Test 2 Flashcards
A modified version of environmental scanning in which the firm identifies desirable markets by eliminating the less desirable ones
Market screening
A procedure in which the firm scans the world for changes in the environmental forces that might affect it
Environmental scanning
A screening that uses countries as the basis for market selection
Country screening
A screening that uses market segments, a within-country analysis of groups of consumers, as the basis for market selection
Segment screening
Economic data used to measure relative market strength of countries or geographic areas
Market indicators
Economic data that correlate highly with market demand for a product
Market factors
Statistical technique used to estimate future values by successive observations of a variable at regular time intervals that suggest patterns
Trend analysis
Statistical technique that divides objects into groups based on similarity
Cluster analysis
Barriers to entry- import/export barriers
Limits on foreign ownership
Limits on repatriation of earnings
Stable government policies (different from government stability)
Political and Legal Forces
Difficult because culture is subjective and interpretive
Data are difficult to assemble, particularly from a distance
Cultural Forces
Segments must be:
definable—so they can be measured
large—worth the effort
accessible
actionable—able to implement the 4 Ps
capturable—we need to be able to compete
A market visit by business people and/or government officials (state or federal) in search of business opportunities
Trade mission
Trade fair
A large exhibition at which companies promote the sale of their products
The respondent’s desire to please that leads to answers designed to please the interviewer rather than reflect the respondent’s true beliefs or feelings
Social desirability bias
An export of technology, management expertise, and possibly capital equipment where a contractor agrees to design and erect a plant, supply the process technology, provide the production inputs, train the operating personnel, and, after a trial run, turn the facility over to the purchaser
Turnkey project
(Non Equity)
A contractual arrangement in which one firm grants access to its patents, trade secrets, or technology to another for a fee
Licensing
A form of licensing in which one firm contracts with another to operate a business under an established name according to specific rules
Franchising
An arrangement by which one firm provides management to another firm
Management contract
Contracted manufacturing
An arrangement in which one firm contracts with another to produce products to its specifications
Joint venture
A cooperative effort among two or more organizations that share a common interest in a business undertaking
Strategic alliance
Collaboration with competitors, customers, and/or suppliers that may take nonequity or equity form
are the same, but country-level environmental forces (uncontrollable) vary widely (sociocultural, resource and environmental, economic, socioeconomic)
Marketing functions
also vary across markets—distribution channels, taste and aesthetic preferences, pricing structure of markets
Controllable forces
A set of strategy decisions made about the product and its promotion, pricing, and distribution in order to satisfy the needs and desires of customers in a target market
Marketing mix
is less costly, and allows for longer production runs (economies of scale and learning).
Standardization
often required.
Marketing principle centers on needs of buyer, not seller. Localization often practiced.
Adaptation
New mix
might be required for significant local penetration
A firm’s name, logo, slogan, graphics, color, and typeface that help identify the firm to consumers and other interested constituents
Corporate visual identity (CVI)
What the customer buys, including the physical product, brand name, accessories, after-sales service, warranty, instructions for use, company image, and package
Total product
Sociocultural forces
reflect consumer preferences
affect pricing, packaging, production
Economic forces
such as climate and terrain often require adjustment in product and production
Physical forces
Any form of communication between a firm and its publics , including advertising, public relations, sales promotions such as rebates and “buy one get one,” and events and experiences, such as sponsoring events to both yield purchases in the short term and confidence in the firm in the long run
Promotion
Programmed-management approach
A middle-ground advertising strategy between globally standardized and entirely local programs
Any of the various activities, such as preparation of point-of-purchase displays, contests, premiums, trade show exhibits, celebrity-embraced promotion, money-off offers, and coupons
Faces cultural constraints
Sales promotion
Various methods of communicating with the firm’s publics to secure a favorable impression, rather than immediate sales
Overlooked tool in many international markets
May help during periods of public criticism in international markets
Public relations
Foreign national pricing
Policy that sets local pricing based on market forces in another country
International pricing
Policy that sets prices of goods produced in one country and sold in another
The unraveling of traditional distribution structures, popularly called “cutting out the middlemen”
Disintermediation
Labor mobility
The movement of people from country to country or area to area seeking jobs
Brain drain
loss by a country of its most intelligent and best-educated people
Serious problem for developing countries
Reverse brain drain
the return home of highly skilled immigrants who have made a contribution in their adopted country
Ethnocentric policy
A policy of hiring and promoting based on the parent company’s home-country frame of reference
Polycentric policy
A policy of hiring and promoting based on the specific local context in which the subsidiary operates
Regiocentric policy
A policy of hiring and promoting based on the specific regional context in which the subsidiary operates
Geocentric policy
A policy of hiring and promoting based on ability and experience without considering race or citizenship
Parent-country national (PCN)
Employee who is a citizen of the nation in which the parent company is headquartered; also called home-country national
Host-country national (HCN)
Employee who is a citizen of the nation in which the subsidiary is operating, which is different from the parent company’s home nation
Third-country national (TCN)
Employee who is a citizen of neither the parent company nation nor the host country
Culture shock
The anxiety people often experience when they move from a culture that they are familiar with to one that is entirely different
Allowances
Employee compensation payments added to base salaries of expatriates because of higher expenses encountered when living abroad