In this exercise, students review the key trends impacting of online retailing on traditional shopping centers and retailers. The challenge is to determine the best way forward for these traditional retailers.
This mini case study profiles the successful launch of a new photo printing firm, which has successfully tapped into the new internet and digital world, with an innovated Facebook related photo product.
In this task, students will use Porter’s Five-forces model to help analyze the book publishing industry, based on the information and data presented.
This exercise contains is a list of questions facing particular industries, where there is increased expectations on them to move to a more socially responsible position. Students need to identify the arguments for/against these positions.
This case study highlights the experience of two uni graduates have gotten themselves into a business ‘mess’. They are now at the stage of making a major dollar investment, and suddenly they’re not so sure it’s a a good idea.
In this case study, students review the new product development process for a firm and identify what they appeared to do well, and identify potential improvement areas for the future.
For this exercise, students consider the impact of culture and lifestyle changes, from the point of view of an organization that markets holiday packages and tours.
The student task in this activity is to review the examples of retailing servicescape in order to identify what the firm is trying to achieve by their particular in-store design.
The student task here is to prepare a SWOT for a bank that effectively identifies their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
With this exercise, students need to consider whether McDonald’s successfully leveraged the changing factors in the macro-environment, or whether their business operation just happened to be quite suited to this emerging environment?
