The ‘environment’ is everything happening in the world outside that is relevant to your business. As Baines(2011) describe : “The operating environment for all organisations is never static and seldom entirely predictable‚ and can therefore profoundly affect a company’s course of action.” Only after examine the nature of the marketing environment‚ we can therefore set up appropriate marketing strategies for organisation. Generally‚ the marketing environment can be classified into three levels: the
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Macro environment is the external and uncontrollable factors that influence a company’s or product’s development. Billabong must know the value of each of the macro environment factors; such as‚ economic‚ demographics ‚ and lifestyle‚ technology and natural forces. Before companies‚ or in our case Billabong‚ produce a new products‚ they should study each macro environment force carefully. Each force have its effects on the market. Economic forces affect the consumer buying power and spending
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Macro environments relates to the larger forces that have an impact on society as a whole and not just on one or a few organizations. A single organization cannot usually have a significant impact on these forces and therefore can only adapt its marketing mix to account for the opportunities and threats that arise. The company’s macro-environment consists of six major forces that impact on organizations. The six major forces are demographic trends‚ economic trends‚ natural trends‚ technological
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The Macro-environment The macro-environment includes concepts such as demography‚ economy‚ natural forces‚ technology‚ politics‚ and culture. Demography refers to studying human populations in terms of size‚ density‚ location‚ age‚ gender‚ race‚ and occupation. This helps to divide the population into market segments which can be beneficial to a marketer in deciding how to tailor their marketing plan to attract that demographic. The economic environment refers to the purchasing power of
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Macro environment‚ one of the three key elements of the marketing environment explains the influences of broader societal forces. These major external forces are not controllable‚ but being aware of the environmental factors and its changes will be of great advantage for growing the business (Angela‚ 2012). In the travel business‚ the operation does not depend only on the internal functioning but is also affected by external factors. Wotif is also affected by these internal and external factors.
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MICROENVIRONMENT Micro environment means the environment with in the organization/company which is totally under the control. a. The company itself (including departments). b. Suppliers. c. Marketing channel firms (intermediaries). d. Customer markets. e. Competitors. f. Publics. 1. The Company’s Microenvironment a. The Company The first factor is the company itself 1). Top management is responsible for setting the company’s mission‚ objectives‚ broad strategies‚ and policies
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Economics with Study Guide. Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing. • "Macroeconomics/Microeconomics." Encyclopedia of Business and Finance. Ed. Allison McClintic Marion. Gale Cengage‚ 2001. eNotes.com. 2006. 20 Nov‚ 2009 • McCrane‚ Jim. “Macro vs. Microeconomics: How Do The Courses Compare?” ----------------------- [1] Source->
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DELL COMPUTER CORPORATIION | Strategy and Challenges for the 21st Century | | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 4 1.1PC and Laptops – Cash Cow 6 1.2 Storage Solutions - Cash Cow 6 1.3 Servers and Networking - Cash Cows 7 1.4 Services - Dogs 7 1.5 Peripheral - Dogs...................................................................................................7 2. ANSOFF’S GROWTH MATRIX 8 2.1 Market Penetration ......................................................
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Interaction of micro elements The interaction between 5 competitive forces‚ create environment for Apple very competitive and hard to survive. Low entry barrier‚ rapid innovation of supplier and changing demand of consumer create the product life-cycle shorten. A lot of competitors with very similar product specification let product easy to imitate and alter PC become near to commodity product. Thus this leads to low market share industry. In addition‚ strong power of suppliers‚ a lot of competitors
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Compare and contrast macro political risk with micro political risk. Discuss policies to combat their impacts on international business activities. Strategic planning is essential prior to any individual or company deciding to engage in international business whether as direct/indirect investment or through trade. An evaluation of risks should be considered and strategies developed accordingly prior to any potential investment in a foreign country. One such risk which requires consideration is
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