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Impossible Foods, Beyond Burgers, and Plant-Based Meat
Neil BendleCase IVEY-9B20A044-EMarketingIn 2019, a small investor was reviewing her portfolio mix, which included quick-service restaurants. During her research, she learned of new-product launches by two companies: Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat. Both companies produced plant-based productsStarting at €8.20
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Daily Bread Food Bank: The Adoption of Social Missions
Neil Bendle; Wendy WangCase IVEY-9B20A052-EMarketingIn February 2019, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Daily Bread Food Bank (Daily Bread) in Toronto, Ontario reflected on the charity’s strong performance in the past year. Despite Daily Bread’s success, the CEO felt there were opportunities to do more. Toronto’s food insecurity rate had been rising in recent years, and food banks across the city had been struggling to meet demand. The CEO had several potential ideas for contributing to the...Starting at €8.20
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Snap Inc.: Becoming a “Camera Company”
Neil Bendle; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A023-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn March 2018, Snap Inc. (Snap), based in Venice, California, and commonly known as Snapchat for its application that allowed users to send photos that disappeared, was looking for ways to grow its user base in the competitive social media platform industry and to differentiate itself from the other major platforms. To do this, it was trying to position itself as a “camera” company and to become relevant to a larger target market: adults aged 25 ...Starting at €8.20
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Snap Inc.: Becoming a “Camera Company” - Teaching Note
Neil Bendle; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B19A023-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B19A023.Starting at €0.00
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Unhaggle: Putting Customers in the Driver's Seat
Neil Bendle; Sarah Chiu; Justin LeungCase IVEY-9B12A014-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingUnhaggle is a business model that uses a website to link up consumers with automobile dealers. The consumer describes the sort of vehicle they are looking for and the dealers compete to serve the consumer at the lowest possible price. The case illustrates how power in a negotiation comes from supply and demand. By bringing dealers to the consumer, Unhaggle helps drive down the cost of the vehicle to the consumer while reducing the dealer’s market...Starting at €8.20
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BEworks: Experimentation in Business
Neil Bendle; Katie ChenCase IVEY-9B17A053-EMarketingIn 2016, a luxury cosmetic company approached BEworks Inc. (BEworks), a management consulting firm based in Toronto, Ontario, to gain a better understanding of its customers in an effort to develop better-tailored communications. BEworks was the world’s first management consulting firm to specialize in solutions for real-world challenges by applying behavioural economics—an emerging field that sought to understand human behaviour in the context o...Starting at €8.20
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Nouveau Event Planning: The Wedding Extravaganza
Neil Bendle; Rocky CampanaCase IVEY-9B11A042-EMarketing, StrategySince 1988, Nouveau Event Planning has been operating the largest wedding expo in Windsor, Canada, an event called the Wedding Extravaganza. In 2001, the Wedding Odyssey became the second wedding expo in Windsor, and started to pose a significant threat to the Wedding Extravaganza. Now in 2011, the owner of Nouveau Event Planning must make strategic decisions involving pricing, customer retention, and selection of an appropriate target market. Sh...Starting at €8.20
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West Ham United Football Club’s Olympic Stadium Move
Matthew Thomson; Neil BendleCase IVEY-9B11A030-EMarketing, StrategyWest Ham United was an English football (soccer) team that competed to win the right to move its games to the stadium being constructed for the 2012 London Olympics. It secured financial support from the local government and the backing of U.K. athletics. West Ham’s rival bidder, Tottenham Hotspurs, presented a strong business case for the move and required no public support. West Ham, despite this, won the right to move. The case focuses on ensu...Starting at €8.20
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Pixar Versus DreamWorks: Animating Creative Strategies
Neil Bendle; Justin Goldberg; Krystyn CoombsCase IVEY-9B12A027-EMarketing, StrategyThe CEO of the Indian animation studio Tulsi Studios Ltd. is considering approaching either Pixar or DreamWorks Animation to partner on future animation projects. The case provides a perspective on the film industry to indicate how it is rapidly changing and expanding globally, and outlines the history and past successes of the studios. The CEO must decide which potential partner to approach.Starting at €8.20
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The 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries
Neil BendleCase IVEY-9B13A003-EMarketingThe U.S. presidential primary elections represent an especially challenging decision context. The four candidates in the 2012 Florida Republican primary, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, all have strengths and weakness in the eyes of a Republican primary voter. In this case, these qualities are illustrated by the candidates’ statements and their reported actions during the campaign. The Republican primary voter must use the...Starting at €8.20