Using the Product/Market Growth Matrix
The student task in this activity is to classify the examples provided into one of the four categories on the product/market growth matrix (also sometimes referred to as Ansoff’s model).
Strategy and Plans
Using the BCG Matrix
In this mini-case study, students are required to allocate $250m in funds across a firm’s four strategic business units, using the BCG matrix as their primarily guide.
What’s the Best Strategy Choice?
In this mini-case study, students need to select the best growth strategies, for a producer of cheeses, from a choice of seven options.
Choose the Best Strategy
This student task is to evaluate a bank’s strengths, assess its dynamic environment, and then select the most suitable strategy direction for them to continue to expand.
Should We Broaden Our Product Offering?
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.
Benefits of Strategic Alliances
The student task is to identify the marketing benefits and risks associated, from a list of possible and actual strategic alliances.
Making a Marketing Strategy Choice
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.
What’s the Best Marketing Strategy?
In this mini case study for a manufacturer of pasta, students are faced with evaluating a choice of four strategic options – which one will they choose?
Assessing the Corporate Culture
In this task, students identify how different internal environments influence firms choices of marketing strategy.
Impact of Management Values on 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.