Smart Products and Services A smart products is an electronic device‚ generally connected to other devices or networks via different protocols such as Bluetooth‚ NFC‚ WiFi‚ 3G‚ etc.‚ that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously. It is widely believed that these types of devices will outnumber any other forms of smart computing and communication in a very short time‚ in part‚ acting as a useful enabler for the internet things. Uses of Smart Services Minimize maintenance and repair
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I. INTRODUCTION A review of literature in economics and marketing suggests that since Raymond Vernon published his article "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle" in 1966‚1 there has been a simultaneous development of literature pertaining to the ’product cycle’ in marketing. There are differences between Vernon’s concept of the product cycle and marketers’ perception of the product life cycle. However‚ when one reviews publications in areas where these disciplines
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Kevin macharia 628945 The product life cycle theory is used to comprehend and analyze various maturity stages of products and industries. Product innovation and diffusion influence long-term patterns of international trade. This term product life cycle was used for the first time in 1965‚ by Theodore Levitt in a Harvard Business Review article: "Exploit the Product Life Cycle". Anything that satisfies a consumer’s need is called a ’product’. It may be a tangible product (clothes‚ crockery‚ cars
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An essay on: “Marketing and ethics are like oil and water – they just don’t mix. There is no place for ethics in the cut-throat world of marketing”. Discuss The success of a product is always determined by how well it’s marketed. In that case marketing has an important role in every product that we produce. But when ethics is associated with marketing‚ it can’t go on one direction. It is like oil and water which does not mix together. What is marketing? Marketing is a societal process by
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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND MARKET SEGMENTATION AS ALTERNATIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES WENDELL R. SMITH Alderson & Sessions decade the 1930’s‚ the work of D URING theRobinsonofand ofChamberlin resulted in a revitalization economic theory. While classical and neoclassical theory provided a useful framework for economic analysis‚ the theories of perfect competition and pure monopoly had become inadequate as explanations of the contemporary business scene. The theory of perfect competition assumes homogeneity
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Product distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations (go-betweens) involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user. The other three parts of the marketing mix are product‚ pricing‚ and promotion. The distribution channel Distribution is also a very important component of Logistics & Supply chain management. Distribution in supply chain management refers to
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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PROGRAMME: MBA COURSE: MARKETING MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: BBA 504 LECTURER: ROSEMARY KOROS |No. |Name |Adm. No. |Signature | |1 |Kamande Micah Muchoki |D53/CTY/PT/20683/2010 |………………… | |2 |Ongwesa I. Valentine |D53/CTY/PT/21233/2010
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Journal of Management and Marketing Research Product placement effectiveness: revisited and renewed Kaylene Williams California State University‚ Stanislaus Alfred Petrosky California State University‚ Stanislaus Edward Hernandez California State University‚ Stanislaus Robert Page‚ Jr. Southern Connecticut State University ABSTRACT Product placement is the purposeful incorporation of commercial content into noncommercial settings‚ that is‚ a product plug generated via the fusion of advertising
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Product Offering MKT/571 Product Offering Verizon Communications Incorporated (Verizon) is an international leader in providing broadband and other wire line and wireless communications services to wholesale‚ mass market‚ business‚ and government customers (Verizon‚ 2011). The corporation primarily operates in the United States. To respond to the economic crisis‚ marketing challenges and opportunities
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MARKETING RESEARCH Dr. Hong Liu LEARNING OBJECTIVES The importance of marketing research in international marketing decisions The factors involved in international marketing research Management of international marketing research process Sources of data availability Challenges in international marketing research DEFINING MARKETING RESEARCH (1) The “function that links the consumer‚ customer and public to the marketer through information – information used to identify and define marketing
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