Chapter: Managing Product Line: What is Product? We define a product as anything that can be offered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use‚ or consumption that might satisfy a want or need. Product include more than just tangible goods. Broadly define‚ products include physical objects‚ services‚ events‚ persons‚ places‚ organizations‚ ideas‚ or mixes of these entities. We use the term product broadly to include any or all of these entities. Because of their important in the world economy
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The Environmental Impact 95 percent of electronic waste is recyclable. However‚ unregulated recycling can cause more harm to the environment than landfilling. While many companies‚ such as Apple‚ have safe and effective recycling programs‚ the majority of recycling companies export some percentage of their electronic waste to China or poor countries in Africa‚ where the waste is “recycled‚” or destroyed and stripped of its valuable metals. Though this seems like a good thing on the surface‚ because
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We as human beings are very fortunate to be living on this planet that we call Earth. We toil over the land‚ and in return we receive provisions off of which we live. Even though we get all that we need from this bountiful land‚ we still for some reason feel like we need to alter it. In doing so we also end up ruining the land that we thrive on. We reshape the world to fit our individual needs‚ and the earth just doesn’t work that way. Everything on this planet has a purpose‚ from the largest animal
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Designing and Managing Services Discussion Questions 1. How do we define and classify services? 2. How do services differ from goods? 3. How can we achieve excellence in marketing services ? 4. How can we improve service quality? 5. How can goods marketers improve customer service? Slide 2 of 29 The Nature of Services 2008 – 2018 Loss of 1.2 million jobs 2008 – 2018 Gain of 14.6 million jobs Slide 3 of 29 Service An act or performance one party can offer to another that
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Chapter 15: Designing and Managing Value Networks and Channels GENERAL CONCEPT QUESTIONS Multiple Choice 1. Intermediaries who buy‚ take title to‚ and resell the merchandise are called ________. a. retailers b. facilitators c. marketers d. agents e. merchants Answer: e Page: 468 Level of difficulty: Easy 2. Companies that search for customers and may negotiate on the producer’s behalf but do not take title to the goods are called ________
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info Emerald Article: Mobile phones and micro-trading activities conceptualizing the link Richard Boateng Article information: To cite this document: Richard Boateng‚ (2011)‚"Mobile phones and micro-trading activities - conceptualizing the link"‚ info‚ Vol. 13 Iss: 5 pp. 48 - 62 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14636691111160635 Downloaded on: 17-02-2013 References: This document contains references to 39 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight
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Environment Culture influences an individual’s attitude towards environment. Environment in this context refers to our physical surroundings and nature. Man’s attitude towards his immediate environment is largely based upon his cultural upbringings. Trompenar’s concept of attitude towards environment highlights how man controls nature by imposing his will upon it (reference). Large organizations impact the nature and environment in many ways. Corporate Social responsibility has become
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Environmental protection 1 Environmental protection Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual‚ organizational or governmental levels‚ for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and technology‚ the biophysical environment is being degraded‚ sometimes permanently. This has been recognized‚ and governments have begun placing restraints on activities that cause environmental degradation. Since the 1960’s
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The Great Debt Shift from 2000 to 2012 The United States is facing a structural budget deficit in recent years. The fiscal situation has an increasingly dire and unsustainable outlook over the next 10 years and beyond. However‚ looking back ten years before‚ when George Bush took office at the beginning of 2001‚ the federal government was running a substantial budget surplus and projected rising surpluses. Here comes to a question: how did federal government get into this fiscal mess. My paper
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Business Environment Meaning: The success of every business depends on adapting itself to the environment Within which it functions. For example‚ when there is a change in the government polices‚ the business has to make the necessary changes to adapt itself to the new policies. Similarly‚ a change in the technology may render the existing products obsolete‚ as we have seen that the introduction of computer has replaced the typewriters; the colour television has made the black and white television
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