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Case studies are an important learning strategy in business classes as they provide an opportunity for you to critically analyze events that have taken place in real-life businesses. This develops your critical thinking and research skills as you research the competition and industry in which your business resides with an end goal of formulating a recommendation for the challenges faced by the company.
Option 1:
Question 1: How has the industry in which Nike resides been doing over the last 5 years?
Question 2: What are the pros, cons, and risks associated with Nike's core marketing strategy? How have they managed to develop a strong customer relationship with their target market?
Question 3: Who are the top three competitors of Nike, and what are their advantages/disadvantages with respect to their product/service development?
Question 4: What would you recommend as being the next steps for these competitors and, subsequently, the next steps for Nike to combat these competitors?
Option 2: Cisco
Question 1: How is building a brand in a business-to-business (B2B) context different than that of a business-to-consumer (B2C) market?
Question 2: How has Cisco managed to develop a strong customer relationship with their target market?
Question 3: How has the industry in which Cisco resides been doing over the last 5 years?
Question 4: Who are the top three competitors of Cisco, and what are their advantages/disadvantages with respect to their product/service development?
Question 5: Is Cisco's plan to reach out to consumers a viable one? Why, or why not? As a marketing manager for Cisco, what would you recommend to be the next steps?
Option 3: Intel
Question 1: Discuss how Intel changed ingredient-marketing history. What did it do so well in those initial marketing campaigns? How did Intel manage to develop a strong customer relationship with their target market?
Question 2: How has the industry in which Intel resides been doing over the last 5 years?
Question 3: Who are the top three competitors of Intel, and what are their advantages/disadvantages with respect to their product/service development?
Question 3: Evaluate Intel's greatest risks and strengths as the industry moves out of the personal computer (PC) era. Identify the next steps that Intel needs to employ in order to maintain its competitive advantage.