What is Marketing at McDonald’s?
In this activity, students review an overview of McDonald’s in their early days to identify the reasons for their success and the importance of marketing in their overall performance.
In this activity, students review an overview of McDonald’s in their early days to identify the reasons for their success and the importance of marketing in their overall performance.
In this exercise, students assess the for and against of a franchised food retailer broadening their product range, as the proposed move has both opportunities and substantial risks.
This is a mini case study of a hypothetical toy manufacturer (Fun 4 U) that is faced with two distinct marketing strategy choices. The student task is to determine, based on the information available, the best approach for the firm.
The student task is to review survey results of attitudes towards moving to a cashless society and identify how retailers will be able to benefit from this emerging opportunity.
In this task, students identify how different internal environments influence firms choices of marketing strategy.
The student task is to identify whether the management style of the CEO would influence the firm’s decision to pursue new products. In order to illustrate the influence of top management values, the profiles of four different CEOs are presented.
For this exercise, students act as consultants brought into a large firm with the goal of shifting the firm’s corporate culture in order to improve its level of marketing orientation.
In this role-play exercise, students take the role of the CEO and other stakeholders. How will they balance all the conflicting needs and demands?
For this exercise, students identify the competitive set for a manufacturer of instant coffee (such as Nestle’s). The aim of this activity is to think beyond just me-too competitors.
In this exercise, students need to evaluate how well this manufacturer is progressing with their retailer relationships (in its micro-environment).