Executive SummaryThe macro-environment consists of larger societal forces that affect entire micro-environment. The six forces making up the company’s macro-environment include demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political/legal‚ and social-cultural forces. Companies must constantly watch and adapt to the marketing environment in order to seek opportunities and ward off threats. “The marketing environment comprises all the actors and forces influencing the company’s ability to transact
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Mac Donald’s Company 1) Economic Environment Even with current economic condition‚ M’cDonalds remains optimistic. According to Business Times (2009)‚ “McDonalds Malaysia expects its delivery service business to jump 40 per cent this year as its new call centre can handle more orders.” They invested over two million ringgit for setting up the new call center. In addition the Managing Director Azmir Jaafar‚ said the company “plans to invest 8 million ringgit this year to open between 15 and 20 new
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Discuss how the six macro-environments (demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political‚ and social/cultural) forces may affect the marketing of a drink or food company. Companies and their suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors‚ and publics all operate in a macro-environment of forces and trends that shape opportunities and pose threats. Within the rapidly changing global picture‚ the firm must monitor six major forces: demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological
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Scanning the Marketing Environment Who are the primary competitors? How to ascertain their strategies‚ objectives‚ strengths and weaknesses‚ and reaction patterns? What are the key methods for tracking and identifying opportunities in the macro-environment? What are the key demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political‚ and cultural developments? The Marketing plan Market survey Segmentation Identifying needs and wants Targeting Choosing a target market(s) Developping a market
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OBS 320: Chapter 4‚ Exploring the External Environment: Macro and Industry Dynamics Leave out: The Value Curve (P. 152-156); and When industry Divide and Collide (P.163-164) 1. Explain the importance of the external context for strategy and firm performance (P. 130-132) A. The External Context of Strategy (Figure 4.1) B. The External Context of Strategy (Explained) It is crucial that the external environment is thoroughly understood in order to formulate an effective
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production processes and product innovation affect a business. Ethical what is regarded as morally right or wrong for a business to do? For instance should it trade with countries which have a poor record on human rights? Changing External Environment Markets are changing all the time. It does depend on the type of product the business produces‚ however a business needs to react or lose customers. Some of the main reasons why markets change rapidly: Customers develop new needs and wants
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reject or be discouraged to buy the product or may be encouraged to buy in a way of overstated advertising of a certain product. It is important to study the brand preference of gym enthusiasts on energy drink product‚ in this research we will focus on how gym enthusiasts choose the brand of energy drink they will purchase. Brand preference is a degree by which the consumers prefer one brand over the other. It also provides some information needed by the buyer‚ like how consumers choose the kind of
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Global Marketing Environment and Its Effect On Marketing In this paper‚ I briefly analyzed global marketing environment and its effect on global marketing. There are 6 components of the global marketing environment: (1) Economic Environment‚ (2) Social Environment‚ (3) Technical Environment‚ (4) Institutional Environment‚ (5) Legal‚ Political Environment‚ and (6) Competitive Environment (Corner‚ n.d.) The changes of these components affect the market directly and create opportunities or threats
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Background Soybean milk was first introduced in Hong Kong by Dr. K.S. Lo under the brand name “Vitasoy” in 1940‚ with an intention to provide consumers with an affordable nutritious and high-protein soymilk drink. Since then‚ Vitasoy became a well-known household name and is now the flagship product of Vitasoy International Holdings Limited (VIHL)‚ contributing 48% of the company total revenue by categories in fiscal year 2013/2014. With the priority to promote quality of life through a wide range
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t he degree of Professional Master in Banking and Finance Examination Committee: Nationality: Previous Degree: Scholarship Donor: Dr.Winai Wongsurawat (Chairperson) Dr. S undar Venkatesh Dr. Y uo sre Badir Bangladeshi MBA in Marketing University of Dhaka Bangladesh Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank of Bangladesh) Asian Institute of Technology School of Management Thailand May 2012 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I a m very much indebted to Dr.Winai Wo ngsurawat‚ t he supervisor
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