MANAGEMENT Marks 100 First Four Questions carry 15 Marks each and Last Question Carries 40 Marks Q.1 A. Explain the term Market Segmentation. Why should marketers consider segmentation as an important marketing decision? Discuss with the help of suitable examples. B. Discuss the segmentation variables you will consider to segment the market for a 150 cc premium motorcycle. Q. 2. A. Briefly explain the various steps in the consumer decision-making process. Do all consumer
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Traditional Markets Traditional markets include wet markets and mom-and-pop shops. They are widespread throughout the territory. Traditional markets used to account for the lion’s share of food retail. For example‚ they occupied around 54% of total retail food sales between 1995 and 1997. Yet supermarkets sales have exceeded traditional markets sales since 1998‚ and the dominating trend of the former is likely to persist and deepen in the future. Despite the growing significance of supermarkets
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Market Equilibrium Equilibrium refers to a state in which all buyers and sellers are satisfied with their respective quantities at the market price. A market is said to be in equilibrium when no buyer or seller has any incentive to alter their behaviour‚ so that there is no tendency for production or prices in that market to change. Market equilibrium is an optimal economic position‚ as imbalances in quantity demanded and quantity supplied lead to shortages and surpluses . At equilibrium‚ the
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MARKET RESEARCH 2 ASSESSMENT 2 1 - WHY SHOULD AN ORGANISATION CONDUCT MARKETING RESEARCH? An organization must do a marketing research is to identify and assess how changing elements of the marketing mix impacts customer behavior. Marketing research is the systematic gathering‚ recording‚ and analysis of data about issues relating to marketing products and services. 2 - LIST AND DESCRIBE THREE SOURCES OF EXTERNAL INFORMATION. An external source of information is concerned with what is happening
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vn/Home/business/other/25850/ The Principle of Market Equilibrium The Principle of Market Equilibrium is the proposition that markets always move toward equilibrium‚ a situation in which no opportunities for individuals to better off themselves remains. Specifically‚ a properly competitive market reaches equilibrium when a good or service has an equilibrium price tag‚ at which level the quantity demanded and supplied are balanced (called equilibrium quantity). In an economic graph‚ Market Equilibrium is illustrated
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ASSIGNMENT Recent developments in Commercial Bill Market NOVEMBER 30‚ 2009 University School of Management Studies Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi Submitted By: SACHIN GOEL (68) MANAV MUDGAL (69) GH Batch MBA (IIIrd SEMESTER) Commercial bill A non-bank bill of exchange (loan) generated by merchant or investment banks and companies. The bill is evidence of the borrower’s debt and commitment to repay at the due date. These bills are covered by the Bills of Exchange
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parallel bars. The market segmentation; targeting and position play an important role in this company. This essay will use the market segmentation to analyze this company. A segment is a group among the groups which have resulted after subdividing the total market. Market segmentation is subdividing of the market into those groups which can be attacked by specific marketing strategy. It include grouping of customers according to their common needs and wants. The objective of market segmentation
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should perform to conduct the market segmentation process effectively. Step 1: Identify segmented markets The first step of the market segmentation process is to identify the segmented markets. It is important to select the segmenting strategy that most accurately categorizes consumers according to your product or service. For example‚ suppose that your company manufactures infant safety seats. The decision to use the age-oriented strategy to segment the market may not be effective because
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sub-categories respectively. Banks and other financial intermediaries often measure their liquidity risk using either the liquidity gap or the liquidity risk elasticity techniques. On the other hand measures of asset liquidity include bid-offer spread‚ market depth‚ immediacy‚ and resilience. Measures of liquidity risk Liquidity gap The liquidity gap is defined as the net liquid assets of a firm. It is a measure of the variance between a bank’s total liquid assets and the total amount of liabilities
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Tutorial/Feedback Answers Topic 1 Introduction to financial markets ------------------------------------------------- Essay questions 1. Direct finance: Surplus economic units lend their funds “direct” to deficit economic units which are the ultimate borrowers. Financial institutions may facilitate this process by providing financial services in return for fees and commissions. The financial assets issued by the deficit units are held by the surplus units. Indirect finance: Surplus
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