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Cian, Luca

Understanding Consumer Responses to Brand Activism

Hagerty, Serena ; Cian, Luca

M-1064 | Published February 25, 2025 | 8 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

This technical note examines how consumers respond to brand activism, the growing phenomenon where brands take public stances on controversial sociopolitical issues. Drawing from recent research in ma... Read More

Dinh’s Donuts (A): Optimizing Advertising Reach

Palomba, Anthony ; Cian, Luca ; Yemen, Gerry ; Shaloudegi, Koushyar

BC-0302 | Published May 23, 2024 | 10 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In 2023, Serena Lopez, an advertising executive at Dinh’s Donuts, has to craft an advertising strategy for the donut chain’s new product, the Minty Cacao Dream donut. Lopez and her team must consider ... Read More

Dinh’s Donuts (B): Crafting Advertising Strategy

Palomba, Anthony ; Cian, Luca ; Klopfenstein, Amy

BC-0303 | Published May 23, 2024 | 12 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In this case, a follow-up to "Dinh's Donuts (A): Optimizing Advertising Reach" (UVA-BC-0302), Serena Lopez, an advertising executive at Dinh’s Donuts, must determine how to allocate the donut chain’s ... Read More

Upli: Financial Health Appiness (B)

Cian, Luca ; Yemen, Gerry

M-1027 | Published May 25, 2023 | 13 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around fi... Read More

Upli: Financial Health Appiness (C)

Cian, Luca ; Yemen, Gerry

M-1028 | Published May 25, 2023 | 5 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around fi... Read More

Upli: Financial Health Appiness (A)

Cian, Luca ; Yemen, Gerry

M-1026 | Published May 25, 2023 | 12 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This field-based case set uses qualitative and quantitative research during the early stages of app development to unfold circumstances that allow for an analysis of the problems people have around fi... Read More

Snack Time with Generation Z

Cian, Luca ; Brewster, Meade

M-1032 | Published October 18, 2022 | 2 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case set draws on a summer internship in brand management to outline potential steps in bringing a new food product to life. While there are general guidelines to the new product (brand, grocery ... Read More

The Business of Broadway: When Art Meets Business

Cian, Luca ; Eagan, Patt ; Tennyson, Tre

M-1024 | Published February 03, 2022 | 16 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

While there will always be a place in this world for “art for art’s sake,” the artistic value of creative works need not be diminished by the application of commercial considerations. In fact, the arg... Read More

Harnessing Deliberate Creativity

Cian, Luca ; Zorychta, Alex

M-1009 | Published August 02, 2021 | 7 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

This technical note is designed to introduce students and practitioners to the body of work associated with creativity and its applications for professionals and the organizations they lead. Creativit... Read More

10 Marketing Scenarios

Cian, Luca

M-1010 | Published February 26, 2021 | 2 pages Exercise

Collection: Darden School of Business

This exercise aims to provide a rich discussion around marketing research. Specifically, this exercise presents 10 mini-scenarios that could be resolved with proper marketing research techniques. This... Read More

Conjoint Analysis: Estimating Consumer Preferences

Cian, Luca ; Anik, Lalin ; Kim, Tami ; Steenburgh, Thomas J. ; Whitler, Kimberly A. ; Ferrera, Ryan ; Hills, Winfred

M-1002 | Published August 03, 2020 | 8 pages Exercise

Collection: Darden School of Business

This exercise walks students through using conjoint analysis to determine customer preferences and price sensitivity using the example of car sales. It includes steps to determine attribute levels, ho... Read More

Food Marketing

Cian, Luca ; Gibson, Madeline ; Boichuk, Jeff

M-0966 | Published August 07, 2018 | 11 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

Literature in food marketing provides many examples of implicit associations and tensions of which marketers should be aware. For example, a brand that positions its product as healthy and tasty may s... Read More

Brand Activism at Starbucks—A Tall Order?

Cian, Luca ; Parmar, Bidhan L. ; Boichuk, Jeff ; Craddock, Jenny

M-0964 | Published July 10, 2018 | 16 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In April 2017, Kevin Johnson took over the reigns as CEO of Starbucks, the iconic coffee giant. He faced a number of key decisions to keep the global retail giant competitive, but one in particular lo... Read More

Brand Activism

Cian, Luca ; Parmar, Bidhan L. ; Boichuk, Jeff ; Craddock, Jenny

M-0963 | Published June 27, 2018 | 13 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

This technical note offers students a definition of brand activism (as contrasted to corporate social responsibility) along with an explanation of the different forms that this corporate practice can ... Read More

Just: Positioned to Target Mainstream Tastes? (B)

Cian, Luca ; Yemen, Gerry ; Boichuk, Jeff

M-0957 | Published April 19, 2018 | 3 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Well suited for MBA and undergraduate marketing programs, this case uses product positioning and placement during the early growth stages of a start-up's brand in the food industry to unfold circumsta... Read More

Just: Positioned to Target Mainstream Tastes? (A)

Cian, Luca ; Yemen, Gerry ; Boichuk, Jeff

M-0956 | Published April 19, 2018 | 17 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

Well suited for MBA and undergraduate marketing programs, this case uses product positioning and placement during the early growth stages of a start-up's brand in the food industry to unfold circumsta... Read More

Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (B)

Cian, Luca ; Craddock, Jenny ; Krishna, Aradhna ; Cervai, Sara

M-0960 | Published March 01, 2018 | 6 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats' puzzling selling p... Read More

Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (A)

Cian, Luca ; Craddock, Jenny ; Krishna, Aradhna ; Cervai, Sara

M-0959 | Published March 01, 2018 | 7 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats’ puzzling selling p... Read More

Uncharted Waters at Ventoso Ship Supply: A Sensory Marketing Dilemma (C)

Cian, Luca ; Craddock, Jenny ; Krishna, Aradhna ; Cervai, Sara

M-0961 | Published March 01, 2018 | 2 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This is a three-part, disguised case series. In June 2009, Diana Zanzi was hired by Ventoso Ship Supply, an Italian sailboat manufacturer, to help them understand their boats' puzzling selling p... Read More

Aston Martin: The Crossover Conundrum

Bourgeois, L. J. III ; Allayannis, George (Yiorgos) ; Cian, Luca ; Hernandez, Morela ; Craddock, Jenny

S-0298 | Published November 27, 2017 | 31 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In March 2009, Ulrich Bez, CEO of iconic carmaker Aston Martin, was excited about the possibility of producing the world's first luxury crossover vehicle. Bez had spent months forecasting the short-te... Read More