Innovative Marketing‚ Volume 3‚ Issue 4‚ 2007 Demetris Vrontis (Cyprus)‚ Alkis Thrassou (Cyprus) Adaptation vs. standardization in international marketing – the country-of-origin effect Abstract The literature on international marketing presents a confrontation between two mainstream schools of thought regarding international marketing. The one supports the standardization approach and argues that multinational companies’ behavior should be uniform to minimize total costs and promote a global corporate
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Starbucks Coffee: Standardization and Adaptation Strategy Introduction Starbucks’ Business Concept and History When academics Jerry Baldwin‚ Zev Siegel‚ and Gordon Bowker established Starbucks Coffee Company in 1971‚ their vision of Starbucks was that of a local business specialising in “selling fresh roasted whole beans in ...specialty stores.” (Darguste et al.‚ 2006 p.655). Fearing commoditization of the brand‚ the founders were opposed to the idea of broadening the appeal of Starbucks
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Starbucks Coffee Company: An Integrated Marketing Communications Plan April 2006 Prepared for: Starbucks Coffee Company W. H. Evans Prepared by: Sophie van der Vecht Neni Pogarcic Hidde van der Dussen Tim Ensing Dan Mackinnon Lucia Suchankova Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................3 Introduction ..................................................................................
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Standardisation versus Adaptation in a Globalisation context Challenge This is the challenge facing primarily multinational firms whether to standardise their local offering or adapt/localise it for the market they are selling into. According to De Wit and Meyer (2010)‚ the question facing managers is whether they should anticipate and encourage global convergence by emphasising global standardisation‚ centralisation and coordination or should managers acknowledge and exploit international diversity
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Global Marketing Global Edition Warren J. Keegan Mark C. Green Introduction to Global Marketing Chapter 1 Copyright 2013‚ Pearson Education INTRODUCTION • Global vs. “Regular” Marketing - Scope of activities are outside the home-country market Copyright 2013‚ Pearson Education GLOBAL MARKETING • Create value for customers by improving benefits or reducing price – – – – Improve the product Find new distribution channels Create better communications Cut monetary
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self-reference criterion has important implications for international marketing reference criterion and discusses its implications for each element of the marketing mix. Use examples to explain. - Culture * SRC concept link to 4Ps * Religion‚ value‚ language‚ political‚ education (determinants) * Strategy – Standardization (ethnocentric) Explain the main arguments for and against the customization of the marketing communication campaign in overseas markets. Use examples. - Marcomm
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Global Marketing Test Bank This review page is divided into three sections: major models and frameworks‚ sample questions‚ and case analysis. No additional modifications will be made. MAJOR MODELS AND FRAMEWORKS : We have covered several major models and analytical frameworks during this course that enable you to analyze a situation in making marketing-related decisions. 1. Changes in consumer buying and usage habits in recessionary conditions (p. 93) 2. ABCD Model (p. 108): consumer access
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Global Marketing Plan Yve Franks MKT/562 Executive Summary Gambit Sports Outreach Program is designed to reach the children and the residents of Haiti. Gambits purpose is to develop a nonprofit sports soccer facility that focuses on educating the whole person through education‚ nutrition and sports. Children are in important part of our future and Gambit wants to be able to help Haiti and the children build up confidence
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1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle‚ Coca-Cola‚ and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four Ps – to create global marketing programs. Marketing‚ R&D‚ manufacturing‚ and other activities comprise a firm’s value chain; firms configure activities to create superior customer value on a global basis. Global companies also maintain
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attention has been focused on the debate over global versus localized marketing strategies for firms competing in international markets. In this assignment‚ we are going to analyze the debate over global versus localized marketing from a cross-cultural consumer behavior perspective. We also discuss the type of products or services for which a global marketing and advertising strategy whether is it appropriate or not. We will analyze the logic of the global marketing strategies from a consumer behavior perspective
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