Chapter 14 Flashcards

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What is the best way to compete in global markets

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design better products that customers perceive as the best value.

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Good quality at a fair price. When consumers calculate the value of a product, they look at the benefits and then subtract the cost to see if the benefits exceed the costs.

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Value

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3
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Handing off various parts of your innovation process—often to companies overseas.

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Distributed Product Development

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Everything that consumers evaluate when deciding whether to buy something; also called a value package.

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Total product offer

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A group of products that are physically similar or are intended for a similar market.

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Product line

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6
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The combination of product lines offered by a manufacturer.

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Product mix

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7
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Product differentiation

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The creation of real or perceived product differences.

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8
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Four categories of popular consumer good clasifications

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Convenience, shopping, specialty, unsought

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What are convenience goods

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products customers want to purchase frequently and with minimum effort. Gum, candy, gas, etc.

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What are shopping G&S

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Products people buy only after comparing value, price and style.

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What are specialty G&S

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G&S with unique characteristics. High end items, wines, chocolates, etc.

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What are unsought G&S

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G&S consumers don’t think of until they need it. Car towing, funeral, etc.

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13
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Products used in the production of other products. Sometimes called business goods or B2B goods

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Industrial goods

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14
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Grouping two or more products together and pricing them as a unit.

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Bundling

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15
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A name, symbol, or design (or combination thereof) that identifies the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers and distinguishes them from the goods and services of competitors.

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Brand

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16
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A brand that has exclusive legal protection for both its brand name and its design.

17
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the brand names of manufacturers that distribute products nationally

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manufacturers’ (national) brands

18
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Products that don’t carry the manufacturer’s name but carry a distributor or retailer’s name instead.

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dealer (private-label) brands

19
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The value of the brand name and associated symbols.

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Brand Equity

20
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The linking of a brand to other favorable images.

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brand association

21
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six stages of product development

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product screening
product analysis
development 
testing
commercialization
22
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How many ideas for one commercial product

23
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A process designed to reduce the number of new-product ideas being worked on at any one time.

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Product screening

24
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Making cost estimates and sales forecasts to get a feeling for profitability of new-product ideas.

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Product analysis

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Taking a product idea to consumers to test their reactions.
Concept testing
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Promoting a product to distributors and retailers to get wide distribution, and developing strong advertising and sales campaigns to generate and maintain interest in the product among distributors and consumers.
Commercialization
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A theoretical model of what happens to sales and profits for a product class over time; the four stages of the cycle are introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.
Product life cycle
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three approaches to pricing
cost base demand based competition based
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In the long run, the __________ determines what the price will be.
market
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Designing a product so that it satisfies customers and meets the profit margins desired by the firm.
Target pricing | Price decides the design and development from the beginning
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A pricing strategy based on what all the other competitors are doing. The price can be set at, above, or below competitors’ prices.
competition-based pricing
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The process used to determine profitability at various levels of sales.
Break-even analysis
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All the expenses that remain the same no matter how many products are made or sold.
Total Fixed Cost
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Costs that change according to the level of production.
Variable Cost
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Strategy in which a new product is priced high to make optimum profit while there’s little competition.
skimming price strategy
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Strategy in which a product is priced low to attract many customers and discourage competition.
penetration strategy