CHAPTER Marketing Channels Delivering 12 Customer Value PRE VIEWING We now arrive at the third marketing mix tool—distribution. Firms rarely work alone in creating value for customers and building profitable customer relationships. Instead‚ most THE CONCEPTS are only a single link in a larger supply chain and marketing channel. As such‚ an individual firm’s success depends not only on how well it performs but also on how well its entire marketing channel competes with competitors’ channels
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(closer to gaining access to raw material) - Forward vertical integration= incorporates more stages of the value chain within its boundaries and those bring it closer to the end of the value chain (closer to interacting directly with final customers) VRIO: V-the value of vertical integration (the three most influential explanations when v. integration creates value) - Reduces threat of opportunism (=when firm is unfairly exploited in an exchange) e.g vertically integrate into exchange (bring exchange
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determine if the firm will be able to take advantage of opportunities while avoiding threats. Resource-Based Approach Resource: An asset‚ competency‚ process‚ skill‚ or knowledge controlled by the corporation. 1 Evaluating “Key Resources” VRIO Framework • Value: Does it provide competitive advantage? Rareness: Do other competitors possess it? Imitability: Is it costly for others to imitate? Organization: Is the firm organized to exploit the resource? • • • Sustainability of an Advantage
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be the technological and performance leader‚ producing premium bikes in low volumes and with the best technology. They are committed to performance and their slogan is “ready to race”. Tools for Analysis We have used value chain analysis and the VRIO model to assess the overall company situation and the SWOT analysis to get a better overview of the decision that the company is facing. VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS Firm infrastructures Private
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Finding One’s Identity Identity: “the qualities‚ beliefs‚ etc.‚ that make a particular person or group different from others” ("Identity"). In life sometimes it can be difficult for one to know truly who they are‚ especially when one finds themselves in an unfamiliar place where no one is sane. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚ Alice Liddell is a young girl who finds herself in a new world where everything is strange and abnormal to her. Alice is troubled with the different challenges
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (General Environment) A company like Teva Pharmaceuticals is subject to all of the factors of the external environment given the nature of its business and global expansion. Pharmaceuticals is an industry where high profits can be achieved‚ but it is also an extremely challenging business when one considers all of the political/legal aspects involving government regulation and patents. Every country has strict regulation and testing requirements for drugs that affect companies
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1. Introduction Pacific International Lines or PIL as it is commonly known in the market is a container shipping company started by Mr.Y C Chang in 1967. What he started as a 1 ship company is today the 19th biggest container shipping company in terms of TEU capacity & the 8th largest container ship owner. Ambition: Integrated shipping group with a meaningful market share by setting own pace of growth based on the group’s financial strength and human resource capabilities. 2. External Analysis:
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT STARBUCKS STRATEGIES Table of Content Introduction……………………………………………………………03 - 03 Problems Identified Starbucks………………………………………...04 - 04 Literature review and Concepts……………………………………….05 - 10 Analysis……………………………………………………………….11 - 17 Conclusion…………………………………………………………….18 - 19 Bibliography…………………………………………………………...20 -21 INTRODUCTION The coffee industry provides a livelihood for an estimated
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Brief Introduction The case talks about a Biotechnology Company named Genentech and how Roche acquired it. The case discusses the challenges and opportunity Genentech is facing after the acquisition and how it has impacted Genentech. Q1 Perform a VRIO analysis. What is Genentech’s competitive advantage‚ if any? Value Genentech employs best scientist in the world and it encourages them to pursue projects not only associated to the company’s goal‚ but also to each scientist personal interest.
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Chapter 1. Down the rabbit hole Alice sits impatiently by her sister who’s reading a book. She is distracted by a white rabbit taking out a watch out of his coat pocket and runs down into a rabbit hole after him‚ falls for some time into a deep well‚ wakes up later in a small room. She finds doors‚ but the key is too small. She finds a small door‚ unlocks it with the key‚ but she’s too large to fit in it. If only she could shot up like a telescope. She turns and finds a bottle on which is says Drink
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