Week 9 case study ING Direct Question 1: what level of the product hierarchy has ING Direct leveraged and how does this create value for both customers and the shareholders of ING Direct? ING Direct has leveraged the product from basic product to augmented product. Basic product from a bank industry is simply providing bank service through branch or call centre‚ which has meet core need of their target customer. The introduction of virtual Internet banking‚ which has exceeded the customer expect
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Direct selling is the marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location. Peddling is the oldest form of direct selling. Modern direct selling includes sales made through the party plan‚ one-on-one demonstrations‚ and other personal contact arrangements as well as internet sales. A textbook definition is: "The direct personal presentation‚ demonstration‚ and sale of products and services to consumers‚ usually in their homes or at their jobs." Advantages/Benefits
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Resources are being classified into tangible and intangibles assets as the followings: *Resources of *Virgin Group Tangible Resources Intangible Resources Capabilities of Virgin Group are established by the integrated resources that assisted it to stay competitive and to outdo its competitors. Valuable capabilities will aid Virgin Group to effectively tap and explore spotted opportunities as well as to minimize threats in the external environment. Should capabilities are consistently and effectively
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>cases Yahoo Consumer Direct Marries Purchase Metrics to Banner Ads >Abstract As little as two years ago‚ many advertising pundits were bemoaning the inevitable demise of the banner ad on the Internet. But maybe they were too quick to judge. This case reveals how Yahoo!‚ in combination with ACNielsen’s Homescan®‚ has developed a methodology (Consumer Direct) to evaluate the true effectiveness of banner ads‚ from ad exposure to shopping cart. It also reveals the role Dynamic Logic played
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International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology‚ Volume 1‚ Issue 4‚ September-2012 ISSN 2278-7763 1 A Study On Direct Selling Through Multi Level Marketing F. MARY MERLIN Department of Management Studies‚ Manonmaniam Sundaranar University‚ Tirunelveli‚ India. Email: mary.fmerlin@gmail.com ABSTRACT Direct selling is a multi-level marketing in which the sales force is compensated not only for the sales they make but also for the sales done through their recruit. This recruited
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Vodafone Goals and Objectives The primary objective of Vodafone as a business entity is profit maximisation. The company has a mission statement that ensures for this objective to be achieved in the best possible manner. Vodafone’s mission statement is “to be the communications leader in an increasingly connected world” (Annual Report‚ 2010). Accordingly‚ this mission statement is communicated to all stakeholders of the company‚ especially to 84‚990 employees (Company Description‚ 2010) of the company
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Deontological Ethical Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Marketing In Deontological ethics‚ morality of an action is based upon the particular action’s adherence to moral laws independent of their consequences (DeGeorge 62). Direct-to-consumer marketing of pharmaceuticals has had heated debate with logical arguments from those for‚ and for those against allowing such practices to exist. I do not believe the marketing of the prescription medication to be solely unethical but more
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International Business Strategy Case study ----- Vodafone Group Members: Tao Gu 1461379 Jia Guo 1463305 Yi-Chieh Li 1490606 Chenya Lian 1474013 Yang Li 1429174 Date: 28/04/2015 INTRODUCTION (Yang Li) • • • • • 1. Identify strategic issues--MBV‚ RBV‚ OBV‚ Corporate‚ International (Yang Li ) 2. Identify key strategic issues—Key issue 1. (Chenya Lian) & Key issue 2. (Jia Gu o) 3. Recommendation—1. (Chenya Lian) & 2. (Jia Guo) 4. Action plan—Plan1. (Yi-Chien Li) & Plan2. (Tao Gu) 5. Conclusion(Tao
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Vodafone and Airtel- A study of the brand positioning of two brands from the same product category. VODAFONE Vodafone Essar‚ formerly known as Hutchison Essar is a cellular operator in India that covers 23 telecom circles in India based in Mumbai.Vodafone Essar is owned by Vodafone 67% and Essar Group 33%. It is the second largest mobile phone operator in terms of revenue behind Bharti Airtel‚ and third largest in terms of customers. Segmentation Vodafone segments its target users by Income
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Executive Remuneration Analysis of Vodafone 1. Introduction Executive remuneration is the compensation which company rewards for the executive directors. Since the early 1980s‚ executive payment increase rapidly. The unjustified increasing of executive remuneration pushes the reform of remuneration policy. The Cadbury code mentioned this problem in the Code of Practice in 1995. Cadbury gives some suggestions to companies about the executive remuneration policy. According to his suggestions‚ companies
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