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What’s Up with WhatsApp in 2024

Hou, Young; Sesia, Aldo

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