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8.1/8.2 Flashcards

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What is Strategic Decision?

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Deciding the direction in which a business should move and the methods by which it should pursue its plan. This refers to the market and products they sell.

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What is the Ansoff Matrix?

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Represents the different options open to a marketing manager when considering new opportunities for sales growth. A long term business strategy developed in 1957 by Igor Ansoff

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What are the 2 variables in strategic marketing decisions?

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The market in which the firm operates in

The product intended for sale

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4 Strategic Decision results?

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  • Market Penetration
  • Market Development
  • Product Development
  • Diversification
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What does market penetration aim to do and how does it do this?

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  • Secure dominance of growth markets
  • Increase market share of products
  • Restrict competitors
  • Encourage consumers to use more
  • Reduce prices
  • Promote product range
  • Sales force push
  • Altering products
  • Increase buying options
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Evaluation of market penetration?

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  • Business is focusing on markets and products that it knows well
  • Likely to have good information on competitors and consumers wants
  • Unlikely to need significant new research
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What is product development and when will it be used?

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Taking a new or modified product and developing it in existing markets.

  • product line extensions
  • improvements
  • new products to replace old ones

Used when:

  • Firm has strong R&D capabilities
  • Market is growing
  • Firm can build existing brand
  • Competitors have better products
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Evaluation of Product Development?

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  • Strategy that plays to the strengths of an established business
  • Exploiting existing customer base
  • Successful innovation and strong R&D
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What is Market Development and how can it be done?

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Selling an existing product to new markets, selling over sea or a new market segment

How:

  • Selling the same product to different people
  • Entering new markets or segments with existing products
  • Gaining new customers, new segments, new markets
  • Entering overseas market
  • New distribution channel
  • New promotional strategy
  • Firm has excess capacity
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Market Development Evaluation?

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Riskier than product development
Existing products may not suit new markets
When market is saturated
Significant government support

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What is Diversification?

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Selling unrelated goods in an unrelated market, most risky strategy.
Related or Unrelated

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Diversification Evaluation?

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Risky - no direct experience of product or market

Approaches - Innovation and R&D

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What determines which strategy to use from Ansoff Matrix?

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  • Expected costs
  • Expected returns
  • The risk
  • Fit with the resources and strengths of a business
  • Impact on stakeholders
  • Ethical issues involved
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What is strategic positioning?

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How a business perceives itself in relation to its competitors

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What’s porters 2 type strategy?

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Markets where business competes

Source of Competitive Advantage

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4 Porters 2 Type Strategy Results?

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Cost Leadership - Broad, Cost
Differentiation Leadership - Broad, Differentiation
Cost Focus - Narrow, Cost
Differentiation Focus - Narrow, Differentiation

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Why is cost leadership important?

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Many market segments in the industry are supplied with the emphasis placed on minimising costs. If the achieved selling price can at least equal the average for the market, then the lowest-cost producer will enjoy the best profits.

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How can cost-leadership be achieved?

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  • Lower input costs
  • Economies of Scale
  • Experience
  • Product/process design
  • High levels of productivity
  • Effective use of technology
  • Access the most effective distribution channels
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What are the numbers of Bowman’s Clock?

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  1. Low price & low added value
  2. Low price
  3. Hybrid
  4. Differentiation
  5. Differentiation Focus
  6. Risky High Margins
  7. Monopoly Pricing
  8. Loss of market share
20
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Whats Low Price and Low Added Value?

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Not competitive, hope nobody can undercut you in order to make a profit.
Very little satisfaction and price

21
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What’s Low Price?

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Low Cost Leaders in a Market

  • Cost Minimisation is required, associated with economies of scale
  • Profit margin on each product is low, but high sales can produce high revenues
  • Price wars
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What’s Hybrid?

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Some elements of low price but also product differentiation.
Persuade customers there is good added value through reasonable price and acceptable product differentiation

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What’s Differentiation?

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Highest level of perceived added value.
Branding is key
High quality product with strong brand awareness

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What’s Focused Differentiation?

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High price level, high added value
Luxury brands with premium price by highly targeted segmentation, promotion and distribution
Can lead to very high profit margins

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What’s Risky High Margins?

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Unsustainable
High prices, no added value
Better positioned products will take away customers

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What is Monopoly Pricing?

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One business offering the product, there are no alternatives so price can be set to whatever.
Monopolies are tightly regulated

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What is Loss of Market Share?

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Standard price for a low added value product, is unlikely to win over many customers, as there are many better options

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How do Porter and Bowman’s strategies differ?

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Focusses on the prices to customers rather than the cost to the business
Highlights the full range of options open to a business whereas Porter has only a few options

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What influences positioning strategy?

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  • Competitors position
  • External environment
  • Strengths and competences of the business
30
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How may a business protect its competitive advantage?

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  • Legal protection
  • Control over resources
  • Particular culture
  • Innovation
  • Reputation
  • Architecture
31
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What are the 3 main sources of competitive advantage?

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Innovation
Architecture
Reputation

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