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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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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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Developing the Workforce of the Future
Raveendhran, RoshniCase DARDEN-OB-1391-ELeadership and People ManagementThis fictional caselet puts you in the role of a senior company leader who has just seen data estimating that more than one in three workers worldwide may need to change their skill mix by 2030. With automation increasingly likely to displace workers and artificial intelligence making basic skills insufficient for many jobs, lifelong learning and adaptation will be essential for all. What can you do to help your employees in the short term so tha...Starting at €8.20
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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
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Transparency in Performance Management
Raveendhran, RoshniCase DARDEN-OB-1390-ELeadership and People ManagementThis fictional caselet puts you in the role of a manager who has just completed performance reviews for your employees. Some employees have given feedback that the review process needs greater transparency, and that they want continuous, real-time feedback throughout the year. You want to address your employees’ concerns, but you’re worried that the system necessary to give your employees what they say they want would make them feel more like num...Starting at €8.20
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Fostering Employee Engagement at Google Post-Pandemic: To AI or Not to AI?
Raveendhran, Roshni; Schmid, Jessica KimCase DARDEN-OB-1413-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case follows Patrice Ju, the new head of business operations for Google's People Development team, as she considers the best way to both attract the best new talent to Google and retain the talent Google already had. The COVID-19 pandemic had utterly changed the global landscape involving work, exacerbating many existing issues employees had. Coupled with "hustle culture," which glorified work and busyness and was especially prominent in the...Starting at €8.20
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Just: Positioned to Target Mainstream Tastes? (B)
Cian, Luca; Yemen, Gerry; Boichuk, JeffCase DARDEN-M-0957-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 €5.74
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Brand Activism at Starbucks—A Tall Order?
Cian, Luca; Parmar, Bidhan L.; Boichuk, Jeff; Craddock, JennyCase DARDEN-M-0964-EMarketingIn April 2017, Kevin Johnson took over the reigns as CEO of Starbucks, the iconic coffee giant. He faced a number of key decisions to keep the global retail giant competitive, but one in particular loomed large. Over the last few years, Johnson’s predecessor, Howard Schultz, had increasingly used Starbucks as a progressive platform in an attempt to influence the world around its stores, whether he was aiming to smooth out race relations in the Un...Starting at €8.20