28‚ 2007 HEIDE ABELLI Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light It was February 20‚ 2006‚ in the New River coal region of West Virginia. Chris Prangel‚ a recent MBA graduate‚ had returned home a year earlier to manage the marketing operations of the Mountain Man Beer Company (MMBC)‚ a family-owned business he stood to inherit in five years‚ when his father‚ Oscar Prangel‚ the president and owner‚ retired. Mountain Man brewed one beer‚ Mountain Man Lager‚ also known as “West
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Case 1-1 Discussion Questions 1. Anheuser-Busch‚ which has been described as “an American icon‚” is now under the ownership of a company based in Belgium.. Responding to reports that some consumers planned to boycott Bud products to protest the deal‚ one industry observer said‚ “Brand nationality is all about where it was born‚ and also the ingredients of that beer and how they make the beer: Basically‚ it doesn’t matter who owns it. We are in a global world right now”. Do you agree? Students answers
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This is a reflection of the Harvard Business Review of Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat “China vs. the world”‚ HBR December 2010‚ page 94-103. Thomas M. Hout is a professor at the University of Hong Kong’s School of Business since 2002. He teaches Strategy‚ Operations and Information‚ Business Strategies for China and India and fast companies (IMBA program in Shanghai)[1][2]. Pankaj Ghemawat is the Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy at IESE (spanish: Instituto de Estudios Superiores
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Company case : Southwest Airlines – Waging War in Philly 1. How do Southwest’s marketing objectives and its marketing mix strategy affect its pricing decisions? Answer : Operating under an intensely competitive environment ‚ Southwest Airlines carefully projects its image so customers can differentiate its product form its competitors .. To successfully secure its market position ‚ Southwest needs to be extremely Cost-efficient ‚Southwest has a well defined business model that uses single
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Strategic Marketing Case Study New Directions Plc. Introduction: The case is based on the growth and decline of a high street fashion chain founded in the late 1950 ’s having a extensive distribution network (490stores) within Britain. It refers to the developments & changes taken place during a period of 13years where the company has gone through an acquisition and change of Management after 9years of explosive growth within the industry. Whereas it is understandable that the Company should
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a recent case of marketing myopia TUESDAY‚ AUGUST 31‚ 2010 Brand Update : Can Ambassador be saved ? Recently the good old Ambassador was in the news that the brand owners - Hindustan Motors is planning to relaunch /rejuvenate this heritage brand. Both the brand and company is in deep crisis with HM posting losses of Rs 43 crore last year and its networth declining by about 50%. The company plans to relaunch the Amby in a new look and is planning to entrust a design house with the task. The
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MARKETING ENGINEERING FOR EXCEL • CASE • VERSION 2.0.2 Case Forte Hotel Design By Gary L. Lilien and Arvind Rangaswamy 1. Before beginning any case‚ you should familiarize yourself with the model being used. Marketing Engineering for Excel comes with tutorials that demonstrate the capability of each model. The tutorial can be found under each model within the ME►XL menu after starting Excel. These tutorials are designed to work with our OfficeStar examples which are
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The SEC was a technology company that relies on R&D and production of high quality electronic products. During 1980s SEC produce goods for better known brands that resold them under their brands. In these period SEC did not invest on marketing activities and as a result could not create a well known brand image in the minds of consumers. The Asian Crisis in 1997 forced the company to make radical changes in the company policies in order to survive. Although aim of creating innovative‚ high premium
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CASE 46 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Strategic decisions move a company toward its stated goals and perceived success. Strategic decisions also reflect the firm’s social responsibility and the ethical values on which such decisions are made. They reflect what is considered important and what a company wants to achieve. Mark Pastin‚ writing on the function of ethics in business decisions‚ observes: There are fundamental principles‚ or ground rules‚ by which organizations act. Like the ground
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SAMSUNG SECA: REDEFINING A BRAND CASE STUDY 1. Problem Identification Samsung SECA has successfully repositioned itself from an unremarkable producer of low-to-mid-market customer electronics and computer components into a provider of stylish‚ leading-edge consumer electronics due to its shift towards digital technology. Despite efforts to redefine the Samsung brand which included aggressive promotional spending and launching of a number of high-end‚ “marquee” products‚ the old brand perception
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