as_business_u1_20230227145405 Flashcards
Business Idea
A potential Business Opportunity
Research and Development
The initial stage of the product life cycle during which a business invests in the generation and development of new ideas.
Innovation
A new idea/invention which is launched onto the market
Franchise
When one business allows another permission to trade using its name and products/services
Copyright
Legal protection that has produced work in literature, drama, music, art, ect, which prevent that work from being copied without the permission of the owner
Patent
Protection of an idea by granting the holder the sole right to use unique features of a new product or process for a fixed period of time
Trademark
Protects a feature that distinguishes a business such as words, logos, pictures and stops others copying it.
Marketing
The management process that allows firms to indentify, anticipate and fulfill customer needs profitably.
Market research
The collection, collation and analysis of data and information regarding a particular market.
Primary market research
The collection of first hand data for a specific purpose. Didn’t exist before.
Secondary market research
The use if data that already exists, already collected by an organisation/own
Internal secondary data
The use if back data that already exists in a business, colleceted for records ect…
External secondary data
The use if data collected for other purposes from sources outside of the business.
Qualitative research
Non statistical information in depth insight into opinions and reasons for behaviour.
Quantitative
Statistical market research.
Sample
Representative section of the whole population that is studied for market research.
Random sample
Representative group of population with an equal chance for selection.
Quota sample
People chosen reflect the characteristics of the market..
Stratified sample
A group studied selected from a specific sub section of the population.
Bias
A factor that finds findings to be unrepresentative of population as a whole.
Confidence level
How likely it is the data is representative of the whole population..
Market
Any situation which brings together buyers and sellers to conduct transactions
Demand
The willingness and ability to buy a good/service
Quantity Demanded
The number of products that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price
Market Segment
A small section of the market containing a group of customer with similar needs
Market Segmentation
Breaking down the market into smaller groups of customers with specific needs/characteristics, determining their wants and needs and deciding how this can be targeted
Market Size
Total sales in the market
Market Growth
The % change in market size from one year to the next
Market Share
The proportion of the total market sales made by one firm
Market Mapping
A visual wat to represent segments of the market according to 2 variables
Market Niche/Gap in the market
A customer need which is not currently being met by any business
Price
The component of marketing mix that determines the amount paid for a good/service.
Price Leader/Price maker
A business that has the power to influence the market price, due to significant market share or price inelasticity.
Price Taker
A business which sets its price at the market price, due to low market share or price elastic.
Pricing Strategies
Long term pricing plans to achieve business objectives
Price Discrimination
Charging different groups of customers different prices, where the difference in price doesn’t reflect the difference in provision.
Price Skimming
A pricing strategy that involves entering the market with a high price that early adopters will pay in order to recoup high development costs.
Destroyer/Predator Pricing
Pricing below cost with the aim to try and put rivals out of business, then raising when competition is removed, illegal.
Pricing Tactics
Manipulating price in order to achieve short term objectives