Global Marketing Flashcards
The process of using the 4Ps to meet the needs of individuals and businesses in markets across countries and cultures
Global Marketing
What is global marketing sensitive to? (4)
Cultural, economic, legal, and linguistic differences
Steps to make international marketing decisions (6)
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What do trade barriers do?
Restrict business between countries
Tariffs
Taxes levied on certain imported product
Revenue tariffs
Raises funds for the government
Protective tariffs
Raises the price of a product to match or even exceed that of a domestic product
Quotas
Limit the amount of foreign products that a country will accept in certain product categories
Tariffs and quotas are both…
Economic trade barriers
What is the purpose of a quota?
Protect local industry and employment
Embargo
A total block on trade between countries; all transactions are prohibited without specialized authorization
Why are embargoes usually launched?
Political reasons
Non-tariff trade barriers
Trade is restricted through other means:
Biases against bids, restrictive product standards, excessive regulations etc.
3 strategies for entering new global markets:
Exporting
Joint venture
Direct investment
Exporting
Entering foreign markets by selling goods produced in the company’s home country
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