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Ch15 global mkplace
Principles of Marketing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Global firm | a firm that, by operating in more than one country, gains r&d, production, marketing, and financial advantages in its costs and reputation that are not available to purely domestic competitors |
| economic community | a group of nations organized to work toward common goals in the regulation of international trade |
| exporting | entering foreign markets by selling goods produced in the company's home country, often with little modification |
| joint venturing | entering foreign markets by joining with foreign companies to produce or market a product or service |
| licensing | entering foreign markets thru developing an agreement with a licensee in the foreign market |
| contract manufacturing | a joint venture in which a company contracts with manufacturers in a foreign market to produce its product or provide its service |
| management contracting | a joint venture in which the domestic firm supplies the management know-how to a foreign company that supplies the capital; the domestic firm exports management services rather than products |
| joint ownership | a cooperative venture in which a company creates a local business with investors in a foreign market who share ownership and control |
| direct investment | entering a foreign market by developing foreign-based assembly or manufacturing facilities (made in China) |
| standardized global marketing | a global marketing approach that adjusts the marketing strategy and mix elements to each international target market, which creates more costs but hopefully produces a larger market share and return |
| straight product extension | marketing a product in a foreign market without making any changes to the product |
| product adaptation | adapting a product to meet local conditions or wants in a foreign market |
| product invention | creating new products or services for foreign markets |
| communication adaptation | a global communication strategy of fully adapting advertising messages to local markets |
| whole-channel view | designing international channels that take into account the entire global supply chain and marketing channel, forging an effective global value delivery network |
| planned obsolescence | intentional discontinuation a product's functionality |