Great Ideas for Teaching Marketing
Ideas and resources for teaching marketing
Preferred format: This teaching activity is designed for small groups of students to discuss aggressive competitive strategies, particularly on a head-to-head basis.
Student audience: This exercise is more suitable for students of marketing strategy.
Exercise time: The group discussion time should be around 10 minutes, plus additional time for an overall class discussion.
Preferred format: This teaching activity is designed for small groups of students to discuss the marketing mix implications of the consumer products classification scheme.
Student audience: This exercise is more suitable for students of introductory marketing.
Exercise time: The group discussion time should be around 15 minutes, plus any additional time for an overall … See the full activity...
Preferred format: This teaching activity is designed for small groups of students to discuss the value of the consumer products classification scheme.
Student audience: Could be run with any level of marketing student, perhaps more suitable for students of introductory marketing as well as students of marketing strategy.
Exercise time: The group discussion time … See the full activity...
In February 2012 the Pepsi Next product was launched into the US market. This case study provides students with an interesting insight into PepsiCo’s new product process and some of the challenging decisions that they faced along the way.
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Pepsi Next was launched by PepsiCo into the US market in February 2012, and … See the full activity...
This mini case study profiles the successful launch of Winkiwoo, a new division of a photo printing firm, which has successfully tapped into the new internet and digital world, with an innovated Facebook related photo product.
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A company from regional Australia (called Winkiwoo) has experienced tremendous success with their innovative Facebook photo books product. Surprisingly, the new-to-the-world product, which … See the full activity...
The table below highlights a firm that has dramatically increased its profitability in a few years. But they have focused on a short-term, not long-term, basis and you need to determine what impact this may have.
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| Year 0 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |
| Sales | 20m | 19.50m | 18.6m | 16m |
| Costs | 5m | 4.75m | 4.6m | 4m |
| Operating profit | 15m | 14.75m |
The following points are Apple’s own description of aspects of their corporate strategy, as presented in one of their public documents. Review the points in order to identify the role of their strategic capabilities.
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Aspects of Apple’s corporate strategy, in their own words:
The following statement was released by Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple. Although it was not described as a mission statement, it has been effectively framed as one. Your task here is to review it and determine what it indicates about Apple and their future direction.
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The statement made by Tim Cook of Apple:
We believe that we’re on … See the full activity...
In 2005, Coca-Cola introduced Coke Zero, a zero calorie version of their flagship product. This product did extraordinary well, but what launch and implementation challenges did they face?
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Coca-Cola first ventured into the diet soft drink market in the 1960’s with their Tab brand. In 1982 they broadened the Coke brand for the first time and launched Diet … See the full activity...
Gillette has long been the leader in the razor market. However, to maintain their position they have had to make some tough decisions along the way. Review the following situation – if you were the CEO, would you have made the same decision?
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Gillette has always prided their firm on razor technology innovation. Therefore, it was no surprise two … See the full activity...
Use Porter’s Five-forces model to help analyze the book publishing industry, simply based on the hypothetical information and data presented below.
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The book publishing industry in Australia
When Proctor & Gamble entered China, around 25 years ago, they adopted a glocal strategy, whereas their major competitors adopted a multinational strategy. This approach has proven to be quite successful in the long-term, but was this the best approach?
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Procter & Gamble is one of the largest businesses in America. Their major brands include: Gillette, Duracell, Olay, Oral-B, … See the full activity...
In recent years, a number of Australian universities have expanded into international markets (particularly in South-East Asia), usually utilizing a strategic alliance with an existing local college. But strategic alliances are designed to provide mutual benefits, is this the case here?
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Australian universities are faced with a mature education market in Australia. While there are changes in preferences for … See the full activity...
After significant success in the local market, the company is looking to market to the more affluent markets in Asia markets. But the question is how they should do this? Which option would you recommend from the list below?
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“Full of Fun” fruit juices are a novel range of drinks primarily targeted at children aged 4 to 12 years … See the full activity...
A chain of well-known surf wear stores is considering expanding to international markets, but they are unsure whether this is a good idea for their business – can you help them decide?
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Britney:
Thanks everyone for coming to the meeting. As you know, the company has been considering international expansion and I would just like to gather your … See the full activity...
This activity is based on a chain of fitness centers. They want to increase their ongoing level of promotional activity, but are unsure how best to promote themselves in the marketplace. Therefore, this activity requires you to determine the most appropriate promotional strategy (given the information in the following case study).
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Fitness Fast currently consists of eleven fitness centers … See the full activity...
After setting the overall promotional budget, the next task is to allocate it across various media options. In this activity, you need to allocate the overall promotional budget (of 100 points, for a three month campaign) to help support the launch of a new computer game console (that is, in competition with Sony PlayStation and Xbox).
(Note: The … See the full activity...
One of the initial decisions that firms need to make is whether their promotional strategy should have a ‘push’ or a ‘pull’ emphasis (or indeed a mix of both). Below is a brief discussion between some business managers negotiating the merits of each approach.
Using the information contained within the discussion, decide whether the type of firms listed at the … See the full activity...
In this activity, you need to help a bank decide the most appropriate IMC tools mix for a major launch of a new innovative credit card. There are many possible promotional tools to choose from. Try to integrate the campaign across the various elements.
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Prime time TV |
Local newspapers |
Buses |
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Daytime TV |
Specialist newspapers |
Bus shelters |
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This case study outlines the strategic plan for Thompson-Smith, a fictitious retailer in Australia with multiple brands (retail formats). Your task is to evaluate each of their strategy initiatives. In other words, to what extent do you agree with their five strategic priorities?
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Thompson-Smith is one of Australia’s largest retailers. They have around 1,000 different stores, across five … See the full activity...
