what to know slides Flashcards
Basic
conducted without specific decision in mind and isnt usually addressing needs of a specific organizaiton
applied research
done to address specific marketing decisions for a specific firm
scientific method
way researchers use evidence to reach objectives in the world
4 processes in scientific method
use prior knowledge/idea generation
research question/hypothesis
hypothesis testing
conclusion
strategic marketing orientation
a marketing orientated firm must be customer oriented, think about long-run. adopt cross functional perspectives
tactical decision
short term (increasing the price of a product-you can easily decrease it)
strategic decision
long term (ex: expanding a business internationally)
when is marketing research needed?
time constraints
availability of data
nature of decision
benefits vs cost
marketing concept
how a firm provides value to customers more than on physical product or production process
backwards marketing research
start with the end goal in mind
deductive logic approach
ask the right questions (peel onion until you can determine business decision)
incremental decision-making
start with small decisions and build to specific insight
data
facts or recorded measures of certain phenomena
big dta
large quantities of data from multiple various sources that were not intended to be used together, they re available to be analytically applied to provide input to organizational decision making
Examples of big data
survey, financial reports, sales, blog, online clicks
information
data structured to support decision making or define relationship between two or more data points
intelligence
subset of information that actually has some explanatory power enabling effective decision being made
four characteristics that describe data
relevance
completeness
quality
timeliness
DSS
a system that helps decision makers confront problems through direct interaction with computerized databases and systems
benefits of DSS
fewer errors simplify things speed up answering process easy to consider alternatives optimization analytical insights decision makers become smarter
marketing analytics
general term for measuring relevant data and applying analytical tools to understand how to enhance market performance
predictive analytics
a system linking computerized data for multiple sources to statistical tools that can search for predictive relationships and trends
4 primary areas where analytics can be applied
market dynamics
market share dynamics
marketing dynamics
consumer dynamics
market dynamics
what markets will grow/shrink and what drives this?