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C-Power: Harnessing the Power of the Ocean
Wilcox, Ronald T.Case DARDEN-M-1034-EMarketingDespite the predictability and power of wave energy, by 2022, there was not a single industry-standard technology for converting wave energy to electricity. A new company, C-Power, had developed a product designed to generate levels of power from wave energy that could compete with solar, wind, and fossil-fuel power sources. In 2016, it began a contract with the US government to develop a reliable wave-based power source for deep-sea fiber-optic ...Starting at €8.20
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J. C. Penney: The "Think Big" Strategy
Farris, Paul W.; Thompson, Sylvie; Wilcox, Ronald T.Case DARDEN-M-0841-EMarketingThis case is used in Darden's required EMBA first-year Marketing course. It can also be used in course modules covering Pricing or Brand Management. In the case. a financial analyst considers a presentation by an investor in J. C. Penney and the implications of the company’s turnaround strategy. This case provides an alternative approach to the market positioning discussion in the two-part case, “J. C. Penney: Reinventing Fair and Square Deals (...Starting at €8.20
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J. C. Penney: Reinventing Fair and Square Deals (A)
Farris, Paul W.; Wilcox, Ronald T.; Thompson, SylvieCase DARDEN-M-0835-EMarketingThe new CEO and the new president of the J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP), invigorate the company with a new pricing strategy based on “Everyday Fair Prices.” Is the initial market reaction an indication of likely success? This first part of a two-part case contextualizes the initiative and provides a means of exploring differentiation in an evolving market.Starting at €8.20
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Parsons Brinckerhoff: The Second Avenue Subway (C)
Wilcox, Ronald T.; Santos, Carlos MichaelCase DARDEN-M-0795-EMarketingCan a company base a major proposal on its good reputation, history with the client, and a perspective that differs from that client’s own? Emphasizing both its engineering capability and 80 years’ experience, Parsons Brinckerhoff spends one year and $1 million preparing a proposal to build a $17 billion subway line. Competition from four equally qualified firms is stiff, but PB is sure its history and top-level Metropolitan Transit Authority con...Starting at €5.74
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Retail Relay (C)
Wilcox, Ronald T.; Venkatesan, RajkumarCase DARDEN-M-0868-EMarketingThis short case serves as an epilogue to the A and B cases. Specializing in local organic meat and produce, Retail Relay has developed a new business model for online grocery shopping and delivery. Relay could tell from its customer-level purchase data that many of its existing customers were purchasing some grocery products from other vendors. Relay therefore developed a heuristic to categorize customers as active or churned. It could then explo...Starting at €5.74
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J. C. Penney: Reinventing Fair and Square Deals (B)
Farris, Paul W.; Wilcox, Ronald T.; Thompson, SylvieCase DARDEN-M-0836-EMarketingIn this second part of a two-part case, the results of an innovative new pricing strategy for a venerated department store are reviewed and its positioning going forward is explored.Starting at €5.74
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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005-EMarketingIn mid-1993 a husband and wife start up a new family business importing "comfort shoes", a special type of shoe that is very comfortable but relatively highly priced and somewhat unusual and unfashionable in appearance. The case describes the various direct marketing actions they undertake, detailing the costs of each and the sales achieved, and formulates various options for marketing actions to be carried out in 1995. This case was winner of th...Starting at €8.20
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Spainsko
Parés C.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1005MarketingA mediados de 1993, un matrimonio pone en marcha una nueva empresa familiar dedicada a la importación de zapatos tipo «comfort shoes». Es un tipo de zapato muy cómodo, de precio relativamente elevado pero con una estética algo peculiar y fuera de lo común. El caso describe con detalle las distintas acciones de marketing directo desarrolladas, así como los costes y resultados de venta alcanzados con cada una de ellas, y plantea distintas opciones ...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-663-EMarketingPuig Doria is a prestigious Barcelona jeweler that produces and sells the jewels designed by its founder, Josep Maria Puig Doria. Following several relatively fruitless attempts to export its jewels, the company has finally made contact with C. Itoh, a large Japanese trading company, which offers the possibility of exporting to Japan. After some sizing-up and testing operations, the Puig Doria directors ask themselves what action plans they shou...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria
Martincich, M.; Parés Canalias, Francisco; Renart, Lluís G.Case M-663MarketingPuig Doria es una prestigiosa joyería de Barcelona, que produce y vende las joyas diseñadas por su titular, Josep Maria Puig Doria. Tras diversos intentos, relativamente infructuosos, de exportar sus joyas, la empresa ha entrado finalmente en contacto con C. Itoh, una gran empresa trading japonesa, quien le ofrece la posibilidad de empezar a exportar a Japón. Tras varias operaciones de prueba y tanteo, los directivos de Puig Doria se preguntan qu...Starting at €8.20