Quiz 1 International MKTG Flashcards

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Four trends affecting global business

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growth of WTO and open trade agreements, developing countries moving toward free trade, the internet, a mandate to manage the global environment for the future.

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International marketing

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Plan, price, promote, direct flow of goods and services for profit in more than one nation.

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Firm characteristics (controllable)

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Product, place, price, promotion, research

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Domestic environment characteristics (uncontrollable)

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political/legal forces, competitive structure, economic climate

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Foreign environment characteristics (uncontrollable)

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political/legal forces, economic forces, competitive forces, level of technology, structure of distribution, geography/infrastructure, culture

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Duty of international marketers

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Interpret influence of each uncontrollable element on the market. Adjust to cultures to which they are not attuned. Be aware of own frame of reference.

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Self-reference criterion

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Unconscious reference to own cultural values, experiences, knowledge. Not useful for decision making.

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Ethnocentrism

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Thinking one’s own culture is best.

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Characteristics of companies that quickly internationalize

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high technology and/or marketing-based resources, smaller home markets and larger production capacity, internationally networked managers

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Stages of international marketing involvement

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  1. no direct foreign marketing
  2. infrequent foreign marketing
  3. regular foreign marketing
  4. multidomestic or international marketing
  5. global marketing
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Culture

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Set fo values, beliefs, attitudes that are shared by a group of individuals and passed down generationally.

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Origins of culture

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geography, history, technology, political economy, social institutions (family, religion, media, government, corporations).

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Cultural interpretations are impacted by:

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position of men and women in society, role of family, social class, group behaviour, age groups, decency and civility

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14
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Five elements of culture

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values, beliefs, rituals, symbols, thought processes

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Ritual

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pattern of behaviour and interaction that is learned and repeated

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16
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The paradox of cultural change

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culture is dynamic in nature and also resists change

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17
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What causes cultural change

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war, natural disasters, adjusting to historical changes

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Cultural borrowing

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Learn from other cultures to solve societal problems

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Sovereignty

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Powers exercised by state in relation to other countries. Supreme powers exercised over country’s own members.

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Characteristics of a sovereign state

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-enjoys full legal equality with other states
-independent and free from external control
-governs own territory
-selects own political, economic and social systems
-has power to enter into agreements with other nations

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21
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Monarchy/dictatorship

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rule by one

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Aristocracy/oligarchy

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rule by few

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Democracy

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rule by many

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Nationalism

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Intense feeling of national pride and unity

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Exchange controls

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When there is a shortage of foreign exchange in the country and government restricts spending in foreign currency

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Local-content laws

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When countries require a portion of any product sold within the country to have local content (locally made parts)

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Import restrictions

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Selective restrictions on the import of consumer products, raw materials, machines, and spare parts to force foreign industry to purchase more supplies in host country

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tax controls

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Taxes must be classified as a political risk when used as a means of controlling foreign investments

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Price controls

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Essential products that command considerable public interest such as pharmaceuticals, food, gasoline etc. subjected to price controls

30
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Labour problems

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In many countries labour unions have strong government support that they use to obtain special concessions from business.

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Political sanctions

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Nations can boycott others stopping all trade

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Strategies to reduce political vulnerability

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joint ventures, expanding investment base, licensing/franchising, planned domestication, political bargaining, political payoffs

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Reasons government encourages foreign investment

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Accelerate development of economy, create local employment, transfer tech, generate export sales, stimulate growth and development of local industry, conserve foreign exchange

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Marketing perspective

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Customization is always best

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Criteria for standardization

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Tractability, flexibility, global regularity

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Planning

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Systemized way of relating to the future, manage impact of external factors

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Corporate planning

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Long term, generalized goals for enterprise as a whole

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Strategic planning

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Conducted at highest levels of management

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Tactical planning

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Conducted locally; addresses marketing and advertising. Actions and allocation of resources to implement strategic planning goals in specific markets.

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First time foreign marketer

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determine products to develop and in which markets, identify level of resource commitment

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Already committed companies

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Allocate effort and resources among countries and products, choose new market segments and products to develop and old ones to abandon

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International planning process

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Phase 1: preliminary analyzing and screening (matching company and country needs)
Phase 2: Defining market segments and adapting the marketing mix
Phase 3: Developing the marketing plan
Phase 4: implementing and controlling

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Preliminary analysis and screening

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Evaluate potential of foreign markets, analyze environment in which company plans to operate, company and country needs must be matched

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Developing marketing plan

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Occurs once targ

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Defining target markets and adapting marketing mix

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Potential target markets identified and analyzed further.

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Implementation and control

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Planning process continues after implementation. Provides basis for viewing all country markets and their interrelationships as an integrated global unit

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46
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Four broad modes of foreign market entry

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Exporting
Contractual agreements
Strategic alliances
Direct foreign investment

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Direct exporting

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Company sells to customer in another country

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Indirect exporting

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Company sells to an importer or distributor in another country

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Direct sales

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may involve establishing office in foreign country, used for high-ticket industrial products

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Contractual agreements

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Long-term non equity associations between companies. Licensing and Franchising.

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Licensing

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Rights granted to foreign company. Patent, trademark technological processes etc.

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Franchising

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Skill centralization and operational decentralization. Franchiser’s products, systems, management services. Franchisee’s market knowledge, capital, personal involvement.

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Strategic international alliances

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Relationship established by two or more companies. Cooperate out of mutual need, share risk in achieving shared goal.

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International joint ventures

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Two or more companies create a separate legal entity. Equity positions held by both partners and acknowledge intent by partners to share in management.

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Consortia

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Developed to pool financial and managerial resources and lessen risk. Involve large number of participants and operate in country/market in which no participants are active

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Direct foreign investment

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Most risky form of international market entry. Capitalize on low-cost labour, gain access to tech and materials, gain market entry fast, avoid high import taxes

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Three alternatives for global organizations

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  1. global product divisions
  2. geographical divisions
  3. A matrix organization consisting of either of these with centralized sales & marketing run by centralized staff
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Decentralized organizations

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Delegate responsibilities to regional managers

59
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Centralized organization

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experts available at one location, ability to exercise high degree of control

59
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Locus of decision

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where decisions will be made
who will make the decision
which method will be used to make decision