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Global Marketing
By Usman Waheed+923006641921
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Chap 01
Global Marketing
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GLOBAL MARKETING
Overview
Global marketers consider the world
as their market and different countrymarkets as components of this world market
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Defining Global Marketing
AMAs Definition of Marketing:
Marketing is the process of planning and
executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and
distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create
exchanges that satisfy individual andorganizational objectives
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Defining Global Marketing
Distinguishing Features of AMAs Definition
1. Includes nonprofit and for profit activities
2. Includes products, ideas, and services3. Includes activities that precede and follow the
production process
4. Includes the four Ps and regards them each asequally important
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Defining Global Marketing
Global Marketing Defined:
the coordinated performance of
marketing activities to createexchanges across countries that satisfy
individual, organizational , and societal
objectives
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Defining Global Marketing
Global marketing is conducted across
countries (not domestic or foreign)
Global marketing coordinates activitiesacross different country markets
Global marketing should be motivated by
individual, organizational, and societalgoals
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The Global Marketing Environment
Focal Point--Consumer
Use the Four Ps to Satisfy Consumers
Economic, Financial, Political, and CulturalEnvironmental of Each Country Affect
marketing
Regional and Global Environments AffectMarketing
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Why Should Firms Engage in Global
Marketing?
To Survive and Grow
1. Learn to satisfy consumers in diverse conditions
2. Manage marketing tasks more efficiently andeffectively
3. Preempt or counter competitive attacks in more
than one market
4. Expand customer base to include developed anddeveloping nations
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Why Should Firms Engage in Global
Marketing?
To Diversify Product and Market Portfolios and
Improve competitiveness
1. Effects of seasonal and cyclical fluctuations inone market offset by others
2. Diversification increases market size and
enhances economies of scale
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Why Should Firms Engage in Global
Marketing?
To Capitalize on the Attractiveness of Additional
Country Markets
1. The U.S. is attractive-but wont accommodate
unlimited growth
2. Expand market size by expanding into other
countries
3. Maurice G. Hardy: Why expand into othercountries? A. Keep competitors in their own countries;
b. Take advantage of growing opportunities in Europe
and the Pacific
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Why Should Firms Engage in Global
Marketing?
To Operate Within a Global Marketplace
1. Goods, services, capital, technology, and
labor are going global2. Reduced government restrictions are affecting
global marketing
3. Bilateral and multilateral negotiations are
reducing restrictions
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What is Unique about Global Marketing?Country market environments different
Economic Environment ( Purchasing
Power, Competitive Intensity, Economys
Health)1. Fiscal policies - tax rates and spending
programs of government
2. Monetary policies - regulate money supply
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What is Unique about Global Marketing?
Country market environments different
Financial Environment
1. Exchange rate - price of one currency in
relation to another2. Exchange rate fluctuations can adversely
or favorably affect performance of a firm
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What is Unique about Global Marketing?
Country market environments different
Political Environment
1. Tariff barriers - taxes on imports paid to customs
officials - include
a. Specific - fixed amount per physical unit of import
b. Ad -valorem ( on the value ) - percentage of
estimated value of import
2. Nontariff barriers includea. Import quotas b. Exchange controls
c. Buy-domestic policies
d. administrative red tape
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What is Unique about Global Marketing?
Country market environments different ?
Cultural Environment
1. Differences encourage marketing adaptations
2. Similarities encourage standardization3. Balancing the two is a key to success
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Marketing Mix Politics - How Do
Government Influence the Four Ps ?
Product - Local Content Law
Price - Government Approval for Price Changes
Promotion - Permissible Budget Determined byLocal Authorities
Place - Mandated Distribution Channel or
Territory
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Why Should We Study Global
Marketing ?
Influences Product Choices of
Consumers
Influences standard of living
Influences Job Opportunities
Influences the society
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Thank You!
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The Global Economic
Environment
Global Marketing
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Whats happening?
Asia Pacific
Western Europe
North America
South America
Why andwhat are the
implications?
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THE ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT
Overview
Local, regional, and global economic
environments are interactive. What happenswithin and among them profoundly
influences marketing mix decisions.
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The Local Economy - The CountryWhere Marketing Takes Place
The Consumers
1. Disposable income (after-tax income)
2. What, when, where, and how muchconsumers buy is influenced by disposable
income
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The Local Economy - The Country
Where Marketing Takes Place
The Country
1. Healthy economies facilitate higher
purchasing power for consumers
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The Local Economy - The Country
Where Marketing Takes Place
2 . Economic variables: GDP; GDP per capita; GDP
growth rates; savings and investments rates;
inflation and unemployment rates; imports and
exports; inflow and outflow of FDI; number ofglobal corporations in the country; structure of
industries; commercial, fiscal, and monetary
policies of the central government
3. These variables reflect the overall country, not
specific groups of consumers--dont generalize
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The Local Economy - The Country
Where Marketing Takes Place
The Competition - Know Where You
Stand in Relation to the Competition
1. Porters five forces determining the state ofcompetition: rivalry among existing firms,
potential impact of newcomers, power of
suppliers, power of buyers, substitute goods
2. Prominence of each force varies by industry
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The Regional Economy
Agreements Among Nations Include
1. Free-trade areas - no barriers among members, national
barriers against the rest of the would
2. Customs unions - no barriers among members, adopt
common barriers against the rest of the world
3. Common markets - form customs unions with free
movement of labor and capital
4. Economic unions - one economy, one currency, unified
fiscal and monetary policies
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The Regional Economy
The European Economic Integration
1. 15 Western European countries moving
towards economic union2. EU - to enhance competitive edge of EU
firms in relation to non - EU firms
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The Regional economy
The Asian Pacific Economies
1. The NICs - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Singapore - high-value-added competitors
2. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines - entering
high-value-added marketers
3. Trade in region has been fueled by
a. Increasing domestic demand
b. Expanding business involvement overseas
c. Growing competitiveness of firms based in region
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The Regional Economy
The north America Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
1. U.S., Canada, Mexico2. Designed to increase size of north
American market, reduce trade barriers
within, increase competitive edge ofmember firms
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The Global economy
Increasing Trade and Investment
1. Why exports increased
a . Businesses - to improve competitiveness and
performanceb. Governments - to stimulate domestic economic
growth
2. Foreign direct investment growing faster than exports
a . Role in transferring technology, managerialexpertise, financial resources
b. Five major sources: U.S., United Kingdom, Germany,
France, Japan
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The Global Economy
Increasing Interdependence - Our fate is
tied to that of others
Increasing Competition - More players,More intensive competition
Increasing Complexity - Policies
designed for one country affect theperformance of others
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THE GLOBALIZATION OF
THE U.S. ECONOMY
Future Growth Cannot Rely Exclusively on
Domestic Market
Firms with Global Operations can Better1. Develop new products
2. Establish new markets
3. Cross-subsidize products and markets - usefinancial resources from one market to fight in
another
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Thank You!
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Chapter 03
The Financial Environment
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The Financial Environment
Overview
Understanding and managing the key
elements of the financial environment arerequisites for successful global marketing
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Key Features of the global
Financial System
Acceptability and Convertibility of
Currencies from Different countries
Hard Currencies Are Freely Traded inForeign Exchange markets
Soft Currencies Are Not Freely
Traded
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Key Feature of the Global
Financial System
Exchange Rates - The Price of One Currency in
Terms of Another
1. Floating exchange rates are determined by
market conditions alone
2. Managed float is determined by government-
managed demand and supply
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Key Feature of the Global
Financial System
Depreciation and Appreciation of One
currency in Relation to Another
Price
Demand
Profit
Market penetration
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Managing exchange Risks Through SpotTransactions and Forward Transactions
Four Types of exchange Risks1. Transaction exposure - when converting
currencies at a later date
2. Translation exposure - when exchange ratesupon consolidation differ from those at time of
transaction
3. Tax exposure - when changing exchange rates
result in a different tax liability
4. Economic exposure - long-term exposure and
its affect on present value of future cash flow
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Managing exchange Risks Through Spot
Transactions and Forward Transactions
Three Methods of Protecting against
Exchange Rate Losses
1. Natural hedging - buying and selling in thesame currency
2. Currency forwards - contracts guaranteeing an
exchange rate
3. Options - the rights of a contract without the
obligation to fulfill it
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Financial Institutions and
Their Roles in Business Commercial Banks Facilitate Global Marketing by
1. Providing free consulting services
2. Providing collection, payment, and document preparation
services3. Exchanging currencies and providing financial and
hedging facilities
4. Collecting financial documents
5. Transferring funds and providing credit information onbuyers
6. Providing letters of introduction and letters of credit
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Financial Institutions and Their
Roles in Business
Export-Import Bank ( Eximbnak ) Assists
U.S. Exporters Through
1. Direct loans
2. Guarantees
3. Engineering multiplier program
4. Operation and maintenance service program
5. Working capital guarantees
6. Export credit insurance
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The Global Currency Market
and Its Major Players
Global Wholesale and Retail Market for
Currencies
Eurocurrency Market - Currencies tradedoutside their origin
Asian Dollar Market - Banks in Singapore
and Hong Kong Dealing in Dollars European Monetary System for the
European Union
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Thank You!
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Chapter 04
THE POLITICAL AND
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL
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THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL
ENVIRONMENT
Overview
After global marketers understand why and
how governments regulate their businessactivities, they can better analyze and
respond to governmental actions
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Why Do Governments
Intervene?
To stay in power
To achieve socioeconomic goals
Macro-systemic concerns identified byBoddewyn and Cracco
1. To protect the national interest
2. To maintain national sovereignty
3. To preserve the national identity
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Types of Interventions
In ownership and Control
1. Confiscation - takeover without
compensation2. Expropriation - takeover with
compensation
3. Domestication - relinquishment ofownership and control to locals
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Types of Interventions
Other Forms of Intervention
1. Exchange controls
2. Export requirement as percentage of localoutput
3. Import restrictions
4. Taxation increases
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Types of Intervention
Some Marketing Mix Regulations
1. Local content law (product)
2. Price ceiling (price)3. Distribution territory specifications (place)
4. Local advertising agency requirement
(promotion)
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Assessing Political Risk - Estimating thelikelihood of Governmental Intervention
Seeking Experts Opinions
1. Current and retired government officials familiar
with the local situation2. Academics specializing in a region and its politics
Conducting In-House Research to Monitor
Political developments
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Assessing Political Risk - Estimating the
likelihood of Governmental Intervention
Utilizing Secondary Sources Who Provide
Risk Indexes
1. BERI (Business Environment Risk Index)2. Business International (BI)
3. Frost & Sullivan
4. PSSI (Political System Stability Index)
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Managing Political Risk Through Lobbying,Proactive Measures, and Insurance
Identify with the country - Dont maintain a
foreign image
Help the host country achieve its societalgoals
1. Improve local management skills
2. Increase local productivity3. Increase local employment
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Managing Political Risk Through Lobbying,Proactive Measures, and Insurance
Promote Vertical Integration by Linking
Corporate Activities Across Countries
Stay Ahead of Intervention by UpgradingBargaining Power
1. Keep introducing new products and technology
2. Increase exports
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Managing Political Risk Through Lobbying,Proactive Measures, and Insurance
Insure Against Political Risk
1. Overseas Private Investment Corporation
(OPIC)2. Foreign Credit Insurance Association
(FCIA)
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Chapter 05
The Culture Enviroment
THE CULTURAL
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THE CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT
Overview
Developing marketing activities in
harmony with the local culture can mean thedifference between success and failure in a
market
Ch t i ti f C lt Wh t
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Characteristics of Culture - What
They All Have in Common
Culture Is Prescriptive -Defines What Is
Acceptable
Culture Is Learned - not GeneticCulture is Dynamic - An Interactive
Relationship Between Behavior and Culture
Culture Is Subjective - Meanings Vary byCulture
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Low-Context and High-Context Cultures - Verbal
And Nonverbal Messages Determine meaning
Low-Context Cultures - What Is Said Is More
Important Than How or Where It Is Said
1. U.S.
2. Germany
High-Context cultures - What Is Said and How or
Where It is Said Are Significant
1. Asia
2. Latin America
3. Middle East
Monochronic and Polychronc
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yCultures - Hall and Hall
Monochronic
1. Linear information processing
2. Focus on one thing at a time3. Hold to rigid schedules
Polychronic
1. Work on several tasks at a time
2. Human transactions are important
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Culture and Verbal Communications -
Understanding Through language
One Language - English -Meaning can Vary
by Country
Using Language to Interpret the WorldWhat Works here May Not Work There
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Culture and Nonverbal Communication -
Can Actions Speak Louder Than Words ?
Perception of Time Affects the Quality of
Marketing Interactions
1. For some, time is linear and fixed
2. For others, time is on a continuum Perception of Space Influences Business
Decisions
1. Product size
2. Retail store layout
3. Office design
4. Feng Shui
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Culture and Nonverbal Communication -
Can Actions Speak Louder Than Words ?
Symbols Are Communication Shorthand
1. Colors convey symbolic meaning
2. Numbers - lucky or unlucky3. Products - luxury or necessary
Negotiations - Sometimes a Handshake
Seals the Deal
Gift Giving
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Self-Reference Criterion - Unconscious
Reference to Ones Own Cultural Values
Lees Four-Step Process to Avoid Self-Reference Mistakes
1. Define goal in terms of own cultural traits
2. Define goal in terms of foreign cultural traits
3. Isolate SRC influence and anticipate the
complications
4. Redefine problem without SRC influence andfind solution
Multicultural Training Programs to Improve
Cross-Cultural Interactions
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Understanding Cultural Universals Can Help
Marketers Develop effective Product
Strategies
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Chap 06
Global Product Strategies
GLOBAL PRODUCT
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GLOBAL PRODUCT
STRATEGIES
Overview
Although all four elements of the marketing
mix are essential for success, a productsperformance determines whether consumers
will engage in repeat purchases
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What Is a Product ?
Anything with exchange Value (Objects,
Ideas, Organizations, People)
The Total Product1. Tangible attributes: raw materials, size,
weight, features, design, packaging
2. Intangibles: brand image, styling, otherbenefits (installation, delivery, credit,
warranty, after-sale service, return policy)
The Product Development
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The Product Development
Process
Generating Ideas
1. To tap new or existing markets, complement
product lines, improve products2. From consumers, competitors, employees,
inventors, research organizations, universities
3. Global firms advantage - exposure tonumerous country markets
The Product Development
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The Product Development
Process
Screening Ideas
1. Acceptable versus unacceptable
2. Criteria: compatibility, production fit,philosophical fit, competitive fit, potential
3. Misclassifying or ignoring ideas can be costly
Business Evaluation1. Cost-benefit analysis
2. Commercial viability-existing and prospective
markets
The Product Development
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The Product Development
Process
Product Development
1. Determine tangible and intangible attributes
2. Consider marketing components that enhanceappeal
Test market - Select Representative Markets
to test Consumer's Response1. Adapted products - within each country market
2. Standardized products - representative markets
The Product Development
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The Product Development
Process
Product Introduction
1. Standardization- marketing unmodified
products in multiple countriesa . Premise consumes share some common
values, beliefs, and consumption patterns: a
standardized product will satisfy themb. Advantages: economies of scale, price
competitiveness, uniform image
The Product Development
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The Product Development
Process
2. Adaptation - modifying product to reflect
characteristics of a market
a. premise consumers are not the same;adapted products are needed
b. Advantages: fit between product and
consumer, expanded penetration
The Product Development
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The Product Development
Process
3. Mandatory product adaptations due to
a. Governmental regulations
b. Technological considerations (e.g.,voltage, infrastructure)
c. Cultural imperatives - is it acceptable to
consumersd. measurement standards: volume, length,
weight, quantity
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Product Adoption
Relative Advantage - To satisfy Needs Better
Than the Competition
Compatibility - The Fit of Product to Norms,
Values, and Tastes of Market
Trialability - Ease of Sampling a New Product
Complexity - Easier to Use, More Likely to Be
Adopted
Observability - To What Extent Benefits Can
Be Observed and Understood
Product management (Product-
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Product management (Product
Market Portfolio Matrix)
Competitive Strength: Market Share,
Products Fit to Customer Expectations,
Marketing Ability, Product Positioning,
Channel Cooperation, Profit Potential
Country Attractiveness: Market Size,
Growth Rate, Competitive Environment,
Governmental Regulations, Political
Stability
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The U.S. Economy and the
Product Composition of Its
exports ( Largely High-Value-
Added Products )
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Competitive Product
Developments
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Chap 07
Global Pricing Decision
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Global Pricing Decisions
Overview
Of the four Ps, price alone generates
revenue. Competitive pricing enhancesmarket position and earnings
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Pricing Methods
Cost-Oriented Methods - Focus on Cost,
Not Market Conditions
1. Markup pricing - adding markup to unitcost of product
a. Information needed: fixed cost, variable
cost, expected sales, markupb. Appeal is simplicity
c. Risks: overpricing and underpricing
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Pricing Methods
2. Standard pricing - charging the same price
in all countries
a. Drawbacks: lacks marketing orientation,difficult to implement
b. Advantage: firm wont be blamed for
price discrimination
P i i M h d
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Pricing Methods
3. Target return pricing - setting a target rate
or return
a. Information needed: total investment,desired target return, unit cost, expected
sales
b. Drawbacks: lacks marketing orientation,sales and cost estimates must be accurate
P i i M h d
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Pricing Methods
Market-Oriented Methods - Focus on Both
Market Conditions and Cost
1. Market-based pricing - may attractaccusations of unfair pricing and encourage
the practice of gray marketing
2. Strategic pricing-setting minimumstandard price while giving local managers
freedom to charge more
Strategic Issues in Global
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Strategic Issues in Global
Pricing
Managing Price Escalation - Increased Cost
Due to international Product transfers
1. Ship components, assemble locally2. Downsize
3. Shorten distribution channel
4. Increase overall productivity
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St ategic ssues in Global
Pricing
Transfer Pricing - Price Charged for Goods
Transferred Intraorganizationally
Exchange Rate Fluctuations - Must Bemanaged to Control Gray Marketing and
Accusations of Dumping
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Pricing
Gray marketing or Parallel Imports - Buying in
Low-Price Countries, Selling in High-Price
Countries
1. Causes: market-based pricing and exchange
rate fluctuations
2. Remedial measures: narrow price differential,
differentiate product
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Pricing
Dumping - Selling at Price Below Normal
Value in Export Market
1. Sporadic - to reduce surplus inventory2. Predatory - to drive out competitors, to
gain market control
3. Persistent - high prices in protectedmarkets,low in competitive markets
T f P
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Terms of Payment
EXW (Ex Works) - For Goods at Point of
Origin
FAS (Free Alongside Ship) - For GoodsDelivered Alongside Vessel
FOB (Free on Board) - For Goods Aboard
Vessel C&F (Cost and Freight) - For Goods at
Overseas Port
T f P t
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Terms of Payment
CIF (Cost, Insurance, Freight) - For Goods
at Point of Debarkation
CPT (Carriage Paid To) - same as C&F forNonwater Transportation
CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) -
Same as CIF for nonwater Modes
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Modes of Payment
Cash in Advance
Open Account - Payment for Goods at
Future Date
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Modes of Payment
Letter of Credit - Issued by a Bank
1. Revocable - can be altered by buyer after
issuance
2. Irrevocable - cannot be altered without anagreement between the buyer and the seller
3. Confirmed -seller assured of payment by
sellers bank4. Confirmed Irrevocable
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Modes of Payment
Draft or Bill of Exchange - Negotiable
Instrument
1. Sight ---payable upon presentation2. Time ---payable within specified period
3. Date - payable on specific future date
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Modes of Payment
Forfating - seller Paid by Bank, Not Buyer Countertrade - Payment in Whole or in Part by
Goods or Services
1. Barter - no money changes hands2. Counterpurchse - goods purchased from each
other with cash
3. Compensation deals - payment in both cashand goods
4. Buyback arrangements
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Chap 08
Global Logistics Channels
GLOBAL LOGISTICS
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CHANNELS
Overview
Moving raw materials and finished
products from one country to anothercreates challenges unique to global
distribution
Features of Global Logistics
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Features of Global Logistics
Global Flow of Materials - Components
Moved Elsewhere for Assembly
Global Distribution of Products - FinishedProducts Moved to Final Markets
Features of Global Logistics
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Features of Global Logistics
Functions of the Global Distribution
Channels Can Include
1. Collect, analyze, and transmit information2. Initiate and maintain contacts with buyers
3. Receive, process, and execute orders
4. Arrange shipping, insurance, and delivery
5. Take title to goods
6. Make the sale
Features of Global Logistics
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Features of Global Logistics
Channel Intermediaries Include
1. Merchant middlemen - take title and assume
risks
2. Agent middlemen - do not take title
Goals of Channel Management
1. Efficiently move products from home country to
host country
2. Deliver satisfaction t final customers
competitively
The Direct Channel of Global Distribution -
Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
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Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
Consumers
Host Country Distributors Are Merchant
Middlemen
1. Buy from firm, sell to retailers or final consumes
2. Often enjoy exclusive rights for product or
region
3. It is a long-term commitment - choose carefully
4. Robinson listed provisions of what to include inthe contract
The Direct Channel of Global Distribution -
Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
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Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
Consumers
Host Country Retailers Are Merchant
Middlemen
1. Buy from firm, sell to final consumes2. Japanese retailers - greater in number,
serve fewer customers than U.S.
counterparts
3. International retail outlets in the rise
The Direct Channel of Global Distribution -
Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
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Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
Consumers
Import Jobbers Are Merchant Middlemen
in Host Country
1. Buy from firm, sell to intermediaries orfinal consumers
2. Do not have exclusive territories
3. Firm may employ several in one country
The Direct Channel of Global Distribution -
Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
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Dealing directly with Overseas Middlemen or
Consumers
Manufacturers representatives are Agent
Middlemen
1. Do not take title but represent firm2. Choose carefully - often difficult to
terminate relationships
Consumers - No Intermediaries
The Indirect Channel of Global
Distribution Relying on Home Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
Export Drop Shippers
1. Take orders from buyer and tell seller to
ship to buyer2. Buyer pays drop shipper who pays firm
3. Do not hold inventories, offer minimal
promotional help
The Indirect Channel of Global
Distribution Relying on Home Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
Export Merchants
1. Buy from firm, sell abroad
2. Assume risk3. Advantage to firm: easy to establish
marketing presence
Export Trading Companies (ETCs) Can Actas Export Department for Firm or Take
Title to Products
The Indirect Channel of Global
Distribution Relying on Home Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
Manufacturers Export Agents (MEAs) Are
Agent Middlemen
1. Represent firm and provide sellingservices
2. Use own name, not the firms
3. Services are specified in contract
The Indirect Channel of Global
Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
Export Management Companies (EMCs)
Are Agent Middlemen
1. Provide extensive marketing services2. Earn commission, or salary, or work on retainer
The Indirect Channel of GlobalDistribution -Relying on Home-Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
3. Advantages
a. Are helpful in markets where firm has
little experienceb. Require less investment (financial and
personnel) in market
The Indirect Channel of GlobalDistribution -Relying on Home-Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
4. Disadvantages
a. May not make necessary investments
b. May demand startup costsc. May underrepresent firm
d. reduce gross margins, impede customer
communications, hinder market assessment
The Indirect Channel of GlobalDistribution -Relying on Home-Country
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Distribution -Relying on Home-Country
Intermediaries
Export Brokers Are Agent Middlemen
1. Work for fee or commission
2. Relationship is sporadic
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Distribution Relying on Home Country
Intermediaries
Webb-Pomerence Association
1. U.S. firms can legally combine resources
to expand exports2. Cannot reduce U.S. competition by doing
so
3. Association performs functions formembers
Designing a Distribution ChannelWithin a Host Country - Important
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Within a Host Country Important
Factors
Consumer Characteristics - Know Where ,
When, What, How and Why They Buy
Product Characteristics Influence ChannelDecisions
Market Characteristics
1. Assess strengths of existing distribution structure2. Adapt to local conditions as needed
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Distribution Relying on Home Country
Intermediaries
Channel Costs
1. Development costs - initial outlay
2. Maintenance costs - operation expenses3. Level of customer service directly related to
cost
Coverage - Concentrated Within MajorCities or Spanning the Whole Country
Managing Channel Alliances -
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Relationships Evolve
Communicating with Channel Members
1. Communicate goals to them
2. Receive feedback from them3. Employ telecommunications technology
to achieve goals
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Relationships Evolve
Motivating Channel Members
1. Offer training
2. Provide promotional displays3. Participate in cooperative advertising
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Relationships Evolve
Controlling Channel Members
1. Develop performance criteria
2. Evaluate performance against criteria3. Take corrective actions if needed
4. Design system for timely attention to
channel performance
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Relationships Evolve
5. Challenges for effective control
a. Reliable performance data may be
lackingb. cost of gaining data may exceed benefit
c. Changes in environment may outdate
criteria
Evaluating Channel Performance
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- Measurement Criteria
Sales Analysis - Actual Versus Expected
Level of Service - Does It meet Consumer
Needs?
Level of Inventory - Is it Adequate t Meet
Demand?
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Chap 09
Global Promotion Strategies
GLOBAL PROMOTION
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STRATEGIES
Overview
Marketing communications include
advertising, sales promotion, personal
selling, and public relations. When
communicating with publics in more than
one country, firms must work within the
limitations of each market to maximize theirpromotional objectives.
Elements of the Communication
P
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Process
Sender
Encoding
Message
Medium of Transmission
Receiver
Decoding
Response
Feedback
Noise
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p
Sponsor Is Identified
Often Controversial
Benefits Derived from Advertising
1. Economica. Sales increase
b. Production increases
c. Per-unit cost of product goes down -economies of scale
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p
Sponsor Is Identified
d. Price decreases
e. Sales increase further
f. Competition increases - yielding higherproductivity and better product quality
2. Social
a. Employment is generatedb. Higher standard of living
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
S if Obj i Th D id O
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
Advertising Message
1. Standardize when country markets are
similar
2. Adapt when they are different
3. Avoid taboos of target market - dont
offend
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
S if Obj ti Th D id O
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
Budget and Allocation Based on Internal
and External Conditions
1. Internal conditions
a. management orientation
b. Advertising objectives
c. Resources available
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
S if Obj ti Th D id O
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
2. External conditions
a. Governmental regulations
b. Competitors advertising strategiesc. Market attractiveness
d. Media restrictions
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
S if Obj ti Th D id O
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
Media Options and Country Characteristics
- Effectiveness Versus Economy
1. Television
a. Developed countries (DCs) - countrywide
availability
b. LDCs - concentrated in major cities, per capita
ownership of TVs is lower
c. Limitations: ads may be bunched, broadcasting
times vary, ads regulated
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
S if Obj ti Th D id O
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
2. Radio
a. DCs - popularity on the rise, many
program options available
b. LDCs - good medium to reach
uneducated urban and rural customers
3. Magazines
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
4. Newspapers
a. Advantages: fast and economical
b. Disadvantages: some LDCs dontcompile demographic data; they have space
limitations and content specifications
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
5. Direct mail
a. DCs - more common
b. LDCs - limited opportunities, lack ofreliable lists, undependable delivery, low
literacy rates
6. Catalogs - limited to DCs for samereasons as for direct mail
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
S if Obj i Th D id O
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
7. Facsimile - controversial
8. Videos
a. Time not limited to 30- or 60- second slotsb. DCs - whole video can be an ad
c. LDCs - movie d\videos contain ads
9. Cinema - these ads more common in LDCs10. Billboards - all countries
Planning an Advertising Campaign -
Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
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Specify Objectives; Then Decide On
Advertising Regulations - Know Them and
Adapt Message Accordingly
Agency Selection
1. Global agency
2. Local agency
3. Combination of both
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
T Eff t t I S l
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
Consumer Sales Promotion Techniques -
Can Foster Long- Term Objectives
1. Coupons - maintain current customers,
attract new ones
2. Rebates - maintain current customers, attract
new ones
3. Free samples - encourage new users by
eliminating cost
4. Mail-in premiums
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
T Eff t t I S l
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
5. In-pack premiums - promotional benefit
packaged with the product
6. Bonus packs - more product for the same
price
7. Trading stamps - increase store patronage
8. Contests and sweepstakes - enhance namerecognition and stimulate sales
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
Term Efforts to Increase Sales
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
Trade Sales Promotion Techniques -
Persuade Channel Members to Carry
Products or to Increase Sales
1. Sales contests - increase sales
2. Price-off offers - push new products or
move large quantities
3. Advertising allowances
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
Term Efforts to Increase Sales
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
4. Display allowances
5. Free goods
6. Push money - money to carry and to pushproducts
Global Personal Selling -Keeping Buyers Happy, the Firm
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p g y ppy
Informed The Personal Selling Process
1. Panning: what, how, when
2. Prospecting: who3. Preparing: what buyers need, competitors
offer
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
Term Efforts to Increase Sales
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
4. Selling
a. Approaching customer
b. Making presentationc. Answering questions
d. Closing sale
5. Following up - establishing solid link
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
Term Efforts to Increase Sales
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
Managing the Global Sales Force
Sales Force Compensation
1. Straight salarya. Advantages: sales force security, easy
to administer
b. Disadvantage: lower sales ifunmotivated sales force
Global Sales Promotions - Short-
Term Efforts to Increase Sales
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Term Efforts to Increase Sales
2. Straight commission - fixed percentage or
varying percentage
a. Advantage: encourages performance
b. Disadvantage: salespeople may stop
with quotas
3. Combination salary and commission
Global Public Relations - Tools
for Building a Favorable Image
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for Building a Favorable Image
Employee Relations - Create Favorable
Ambassadors to the Community
Customer Relations - Show Firm Cares
About Customers
Press Relations - Keep Shapers of Public
Opinion on Firms Side
Government Relations - Be a Good Citizen
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Chap 10
Global Business Involvement
GLOBAL BUSINESSINVOLVEMENT: MARKET
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ENTRY STRATEGIES
Overview
Entry strategies vary in terms of theiradvantages, disadvantages, and levels of
involvement. The marketing options open to
firms are in part determined by mode fentry.
Entry Strategies
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Exporting --Historically Most Popular
1. Types
a. Direct - firm handles all tasks to sellwithin host country
b. Indirect - firm delegates the tasks to an
intermediary
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2. Advantages
a. Minimizes political risk
b. Useful when market potential is hard toassess
c. Offers channel flexibility
d. Prepares firm for greater involvemente. Offers ease in market withdrawal
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3. Disadvantages
a. Exchange rate fluctuations and
governmental intervention can affect
earnings
b. Lack of market presence can affect
response time
c. Loss of marketing control can affect
corporate image
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Licensing - Payment of Fee or Royalty for
Use of Anything of Value
1. Advantages
a. To firm, cost effective
b. To importing country, brings technology
and managerial expertise
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2. Disadvantages
a. Can restrict firms full realization of
market potential
b. Can create third market competitors
c. Can result in loss of control over
technology and product quality
d. Can result in conflicts between parties
Entry Strategies
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Franchising - Payment of Fee and Royalty
in Exchange for Anything of Value Plus
Operational and Managerial Help
1. Advantages: same as for licensing
2. Disadvantages: same as for licensing
Entry Strategies
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Contract Manufacturing - Contractual
Partner manufactures Parts or Product for
Firm
1. Advantages
a. Firm can focus exclusively on
marketing
b. Economical means of expansion
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2. Disadvantages
a. Partner may turn competitor
b. Loss of control over manufacturingc. Products may not always be available on
time
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Management Contracting - SellingManagerial or Technical Expertise
1. Advantages
a. Utilizes excess managerial talent
b. Establishes contacts in host country
c. Offers ease of remitting consulting fees
d. Provides resources t its nearby operations
2. Disadvantages: limited duration may
necessitate withdrawal from country
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Turnkey Operations - Complete the Project
Before Turning It Over to Owner
1. Advantages: projects are large, long-term,
an profitable
2. Disadvantage: outcome is more uncertain
over longer period of time
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Entry Strategies
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2. Wholly-owned subsidiaries (WOSs)
3. Advantages of both JVs and WOSs
a. Greater control
b. Entry into closed markets
c. Potential for vertical integration
d. Access to supplies
e. Ability to respond to competitive
challenges
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4. Disadvantage of JVs: potential for
disagreements among partners
5. Disadvantage of WOSs: greater risk
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Strategic Alliances - Cooperation
Between Firms Without creating a New
Entry
1. Advantages
a. market access
b. Shared R&D expenses, resources, andrisks
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Factors Influencing Entry
Strategies
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Strategies
Internal Conditions - Specific to the Firm
1. Objectives - what firm wants to achieve in
relation to the product
2. Management orientation - biases affect entry
strategy decisions
3. Resources - impose constraints that affect entry
strategies4. Type of product - what strategy best fits the
characteristics of the product
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g
External conditions
1. Market potential - which strategy will
maximize market potential
2. Competitive environment - existing and
expected
Factors Influencing Entry
Strategies
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Strategies
3. Home country regulations - affect how
and where firm can sell
4. Host country regulations - affect entry
options
5. Political risk - high risk favors less
involvement; low risk favors more
Stages of Business Involvement
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The International Product Life-Cycle
Hypothesis
1. New-predate stage: manufactured at
home, some exports to developed countries
(DCs), domestic sales dominate, no
competition, high price, patent protection
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2. Maturing-product stage: DC demand rises,
increasing exports yield to production in DCs,
domestic exports decline, competition
increases, prices fall, DCs produce for selvesand export
3. Standardized-product stage: fierce price
competition, production shifts to developingcountries, they start exporting to DCs who
become net importers
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Chap 11
Strategic Global
STRATEGIC GLOBAL MARKET
MANAGEMENT
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Overview
The nuts and bolts of strategies deal with
when, where, how, why, and by whom the
necessary actions are performed to achieve
a firms objectives
Strategic Analysis
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Strengths and Weaknesses
1. Identify key success factors specific to a
given business
a. Technology - turning concepts into
products
b. Marketing - ability in product, price,
place, and promotion
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c. Information management - the
acquisition an use f information
d. management skill - decision making and
behavior of managers
2. Rate self on key factors in relation to
competitors
Strategic Analysis
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Opportunities and Threats - Existing and
Potential
1. First identify; then rank order
2. Key areas: customers, special-interest
groups, competitors, governments,
technologies, markets
Strategies
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Product-market Growth matrix - Four Basic
Growth Strategies
1. Market Penetration--use existing products to
penetrate existing markets
2. Product development--sell new or adapted
products in existing markets
3. Market development--sell existing products in
new markets4. Diversification--introduce new or adapted
products into new markets
Strategies
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Strategic Business Unit (SBU) PortfolioStrategy Using the Boston Consulting
Groups Growth-Share Matrix
1. Stars: high-growth market, high market shares
2. Problem children: high-growth market, how
market shares
3. Cash cows: low-growth market, high market
shares
4. Dogs: low-growth market, low market shares
Strategies
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Corporate Competitive Strategy--Six
Alternatives Based on Scope of Operations
and Levels of Market Penetration
1. Global high-share strategy --for high
market share using standardized products
2. Global niche strategies--to gain global
presence with specialized products
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3. Regional high-share strategies -- for high
market share within a region
4. Regional niche strategies -- for specialized
markets within a region
5. National high-share strategies--high
market share within a country
6. National niche strategies--for specialized
markets within a country
Strategic Predispositions
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Ethnocentrism--Basing decisions on Home
Country values and Interests
Polycentrism--Basing Decisions on the Values
of Each Country Where Firm Operates
Regiocentrism--Basing Decisions on Values of
a Specific Region
Geocentrism--Basing Decisions on WorldwideOpportunities
Some Global Strategic
Considerations
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Production Location and Souring --Dont
Base Decisions in Cost alone
The Double Squeeze--newly Industrialized
countries Compete with DCs in Low- and
High-Value-Added Products
Some Global Strategic
Considerations
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Business and Politics--Government
Influences Its Firm's Competitive
Advantage
Post-Marketing Concerns--Satisfying
Consumers Within Environmental
Constraints and in Harmony with Special-
Interest Groups
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Chap 12
Ethics and Global Marketing
ETHICS AND GLOBL
MARKETING
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Overview
Ethics is needed for long-term success.
Internal and external forces encourage firms
to become ethical global citizens.
Management strategies, codes of conduct,
ethical philosophies, and decision-making
checklists are some of the tools firms areusing to foster ethical actions
Why Ethics?
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Gellerman: Manages Rationalize Unethical
Actions
1. It is legal (ethical)
2. It is in our interest (mine, companys)
3. We wont get caught
4. The company will back me on this
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Cooke: Fourteen Signs of Ethical Risk
Ethics Is Good for Long- Term Survival
Simss Strategies for Promotion Ethical
Behavior
1. CEO should encourage it
2. Develop formal process to reinforce it
3. Managements philosophy should
institutionalize it at all levels
Ethical Philosophies
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Utilitarianism
1. Focuses on consequences of action
2. Strives f r greatest good for greatest
number of people
3. But what constitutes a society?
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Egoism
1. Focuses on consequences of action
2. Strives for greatest good for oneself
3. Inherent weaknesses
a. Would not take stand against blatant
infractions
b. Cannot resolve conflicting interests of two
or more parties
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Deontology
1. Focuses on universal principles of right
and wrong
2. Motives and character of actor more
important than consequences of action
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Relativism
1. Right and wrong are culture specific -- no
universal rules
2. Can be used to defend actions harmful to
customers in other countries
Ethical Codes for Marketing --How SomeFirms Help manages Ask the Right Questions
Before Making Decisions
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Codes of Conduct Range from General to
Specific
Seven- Step Checklist for Ethical Decision
making
1. Recognize and clarify dilemma
2. Get the facts
3. List the options
Ethical Codes for Marketing --How SomeFirms Help manages Ask the Right Questions
Before Making Decisions
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4. Test each: Is it legal? right? beneficial ?
5. Make decision
6. Double check: How would I feel if my
family found out? What if the paper found
out?
7. Take action
Some External Factors Encouraging
Ethical Consideration by Executives
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Information Technology -- Markets Are not
Isolated; What Happens Here Is Reported
There
Visible Destruction of Environment Results
from Unethical Practices
Some External Factors Encouraging
Ethical Consideration by Executives
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Special- Interest Groups Are Gaining Power
to Promote Ethical Corporate Behavior
Market Forces Favor Ethical Companies in
the Long- Run