited for MBA and undergraduate marketing programs, this case uses product positioning and placement during the early growth stages of a start-up’s brand in the food industry to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the firm’s positioning and food marketing decisions. All products are plant-based foods distributed nationally in the United States. Seeking to target mainstream tastes and low price, tensions among the three pillar...Starting at €8.20
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Brand Activism
Cian, Luca; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Boichuk, Jeff; Craddock, JennyTechnical Note DARDEN-M-0963-EMarketingThis technical note offers students a definition of brand activism (as contrasted to corporate social responsibility) along with an explanation of the different forms that this corporate practice can take. Specifically, students are introduced to the concepts of both progressive and regressive brand activism, in addition to the different causes the activist efforts may champion, whether social, legal, or environmental, to name a few. In order to ...Starting at €8.20