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Marketing mix decisions (2)

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  • Adaptation
  • Standardization
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Standardization

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Same marking mix

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Adaptation

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Adjustment of marketing program to each market

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Ways products can be sold (3)

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  • Same form as the home market
  • With some adaptation
  • As a totally new product
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Global marketing Pros (4)

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  • Economies of scale in production and distribution
  • Lower marketing costs
  • Consistency in brand image
  • Uniformity of marketing practices
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Global Marking Cons (3)

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  • Diff. in consumer needs
  • Diff. in consumer response to marketing mix elements
  • Diff. in brand and product development and the competitive environment
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Product extension (standardization) (2)

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  • Cost saving (no additional R&D expense)
  • When consumers share the same desires/needs
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Product adaptation

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  • Alter product to appeal local culture
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Levels of adaptation (3)

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  • Regional version
  • Country version
  • City version
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Product extension - Communication adaptation (3)

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  • Same product, different communication
  • Different functions outside the home-country market (ex: bicycle and motor scooter)
  • Different positioning for the product (ex: Perrier)
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Product invention (2)

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  • Backward invention (reintroducing earlier products to well-adapted country)
  • Forward invention (creating new product for country’s needs)
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Communication (5)

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  • Interpretation of message (language, name colors)
  • Same theme but adapt the copy to each local country
  • Use of media (availability varies)
  • Change in sales-promotions
  • Change in personal selling tactics
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Price (3)

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  • Price escalation problem
  • Can be charged with dumping
  • Gray market problem
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Timing of entry (2)

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  • Waterfall model
  • Sprinkler strategy
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Waterfall model (3)

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  • Introduce product in home market
  • Innovation launched in other advanced markets
  • Market product in less advanced countries
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Sprinkler strategy (2)

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  • Worldwide entry within 1-2 years
  • Major factors: Prominence of universal segment and concern of competition in foreign markets
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When is the waterfall model better than the sprinkler strategy? (2)

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  • Lifecycle of product in relatively long
  • Weak competitive climate in foreign market
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Coca-Cola trick to global expansion (3)

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  • Advertising
  • Sponsorship
  • Direct Sales
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McDonald trick to global expansion (3)

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  • Local adaptation
  • Competition “user”
  • Attraction power from leader
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4Ps decisions (4)

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  • Price
  • Product
  • Place
  • Promotion
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Marketing mix influences (5)

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  • Demographic
  • Economic
  • Technological
  • Political
  • Cultural
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Demographic environment (2)

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  • Different advertising strategy for each target market
  • Major interest to marketers
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Economic environment

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Affects buying power and spending patters (change in income, cost of living, interest rate, inflation…)

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Technological environment (2)

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  • Create new markets and opportunities
  • Need to keep up with technological change
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Political environment (2)
- Legislation Regulating Business (encourage competition and ensure fair market goods/services - Increased legislation (laws for competition, fair trade, environmental protection
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Reason for business legislation (2)
- Protect companies from each other and unfair competition - Protect consumers from unfair business practices
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Cultural environment (3)
- Cultures greatly differs and impact how business is conducted - Be aware of connotation of words, signs, symbol and expressions - Careful with logo advertisement
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Why do companies make mistakes when expanding into foreign country?
A lack of knowledge of country local culture
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Element of culture for international marketers (2)
- Material life - Language
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Material life
Difference in level and type of consumption of goods (ex: soft-drink industry, Coca-Cola in China/India)
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Language (4)
- Translating doesn't always work - Names may carry different association - Inappropriate translation - Body language
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Response to marketing environment (2)
- Passively accept the environment - Change in environment (ex: Cathay Pacific Airlines)
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Globalization
Shift to more integrated/interdependent world economy
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Globalization of markets (3)
- Merging of distinct market into 1 huge one - Fall of trade barrier -> easy to sell internationally - Consumer taste converge to global norm
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Global institutions (4)
- World trade organization (WTO) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Bank - United nation (UN)
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World trade organization (4)
- Police world trading system - Ensure nation adhere to rules - Facilitate international agreements - Help manage/regulate global market
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International Monetary Funds (IMF) (2)
- Maintain order of int. monetary system - Lender of last resort
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World Bank
Promote economic development
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United nation
Preserve peace through int. cooperation and collective security
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Globalization of production (3)
- Sourcing good/services from around the world to take advantage of national difference - Compete more effectively - Optimal dispersion still difficult
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Drivers of globalization (2)
- Decline in barrier to the free flow of goods, service, capital, since WW2 - Technological change in comm., info processing and transportation
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U.N basic purposes (4)
- Maintain int. peace - Develp. friendly relation among nations - Coop in solving int. problems and promoting respect for human right - Center for harmonizing actions of nations
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Collectivism
Primacy of collective goals
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Individualism
Economic freedom (econ.. self-interest)
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Type of totalitarianism (4)
- Communist - Theocratic - Tribal - Right-wing
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Economic systems (3)
- Market - Command - Mixed
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Legal systems (3)
- Common law - Civil law - Theocratic law
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Gross Nation Income (GNI)
Total income of all people
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Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Measure of price in different countries
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Human Development Index (HDI)
Quality of human life in different countries
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Criteria of HDI (3)
- Life expectancy at birth - Education - Average income
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State in transition
Wave or democratic revolution around the world (1980-1990)
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Cause of spread of democracy (2)
- Communication technologies - Prosperous middle class that push for democratic reforms
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Huntington theory
Non-western countries may return to traditional societies
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Nature of economic transformation (2)
- Deregulation (removing restrictions) - Privatization (transfer of state property to private ind.)
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The need of legal system
Prevent organized crime / Protect property rights
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Implication of changing political economy (5)
- Moves slowly - Supported by governments - Money losing - Ballooning budgets deficit -> hyperinflation - Shock therapy = best
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Cultures (2)
- Rooted in values/norms - Evolves over time
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Folkway
Routine conventions of everyday life
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Mores
Norms central to functioning society and social life (No crime, incest, cannibalism)
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Can society have more than one culture?
Yes
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Is there a strict one-to-one correspondence between society and nation-state?
No
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Determinants of culture (5)
- Religion - Political / Economic philosophy - Education - Language - Social structure
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Social culture (2)
- Individual = basic unit of social org. (not group) - Society stratified into classes
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Individuals (social culture)
Emphasis on ind. performance
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Group (social culture)
Primary unit in non-western culture
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Social Strata
Hierarchical social categories based on family background, occupation and income
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Caste system
Social position determined by family
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Class system
Open stratification (can change position through achievements)
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Major religions (5)
- Christianity (Catholic/Protestant) - Islam (free entreprise) - Hinduism (spiritual achievements) - Confucianism (loyalty/honesty) - Buddhism (no wealth creation, entrepreunial acceptance)
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Language (2)
- Spoken language - Unspoken language (non-verbal comm.)
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Education (2)
- Determinant of national competitive advantage - econ success from skilled/educated workforce
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Culture workplace (5)
- Power distance - Ind. vs. Collec. - Uncertainty avoidance - Masculinity vs. femininity - Long-term vs. short-term orientation
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Critics of Hofstede (3)
- Countries have more than one culture - Research culturally bound - Research focused on 1 industry
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Economic advancement = societal change?
Yes
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Tarrifs (3)
- Tax levied on import - 2 types: Speciffic (fixed charge on unit of good) and Ad valorem (proportion of the value of the imported good) - Used to protect domestic produced from foreign competition
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Who suffer/gain from tariffs (3)
- Govn. Gain - Domestic Producer gain - Consumer lose
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Conclusion on tariffs (2)
- Pro-producer, anticonsumer - Reduce overall efficiency of world economy
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Subsidies
- Govn. payment to domestic producer - Helps producer in 2 ways: compete against foreign import and gain export markets
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Import quota
Restriction to quantity of good imported
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Tariff rate quota
Lower tariff rate is applied to imports within a quota than those over quota
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Voluntary export restraint (VER)
Quota imposed by exporting country
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Export tariffs
Tax on exported goods to ensure sufficient supply within country
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Export ban
Policy that partially or entirely restrict export of a good
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Local content requirement (LCR)
Requirement that a fraction of good be produced domestically
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Administrative trade policies
Bureaucratic rules designed to make it difficult for import to enter a country Japan = master
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Anti-dumping policies
Policies designed to punish form that engage in dumping (predatory behavior) Also named countervailing duties
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Euro benefit (4)
- More saving with 1 currency - Easier to compare price - Lower prod. cost - Support develp. of pan-European capital market
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Euro cost (3)
- National autorities lost control over monetary policy - Establishment of independent European central bank - Set interest rate and determine monetary policies for euro zone
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How many countries in EU
27 after Brexit
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NAFTA
North America Free Trade Agreement Firms will move prof to Mexico
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CUSMA
Canada United States Mexico Agreement Compel automaker to outsource less part from car assembled in NA
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Andean community
Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru after Venezuela left custom union
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Mercosur
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (Venezuela later) Negotiate as a bloc
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BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa Largest economies outside of OECD
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Central American Common Market
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua 1960-1969 War
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CAFTA
Central American Common Market + Dominican Republic Trade freely with US
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CARICOM
Caribbean state attempting to establish custom union 2006: Caribbean single market and economy (CSME)
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ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nation Attempt to establish free trade area
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