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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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Textiles Nacionales S.A.
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-08-033MarketingDon Roberto Agostini reflexionaba muy preocupado sobre la situación actual de la empresa. Sin duda producir telas y venderlas no era igual que antes, había una gran complicación con los despachos y con los inventarios y para colmo de males los clientes estaban cada vez más desleales… “ya conozco a muy pocos de ellos”, decía frecuentemente.Starting at €8.20
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LAN Airlines
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-07-015MarketingLAN, exitosa línea aérea chilena con operaciones locales en varios países de la región, se encuentra con varios problemas en 2006. El terrorismo, a partir de los ataques en septiembre de 2001, el alza significativa del precio del petróleo, y últimamente la entrada de nuevos tipos de competidores que tienen una estrategia ?low-cost?. LAN debe decidir cómo enfrentar a estos competidores que le están haciendo daño en los vuelos cortos ?de menos de c...Starting at €8.20
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Quatro (A): Lanzamiento en Chile
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-005AMarketingA principios de 1996, Coca Cola buscaba una nueva bebida para lanzar en Chile con el objetivo de generar un volumen incremental rentable a costa de algunos productos de la competencia. Habían escogido a Quatro, una bebida diferente con sabor a pomelo, que había tenido éxito en Argentina y Colombia. Se preguntaban si el lanzamiento que habían preparado para Chile podía alcanzar resultados similares.Starting at €8.20
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Quatro (B): Resultados y Re-Lanzamiento
Martínez, J.Case ESE-DC-C-ES-05-005BMarketingLa bebida Quatro fue introducida con éxito por Coca-Cola Co. en el mercado chileno a fines de 1996. Luego del ?boom? del lanzamiento, varios integrantes claves del equipo que lanzó Quatro fueron promovidos, por lo que personas ajenas al proyecto tomaron a su cargo la marca y su desarrollo. El nuevo equipo realizó cambios en el posicionamiento de la marca en los siguientes años, que arrojaron una caída en las ventas. Debido a lo anterior se decidi...Starting at €5.74