Mountain Man Brewing BADM 5400 10/16/2013 1. What is Chris considering doing and what factors will he have to align to be successful? What goal should MMBC (Chris) have? Chris is not happy about the declining sales that Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC) is beginning to witness for the first time in their history. He wants to reverse the situation and keep the brand a regional leader in the U.S. East Central Region. He would like to launch Mountain Light beer with the hopes
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Mountain Man Brewing Company was an independent‚ family owned brewery which produced the Mountain Man Lager‚ a beer known for its authenticity‚ quality and toughness. It had a distinctive bitter flavor‚ slightly higher than average alcohol content and was considered a strong working man’s beer. It was rated the “Best beer in West Virginia” for 8 straight years. It was also rated as the “Best beer in Indiana”‚ “America’s championship lager”‚ “Best known regional beer” and the “West Virginia beer”
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craft brew market and maintain its market share‚ NBB must explore creative and innovative marketing strategies to outperform its rivals. Background and Case Summary A bicycle tour in Europe combined with an unquenchable passion for Belgian-style home brewing‚ lead Jeff Lebesch to found the nation’s third largest craft brewery‚ New Belgium Brewing (NBB). In 1991‚ the start-up company began commercial operations in the basement of Jeff and his former wife‚ Kim Jordan’s Ft. Collins‚ Colorado home.
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Mountain Man Light‚ a "light beer" formulation of Mountain Man Lager‚ in the hope of attracting younger drinkers to the brand. However‚ he encounters resistance from senior managers. Mountain Man Lager ’s brand equity is a key asset for Mountain Man Brewing Company. The question is whether Mountain Man Light will enhance it‚ detract from it‚ or irreversibly damage it. Learning Objective: To explore brand equity: its creation and using brands as platforms for growth; the risks and benefits of a product
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Carbonated Soft Drink‚ Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal and Specialty Coffee Industries Using Porters Five Forces Michael Porter’s framework describes an industry as being influenced by five forces: buyer power‚ supplier power‚ threat of substitutes‚ threat of new entrants and the degree of rivalry between existing firms within the industry. A strategic business manager can use Porter’s model to more clearly understand the industry environment in which its firm operates and to therefore develop a competitive
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------------------------------------------------- Case 2: Mountain Man Brewing Company Prepared for: Marketing 181 Date: February 9‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Question 1: There are many factors that have enabled MMBC to create a strong brand. These include: taste‚ perceived quality‚ image‚ tradition‚ and authenticity. Taste is achieved through a selection of rare Bavarian hops and unusual strains of barley creating a defined Mountain Man quality. In addition
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New Belgium Brewing: Environmental and Social Responsibilities New Belgium Brewing Company’s (NBB) mission statement is “to operate a profitable brewery which is socially‚ ethically and environmentally responsible‚ that produces high quality beer true to Belgian brewing styles.” Does New Belgium’s mission statement make an ethical stance for the business? Does it even have any bearing on the products and their beliefs? It seems to when it comes to operating a profitable business and the “green”
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MIS 5000 Case (From Stairs p.34) Coors Ceramics Revamps Information Systems Coors Ceramics was spun off from the Adolph Coors Company in December 1992. Today‚ the company is one of the leading suppliers of ceramic materials and components to the semiconductor and laser industries anndd has developed a worldwide reputation for quality and precision. Coors’ old information system took as long as two days to process new orders. Because of delays and inaccuracies in processing; there
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Communicating CSR: Case Study of Japanese Food Industry Kaori Takano1 1 School of Business Administration‚ Fort Lewis College‚ USA Correspondence: Kaori Takano‚ School of Business Administration‚ Fort Lewis College‚ Durango‚ CO 81301‚ USA. Tel: 1-970-247-7060. E-mail: kaoringcun@yahoo.com Received: February 19‚ 2013 Accepted: March 18‚ 2013 Online Published: April 14‚ 2013 doi:10.5539/ijbm.v8n9p111 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v8n9p111 Abstract This study examines how
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Case # 4 South Delaware Coors‚ Inc. 10/28/2008 Problem Statement Which research studies should Larry ask Mason and Associates to complete? Upon consideration of the research study results‚ is this new business venture a go? Alternatives Larry has several different options to choose from with respect to research studies that can be completed. As long as he stays at or under his $15‚000 budget he can request that any combination of studies be completed by Mason and Associates
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