Assignment 2: What is Gross Domestic Product ECO201 Macroeconomics Instructor: George Williams Carleen Wardlow student at Argosy University July 3‚ 2013 (1) What was Real GDP for 2009? The Real GDP for 2009 was that there was a decrease at an annual rate of 6
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PRODUCT PLACEMENTS The Impact of Placement Type and Repetition on Attitude Pamela Miles Homer ABSTRACT: The global market for product placement‚ the practice in which firms pay to place branded products (e.g.‚ brand name/logo‚ package‚ signage‚ other trademarks) in the content of mass media programming‚ has exploded. A pair of studies test two potential moderating factors that may help account for the lack of attitude change reported in past experimental studies of placement effects. Specifically
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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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rights reserved 0160-7383/94 $6.00 + .00 0160-7383(93)E0032-9 THE TOURISM PRODUCT Stephen L. J. Smith University of Waterloo‚ Canada Abstract: An industry is characterized by a generic product and production process. For tourism to be considered an industry‚ it is necessary to show that such a genetic product and process exist. This paper argues that they do exist‚ and presents a model that describes the product as consisting of five elements: the physical plant‚ service‚ hospitality‚ freedom
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competition is characterized by (1) a relatively large number of sellers‚ (2) differentiated products (promoted by advertising)‚ and (3) easy entry and exit from industry (McConnell p.445). Fast food companies fit into monopolistic competition because consumers perceive that there are non-price differences among the competitors’ products‚ there are many producers and customers in a given market‚ and the producers have a degree of control over the price of the products (Wikipedia). Fast food companies
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What are IKEA’s competitive priorities? IKEA’s competitive priorities basically fall into two major categories: price and design. It wants to have the greatest number of people afford‚ at the lowest cost possible‚ its good quality and functional products. They put logic in the design of their products which helps IKEA to price lower than competition while maintaining certain quality standard. 1. Describe IKEA’s process for developing a new product. IKEA’s process for developing
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classify the Starbucks product using the marketing consideration for a consumer product? What individual product decision has Starbucks made? A product represents "the heart of an organization ’s marketing program". Without a product‚ there were no price‚ design‚ target market‚ marketing mix‚ promotion strategy etc. simply‚ there were no business. Starbucks products can be defined as "Convenience Products" because there are "relatively inexpensive" and "limited shopping effort" has to be invested.
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Levels of product Core product The core product is not the tangible physical product. We can’t touch it. That’s because the core product is the benefit of the product that makes it valuable to us. So with the car example‚ the benefit is convenience the ease at which we can go where we like‚ when we want to. Another core benefit is speed since we can travel around relatively quickly. Actual product The actual product is the tangible‚ physical product. We can get some use out of it. Again with the
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is one of which products tend to be countercyclical. Demand for such products normally remains constant and unaffected by economic distress. The color cosmetics are predicted to see a slowdown in volume demand. A growing trend in the cosmetic industry is the introduction of ‘green’ products. More than one in seven (16%) of global beauty products launched in 2008 were certified organic‚ ethical or natural. There are concerns that the global economic climate will stifle new product development‚ innovation
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By definition‚ product placement is the purposeful incorporation of a brand into an entertainment vehicle. (Reichert‚ 2008) The textbook calls this strategic placement of products in TV shows‚ movies‚ and other entertainment vehicles‚ a hybrid of traditional advertising. This suggests that not only is the product being promoted‚ but it is done in such a way that the audience may not even realize they are being sold to. It has been said to “epitomize the blurring of the lines between advertising
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