Case Solutions

1. Perform a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis for Asante Teaching Hospital. What implications can you draw for the pricing strategy alternatives? What are the implications to the SWOT if the hospital continues with itemized pricing or switches to bundles pricing? The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis for Asante Teaching Hospital […]

Introduction – Toy World, Inc. Ex-Naval officer, Mr. David Dunton, started a toy manufacturing company named Toy World, Inc. The company was established with one of the ex-service friends and officers named Jack McClintock, with a 25% share of Toy World post-incorporation in 1964. Mr. David, with a 75% share of the company spearheading the […]

Introduction – Headspace The two founders of Headspace are Andy Puddicombe and Richard Pierson. Andy was a trained monk and was looking to bring meditation to the masses. He used meditation techniques to help his patients and improved the meditation practice to be shorter and more effective. Pierson was Andy’s student with a marketing background. […]

Introduction – The Wealthfront The Wealthfront is a fully automated, low-cost, online investment platform designed to target the millennial generation. Top 100 independent registered investment advisors, AUM $1.5 Bn Lack of sophisticated investing: High-quality advice came with high minimum account size and expensive fees Consumers The traditional consumers for this industry are composed of the […]

A.) Introduction & Case Synopsis PEAPOD SOFTWARE The Peapod software offers features for its customers. It allows customers to sort and locate products by brand name, price, and size. People can order anytime and even through multiple sessions. It features product by product or conceptual grouping basis, and people can add comments and special requests. […]

1) Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway is taking the acquisition of the company Geico. Highlight the market’s reaction. The point to be noted is that Geico’s stock price was 55.75% before the acquisition announcement. The price for the acquisition was $70, and about $34.25 million worth of shares were already in the firm of Warren […]

Executive Summary – Competence, Competitiveness, and Intercultural Conflict in Qatar Samir Singh, the CEO of Singh Security Systems Limited (SSSL), an Indian company and a security systems manufacturer, is venturing into Qatar due to increased competition in the domestic market. Al Zulfi, the group he chose for partnership, is a typical organization in Qatar that […]

Biopure Corp. – Overview: Biopure Corp., a privately owned biopharma firm, specializes in the purification of proteins for human and veterinary use. It entered the “blood substitutes” market through Oxyglobin for the vet market and Hemopure for the human market. Although other competitors exist in the human market segment but the source of raw material […]

1. Which, if any, of the three social media plans should Foley pursue for UnME Jeans? Why? Before deciding to pursue a particular social media plan and platform, the organization must be aware of the objectives that it wants to achieve through that plan. Thus, listing our objectives and then analyzing the options to verify which […]

Overview – RadNet, Inc.: Financing an Acquisition RadNet’s acquisition of Radiologix lies in the context of several key factors. Geographically, RadNet currently operates solely in California, while Radiologix operates in California, New York, and Maryland. The acquisition will increase the geographic diversification of RadNet and grant access to the east and west coasts of the […]

Overview – Aqua Bounty As an emerging biotechnology company, Aqua Bounty is continuing to expand with two major products in the pipeline. The first of these, a shrimp therapeutics product, Shrimp IMS, enhances shrimp’s immune system for commercial farming. Aqua Bounty plans to launch the product within 12 months with a large potential market and […]