Chapter 1 Introduction to Global Marketing
1) A management team that fails to understand the importance of global marketing risks losing its domestic business to competitors with lower costs, more experience, and better products.
Answer: TRUE
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2) As Wal-Mart expands into Guatemala and Central American countries, it is implementing a market development strategy.
Answer: TRUE
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3) Global marketing may take the form of diversification strategy in which a company creates new products or services for the domestic market.
Answer: FALSE
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4) The perceived value equation can be represented as Value = Price/Benefits.
Answer: FALSE
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5) Recently the auto industry is shifting its attention to emerging markets such as India and Africa.
Answer: TRUE
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6) Globalization is presenting significant marketing opportunities for professional sports organizations such as the National Football League and Major League Soccer.
Answer: TRUE
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7) If Nestlé decides not to market biscuits (cookies) in the United States due to competitive reasons, it is considered as a lack of strategic focus and missed opportunity.
Answer: FALSE
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8) Value, competitive advantage, and the focus required to achieve them are universal in their relevance and should guide global marketing efforts in any part of the world.
Answer: TRUE
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9) The discipline of marketing is universal and such marketing practices do not vary from country to country.
Answer: FALSE
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10) Standardization versus adaptation is the extent to which each marketing mix element is standardized or