Liz Chen Marketing Strategy from 1970-1999 Marketing Strategy: 1. The Early Years 1976- 1980 • By the end of 1970’s Apple had a staff of computer programmers and designers and a production line. After Apple II they introduced Apple III in May‚ 1980. The main competitors for Apple were IBM and Microsoft competing for market share. In 1984 Apple launched Macintosh which was initially sold well but the follow up sales were not strong. The computer industry destiny changed when the Laser
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Strategic Decision Making Decision making is the most important function of any manager. Strategic decision making is the prominent task of the senior management. Both kinds of decision making are essentially the same. The difference lies in the levels at which they operate. While decision- making pertains to all managerial functions‚ strategic decision making largely relates to the responsibilities if the senior management. Conventional Decision - Making Most people agree that decision making
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category People judge the probability of a hypothesis by considering how much the hypothesis resembles (is representative for) available data Prospect theory (k&T‚ 1979) The theory describes the decision processes in two stages: editing and evaluation. During editing‚ outcomes of the decision are ordered following certain heuristic. In particular‚ people decide which outcomes they see as identical‚ set a reference point and then consider lesser outcomes as losses and greater ones as gains
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everyday products so that the logo was everywhere and the aggressive tactic worked. The demand grew so quickly that there three production facilities were up and operating within 7 years. By 1920 there were over 1‚000 bottlers of the product and in the 40’s the president helped to lay the international groundwork for the company to begin doing business overseas and ensuring that a Coke was available to many for a small price. Currently the company now has a brand list that exceeds 500 with 3‚500 plus
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PRODUCT DECISIONS IN GLOBAL MARKETING 5 2.1 Concept/Topic Overview (Product and Branding Concept) 5-6 2.2 Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Impact on Global Buyers 6-7 2.3 Country of Origin as Brand Element 7 2.4 Strategic Alternative towards Global Product Planning 7-8 2.5 New Product in Global Marketing 8 2.6 Case Example 8-9 3. CHAPTER 11: PRICING DECISION 10 3.1 Concept/Topic Overview (Pricing Concept) 10 3.2 Pricing Objective and Strategies in Global Market 10-11 3.3 Environmental Influence
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS External environmental factors include sociocultural‚ Legal‚ Economic‚ Political‚ and Technology. The micro environment on the other hand comprises the industry and market. SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS. Religion‚ education‚ ethnicity‚ education and language‚ age group‚ family‚ cross cultural differences. In 1978‚ the Chinese government introduced a birth control policy of one child per family. (Newsweek 2014) This in the long run will reduce both sales and labor availability
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159 ANALYZING FACTORS THAT AFFECT PERFORMANCE OF GLOBAL VIRTUAL TEAMS V. Sridhar Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon‚ India sridhar@mdi.ac.in Dhruv Nath Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon‚ India Dhruv@mdi.ac.in Ravi Paul East Carolina University‚ USA paulr@ecu.edu Kavita Kapur Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon‚ India fpm06kavita_k@mdi.ac.in Globalization of operations‚ reduced time to market‚ increased need to respond quickly to customers’ needs worldwide and reduced
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Well... APPLE DOESN’T HAVE SOME special place where their marketing secrets are kept‚ unless of course you count their charismatic CEO’s brain. The five secrets I offer here are careful deductions‚ empirical results and the product of my career as an engineer‚ sales rep‚ product manager‚ marketing executive‚ parent‚ son and avid consumer (although not necessarily in that order.) These secrets are super condensed learnings from my nearly decade-long tenure at Apple about how and why people
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Apple Leadership Product Images & Info Press Releases Apple Reports Second Quarter Results Record March Quarter Revenue and Profit iPhone Sales More Than Double CUPERTINO‚ California—April 20‚ 2010—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended March 27‚ 2010. The Company posted revenue of $13.50 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion‚ or $3.33 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.08 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.62
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Entry Barriers in Global Marketing An understanding of the entry barriers to internationalization and their effect on entry mode selection is important because they can assist in determining why global marketers are unable to exploit their full potential and why many firms fail or incur financial losses in their international activities. The height and nature of market entry barriers directly influence the entry mode chosen by a company. Entry barriers increase the cost of entry and constraint
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