BSBMKG603B Manage the marketing process ASSESSMENT 1 1. Marketing activities: Any activities that a business or organization undertakes to build brand awareness are known as marketing activities. Even in a time period in which it is easier to create robust marketing materials than ever‚ the irony is that the larger number of resources means that the competition is only getting stiffer every day. Engaging in marketing activities on a daily basis is vital for ensuring the growth and success
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1. Evaluate the attractiveness of the PC industry. In short‚ at the time of the Matching Dell case study the PC industry was essentially in a boom‚ and particularly in the United States. Steady growth and expansion continued from the first waves created in the mid-1970s by firms like Apple‚ and exploded in the 1980s with IBM’s first PC offering. Companies likely envisioned a huge potential for growth due to the fact that PC had become attainable as a household commodity‚ and was almost certainly
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equipment. Recently‚ Nike is facing a lot of problem in term of selling. The first one is‚ increasing competition. There are many competitors out there who are trying to attract Nike customer to their side such as‚ Adidas‚ Puma‚ and others. Nike marketing department is taking a big consideration to be the best among the other. Another thing is the price. Nike prices are considered to be kind of expensive if you compare them to the other brands. Therefore‚ they should find out what are the best prices
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Module: MARKETING MANAGEMENT Assignment Title: THE MARKETING PLANNING PROCESS Background: The marketing mix comprises of the standard 4Ps (or other models). The 4Ps can easily be identified and applied in practice. However‚ it can be difficult to balance the 4Ps in order to provide the right product/services to the right customer at the right place and at the right time. It is therefore not surprising that marketing is both an art and science‚ as the act of balancing the marketing mix requires
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DFI 501: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TIME VALUE OF MONEY Amortizing a Loan An important application of discounting and compounding concepts is in determining the payments required for an installment – type loan. The distinguishing features of this loan is that it is repaid in equal periodic (monthly‚ quarterly‚ semiannually or annually) payments that include both interest and principal. Such arrangements are prevalent in mortgage loans‚ auto loans‚ consumer loans etc. Amortization
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determine the influence that an organization has on those that engage in deviance. One of the analytic strategies used is the bureaucratic matching game. The strategy is used by organizations to sort clients into career lines‚ by way of workers placing stereotypes on them. This strategy has four features that are identified in order to understand bureaucratic-matching game. The first of the features that applies to this organization is their ideology and philosophy. These two values are at the core of
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Matching Dell Case Analysis When analyzing a firm’s competitive advantage‚ it is important to look both at its revenue and ist cost side. In this particular case‚ Dell’s competitive advantage can be mainly attributed to its reduced average costs. In general‚ the reduction of average costs can be mainly traced back to Dell’s improved Supply Chain Management by the following measures: • A decrease in the cost of capital commitment can be achieved through just-in-time production‚ which is facilitated
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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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Maturity matching approach Guillermo Furniture Store can implement maturity matching policy as their working capital policy. If the firm implements maturity matching‚ the firm hedges its risk by matching the maturities of its assets and liabilities this policy allows for long-term asset financing through issuing long-term debt and equity securities. Permanent component of current assets rely on the short-term financing of its temporary assets. The inventories and receivables remain at a designated
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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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