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Hou, Young
What’s Up with WhatsApp in 2024
S-0472 | Published July 25, 2025 | 11 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
October 2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of Facebook’s landmark acquisition of WhatsApp for $22 billion. Founded in 2009, WhatsApp allowed “unlimited free text-messaging and picture sending between... Read More
Activist Investors and Corporate Strategy
Hou, Young; Kalogeropoulos, Demitri
S-0458 | Published July 21, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In the 2020s, the number of activist investor challenges rose significantly. Activist investors demanded a range of strategic changes at the companies they targeted, and they often attacked large, wel... Read More
Walmart Inc., Amazon.com, and the Future of Retail
Hou, Young; Kalogeropoulos, Demitri; Sesia, Aldo
S-0459 | Published July 17, 2025 | 10 Pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
Heading into the 2024 holiday season, Walmart Inc. (Walmart) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), were locked in a battle over global retailing dominance. As of mid-September 2024, Walmart was valued at $64... Read More
BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division: T-Mobile Versus Comcast in the Battle over 10G
Hou, Young; Kalogeropoulos, Demitri; Sesia, Aldo
S-0469 | Published March 26, 2025 | 15 pages Case
Collection: Darden School of Business
In October 2023, Laura Brett, vice president of the Council of Better Business Bureau National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD), was considering Case No. 7212—T-Mobile US, Inc. (T-Mobile)... Read More