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Case Guide
This guide shows the key concepts covered in each of the cases in both the book and the Online Learning
Centre so you can easily pick out which cases are relevant to a particular part of your course. Go to
www.mheducation.co.uk/ textbooks/jobber8 to find a pdf of this guide, and search by company,
industry or topic to find the ideal case to use.
ChapterCase
number
Case title and author Key concepts covered
1 Case 1 CocaCola versus Pepsi
David Jobber, Emeritus Professor, University of
Bradford
Market orientation, competition,
leading brands, positioning
Case 2 H&M Gets Hotter
David Jobber, Emeritus Professor, University of
Bradford
Market orientation, effectiveness
and efficiency, customer value,
fashion industry
2 Case 3 Searching for Sony's Salvation
Conor Carroll, Lecturer in Marketing, University
of Limerick
Product innovation, SWOT,
marketing environment, strategic
options
Case 4 SodaStream: Adapting itself to a Changing
Market Tom McNamara and Asha Moore
Mangin, the ESC Rennes School of Business,
France
Marketing environment,
microenvironment and
macroenvironment, political and
legal, economic, ecological/
physical environmental, social/
cultural and technological forces,
how companies respond to
environmental change
3 Case 5 Cappuccino Hotshots
David Jobber, Emeritus Professor of Marketing,
University of Bradford
Market development,
competitive positioning,
consumer choice
Case 6 Red Bull
David Cosgrove, Lecturer, University of Limerick
Buying decision process,
marketing communications,
choice criteria, social influences
on consumer behaviour
4 Case 7 Flying in Tandem: Organizational Purchasing
in the Airline Industry
Adrian Pritchard, Senior Lecturer in Marketing,
Coventry University
Characteristics of organizational
buyers, organizational market,
consumer versus organizational
buying, reverse marketing,
buyer seller relationships