This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Darden University of Virginia (USA)
-
Philip Morris USA: Life After the Master Settlement Agreement (A)
Moore, Marian Chapman; Wicks, Andrew C.; Powell, Elizabeth A.; Correll, BrookeCase DARDEN-S-0157-EStrategyWhen Philip Morris USA (PMUSA) president and CEO Michael Symanczyk took office in 1997, he began to re-envision how to take his company forward in the midst of public outrage over the negative health consequences related to smoking, especially among youth. The case reviews the social and economic history of tobacco and smoking in the United States and provides context surrounding the crisis related to the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between...Starting at €8.20
-
Land O'Lakes: The Search for Growth
Moore, Marian Chapman; Liedtka, Jeanne M.; West, MimiCase DARDEN-S-0248-EMarketingThis field-based case is one of three available case-based simulations that can be used as the basis for a multisession course on design thinking (alongside “Design Thinking at Arena Industries: Designing an Employee Wellness Approach” [UVA-S-0240] and “Design Thinking at Trenton State College: Designing a Faculty Retirement Experience” [UVA-S-0241]). A teaching note for all three cases, “Design Thinking Course Module (TN)” (UVA-BP-0550TN), offer...Starting at €8.20
-
Green Ox
Moore, Marian Chapman; Wilcox, Ronald T.; Henderson, GeraldineCase DARDEN-M-0722-EMarketing”Green Ox” was written specifically for a midterm exam in an MBA marketing management class. Rather than focus on one particular concept or issue (e.g., segmentation, product line depth), the case challenges students to develop a marketing strategy for a food and beverage manufacturer’s new line of sports beverages, which contain beneficial antioxidants. Focal decisions include choosing a segmentation scheme(s) and a specific target segment(s) an...Starting at €8.20
-
Wheaties: Reinvigorating an Iconic Brand (A)
Moore, Marian Chapman; Weinberg, AdamCase DARDEN-M-0828-EMarketingThis case series is taught in Darden's course elective, Managing Consumer Brands. In the spring of 2008, the marketing editor for Wheaties was getting ready for a meeting to discuss ideas about how to reinvigorate one of the most iconic and well-known cereal brands in America, which over the preceding few years had experienced a steady decline in market share. The only limitation the manager would impose was that any new product could not replace...Starting at €8.20
-
Wheaties: Reinvigorating an Iconic Brand (B)
Moore, Marian Chapman; Weinberg, AdamCase DARDEN-M-0829-EMarketingThe marketing manager and the Wheaties brand team launched a line extension they believed would bolster the legendary brand. Wheaties FUEL, a ready-to-eat cereal targeted specifically toward men and designed to help users "Prepare to Win" was introduced to consumers in September 2009, with a 360-degree campaign utilizing television, print, online, and in-store promotions to build awareness. By gaining buy-in early on from Peyton Manning, Kevin Ga...Starting at €5.74
-
Altamar Brands and Absinthe: Feeding "the Green Fairy"
Moore, Marian Chapman; Correll, BrookeCase DARDEN-M-0844-EMarketingIn May 2007, Altamar Brands signed a contract to represent Kübler Absinthe in the United States. The next month, U.S. consumers greeted the news of absinthe’s legalization with abandon. Industry veterans had never before witnessed as high a level of consumer awareness and demand as what preceded the reintroduction of absinthe. After much-heralded product introductions in five major markets, Kübler’s CEO found himself with a time-sensitive opportu...Starting at €8.20
-
ZYRTEC: Responding to Allegra
Moore, Marian Chapman; Bergqvist, Karin; Li, AngelaCase DARDEN-M-0847-EMarketingIn April 2010, the ZYRTEC brand manager at Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare, learned that Sanofi’s Allegra, the leading brand in the prescription antihistamine category, was anticipated to secure over-the-counter (OTC) approval by spring 2011. With the recent successful launch of ZYRTEC Liqui-Gels, ZYRTEC was poised to overtake Merck’s Claritin, the leader in the OTC antihistamine category. The case asks students to recommend how a ...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
Kalashnikov: What's in a Name? (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Isabella, Lynn A.; Moore, Marian Chapman; Yemen, GerryTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0697TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0697Starting at €0.00
-
Green Ox - Teaching Note
Moore, Marian Chapman; Wilcox, Ronald T.; Henderson, GeraldineTeaching Note DARDEN-M-0722TN-EMarketingTeaching note for product M-0722Starting at €0.00