Exam 2 Chap 9 Flashcards
Competitive intelligence
An intelligent system that helps manager asses their competition and vendors in order to become more efficient and effective competitors
Source of competitive intelligence
- internet, industry expert, gov, industry trade show, salespeople
Where does competitive intelligence derive from?
Military intelligence, competitive intelligence is important tool for helping a firm competitor advantages
Marketing research
The process of planning, collecting, analyzing data relevant to a marketing decision
What does market research do?
- link customers to markets through info
- it is the main data source for management info
- provide data on the effectives of marketing mix
What are the 3 roles of marketing research
- descriptive
- diagnostic
- predictive
Descriptive
- gathering and presenting factual statement
- what is the historic sales trend in the industry
Diagnostic
- explain data
- what was the impact on sales after change in packaging
Predictive
- address “what if”
- what if question, how can descriptive and diagnostic research be used to predict the result of a planned marketing decision
What do market use marketing research?
- improve the quality of decision making
- helps managers trace problems
- helps manager understand detailed and complicated relationship
- helps manager serve customer accurately and efficiently
Secondary data
- data previously collected for any purpose other than the one at hand
Origins of internal source of secondary data
- the company website
- annual reports
- blogs
- social media post / YT
- product testing result
- …
Origin of external source of secondary data
- government agencies
- trade and industry association
- business periodicals
- news media
Secondary data +
- save time and money
- help formulating problem statement
- suggest research methods and data solve problems
- basis for data comparaison
Secondary data -
- may not give adequate detailed information
- quality and accuracy of data may pose a problem
Primary data
Information that is collected for the first time
- used to solve the particular problem at hand
Survey research
The most popular technique for gathering primary data
- goal get: facts, opinion, attitudes
Types of survey research interviews
- in home personal interviews
- mall intercept interviews
In home personal interviews
In home personal interviews often provide high quality info.
- tend to be expensive because fo interviewers travel time
Mall intercept interviews
A survey research method that involves interviewing people in common areas of shopping mall
Executive interview (survey research)
Type of survey that usually involves interviewing business people at their office
Focus groups (survey research)
7 to 10 people who participate in a group discussion
- discussion lead by moderator
Telephone interview
Cost less than personal interview, but cost rapidly increase due to respondent refusal to participate
What cost less than personal interviews
Telephone interviews