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MKT 395 Exam 2
Question | Answer |
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The element of customer interface that refers to the channels a business marketing firm uses to reach customers and the level of service it provides is | Fulfillment and support |
Which of the following is an element of the customer interface? | Both relationship dynamics and pricing structure |
All of the following are components of a firm's value network excpet | Customers |
____ are the set of skills, systems, and technologies a company uses to create uniquely high value for customers | Core compentencies |
_____ are the most tangible requirements for advantage that enable a firm to exercise its capabilities | Strategic assets |
The components to a model for a business model that can be converted into a superior position of advantage do NOT include | Financial history |
The role of marketing at the corporate level of strategy includes which of the following | All of the answer choices |
Which of the following describes where the firm competes | Both the product scope and the market scope |
A lather manufucturer offers a line of products in different sizes, with a range of options (such as different motor sizes) and accessories for different applications. It sells | Custom built items |
When we focus on the fact that service employees are critical to the service delivery, we are focusing on which unique characteristic of services? | Inseparability |
Which of the following issues pose problems to firms trying to manage joint venture relationships | Disagreements over profit sharing |
Industrial product line created to meet the needs of one (or perhaps a group of niche customers) are defined as | Custom designed items |
Your customer finds itself in a straight rebuy situation. It is most likely that the customer will ppurchase an item from your | Catalog |
We usually get new product line additions from which approach to developing new products | Market pull |
The type of international strategy that concentrates as many activities as possible in one country, serves the world market from the home base, and closely coordinates those activites that must be performed near the buyer is referred to as | A purest global strategy |
_____ involves sourcing a product from a producer located in a foreign country for sale there or in other countries | Contract manufacturing |
Service heterogeneity is a unique service. From the following list, choose the marketing implication most closely related to this characteristic | Emphasizing strict quality control standards |
Which new product development approach offers the highest potential profits | Technology push |
The service dimension that involves treating business customers as individuals is called | Empathy |
It would be less expensive for the firm in the long run if problems with the product were discovered in the _____ stage | Product screening |
Exporting is a viable international entry strategy when the firm | Lacks the resources to make a significant commitment to the market |
Which of the following represent the 3 bridge elements that tie together the major components of the business model | Customer benefits, configuration, and company boundaries |
An industrial firm's first encounter with an overseas market usually involves _____ because it involves the least commitment and risk | Exporting |
The business customer evaluating the knowledge and professionalism of the service staff represents which dimension of service quality | Assurance |
Which level of the product is necessary in order to maintain competitive equilibrium? | Expected product |
In which stage of the product development process is the product critically examined in terms of potential market share, production and distribution costs, and ROI | Business case analysis |
The failure rate for new industrial products typically equals _____% | 40 |
Which approach to managing the new product development process enjoys a diversity of backgrounds and knowledge, but suffers the most from a potential lack of new product development experiences | Venture team |
A development project that creates the design and components shared by a set of products is called | A platform project |
The fact that each performance of a service is different from others describes the _____ of services | Heterogeneity |
Consider the PLC. Which of the following is appropriate in the maturity stage | Maintain the product's productive and distribution capacities |
The 3 major levels of strategy include which of the following | Corporate strategy and functional strategy |
Successful global companies achieve unified action by | Encouraging personal relationships and the transfer of learning among subsidiary managers across locations |
Meeting a promised delivery date relates to the _____ dimension of service quality | Reliability |
In _____ firms pursue separate strategies in each of their foreign markets- competition in each country is essentially independent of competition in other countries | Multidomestic industry |
Which level of the product helps the firm to develop a competitive edge or advantage in the present | Augmented product |
In which method of organizing the new product effort are the team members pulled from tehir full-time roles until the development process is complete | Venture team |
As an entry strategy, licensing requires | A company to have less controll over a licensee than over its own exporting or manufacturing abroad |
_____ is one in which a firm's competitive position in a country is significantly influenced by its position in other countries | Global industry |
Consider the zone of tolerance. Assuming that the customer will return for another exchange, what impact will perceived performance being above the ZOT have upon the next exchange's ZOT | Both desired and adequate expectations will rise |