Competitive Response

Competitive response cases focus on how a company should react to competitive threats, market disruption, or changing industry dynamics. You will assess the competitive landscape and recommend strategic responses.

Competitive Analysis Competitive Dynamics Competitive Strategy Competitive Threat Competitor Analysis Industry Analysis
Total Cases: 22
Companies: 4
Medium 19 Hard 3
Medium

HR Co

Competitive Response Market Entry Professional Services

HR Co. is a leader in the human resource outsourcing (HRO) market in the United States. The firm was an early pioneer in such services as outsourced …

15 min
Darden
50
Medium

Little Bud Co.

Growth Strategy Merger & Acquisition Consumer Goods

Our client, Little Bud Co, is a beer company in a small country in Latin America. Little Bud and its main competitor, Geineken, are the only players …

15 min
ROSS
50
Medium

MBS Co.

Profitability Financial Analysis Financial Services

Your client is MBS Co., a government sponsored enterprise (GSE), that purchases mortgages from banks, packages them into mortgage-backed securities …

15 min
Darden
50
Medium

MOOC Madness

Profitability Competitive Response Education

Our client, Greg Wilkinson, is the Dean of the business school at a mid-sized, four-year university. They are experiencing declining application rates …

15 min
Darden
50
Medium

MOOC Madness

Profitability Competitive Response Education

Our client, Greg Wilkinson, is the Dean of the business school at a mid-sized, four-year university. They are experiencing declining application rates …

15 min
Darden
50
LEK
Medium

New Vaccine

Market Entry Pricing Healthcare

Our client is a large pharmaceutical corporation, and they have developed a new vaccine that prevents low birth weight infants from contracting staph …

15 min
Chicago Booth
50
Medium

Sosland Sports

Market Entry Profitability Retail

Your client, Sosland (pronounced sauce-land) Sports, is an operator of squash centers in Sweden. The squash centers include sauna, spa, pool, gym and …

15 min
Kellogg
50
Medium

Aces Delivery Service

Profitability Competitive Response Transportation/Logistics

Our client, Aces, is a package delivery firm that operates in Country XYZ. Five years ago, XYZ's government deregulated the package delivery industry, …

15 min
Cornell
50
McKinsey
Hard

Digital fitness

Strategic Decision Growth Strategy Gym chain

DoubleSweat is a national low-end gym chain with 2,400 clubs across the U.S. They're concerned about the sky-rocketed demand for digital fitness (e.g. …

15 min
PeterK
50
Medium

E-Grocery

Market Entry Growth Strategy Retail

The client is a grocery store chain that is considering whether or not they should enter the emerging Internet-based grocery shopping/delivery market …

15 min
Harvard
50
Medium

Fast Food Restaurant

Profitability Competitive Response Consumer Goods

Six months out of HBS, a frustrated classmate calls you to complain that the fast food burger joint that he bought has been steadily losing money for …

15 min
Harvard
50
Hard

Potash Co.

Competitive Response Liquidation Decision Manufacturing

Your client is Karnalyte Resources, which is a small potash producer. On the morning of July 30th , Uralkali, the dominant Russian producer announced …

15 min
Cornell
50
Medium

Regional Jet Corporation

Profitability Competitive Response Aerospace & Defense

Regional Jet Corporation is a U.S. manufacturer of regional airplanes—airplanes with 100 seats or less. Its business consists of two types of …

22 min
Harvard
50
Medium

The Home of Gnome

Competitive Response Media & Entertainment

Our client is The Dalt Wisney Company, a diversified entertainment company known for its iconic franchises and unparalleled storytelling for the whole …

15 min
Columbia
50
Medium

The Video Store

Profitability Competitive Response Retail

Two business school classmates laud their entrepreneurship intentions and mock your interest in entering the management consulting industry. They …

15 min
Harvard
50
Medium

Vie Tire

Profitability Competitive Response Manufacturing

A tire manufacturer in Vietnam, VieTire, has been the only player in that market due to high tariffs on imports. They dominate the tire industry. As …

15 min
Harvard
50
BCG
Medium

Grocery retailer

Profitability Pricing Retail

Your client is a U.S.-based grocery retailer with $20B in sales. Their competitors offer lower prices for some product categories while maintaining …

15 min
PeterK
50
Medium

Travel Wizard

Competitive Response Profitability Transportation

The R&D team of Travel Wizard, a technology innovator, just announced that they have successfully invented a teleportation device which they plan to …

15 min
IESE
50
Medium

Travel Wizard

Competitive Response Profitability Transportation

The R&D team of Travel Wizard, a technology innovator, just announced that they have successfully invented a teleportation device which they plan to …

15 min
IESE
50
BCG
Medium

National Park Service

Competitive Response Market Sizing Non-profit

Our client is the United States Department of the Interior, which is responsible for the National Park Service ("NPS"). The NPS employs park rangers …

15 min
Wharton
50
BCG
Medium

Styrofoam Situation

Profitability Competitive Response Financial / PE

Your client is the CEO of Cup Co, a national supplier of Styrofoam cups to restaurants. While profit has been steady, she is worried about the influx …

15 min
Darden
50
BCG
Hard

Mining Competitive Strategy

Competitive Response Merger & Acquisition Energy

Our client is an Australian mining company, whose main product is Iron Ore, which it sells exclusively to China. This company is the largest producer …

15 min
Wharton
50