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Marketing CH 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Environmental Scanning? | The process of continually acquiring information on events occurring outside the organization. |
| What are the Environmental Forces? | Social, Economic, Technological, Competitive, Regulatory |
| Social | Micro-Influencers, Conscious Consumerism, growing interests |
| Economic | "Creator Economy" |
| Technological | Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| Competition | Innovation leads to new product, relationships, machine learning |
| Regulatory | Concerns of privacy, Antitrust Laws, New laws |
| Social Forces | Demographic characteristics of the population and its culture |
| Demographics | A population according to selected characters such as age, genders, ethnicity, income, and occupation |
| What are the Generational Cohorts? | Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 |
| Generation Y | 1981-1996 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2010 |
| Gross Income | Total amount of money made in one year by a person, household, or family unit |
| Disposable Income | The money a consumer has left after paying taxes to use for necessities such as food, housing, clothing, and transportation |
| Discretionary Income | Money remains after paying for taxes and necessities (Large Amounts) |
| E-Commerce | Activity that use electronic communication in the inventory, promotion, distribution, purchase, and exchange of products/services |
| Internet of Things(IOT) | The networks of products embedded with connectively enabled electronics. |
| Big Data | Extremely large data sets that require massive data storage warehouses and blablabla |
| Barriers to Entry | Business practices or conditions that make it difficult for new firms to enter the market. |
| Pure Competition | Selling with similar products (commodities) |
| Monopolistic Competition | Substitutable products in a price range |
| Oligopoly | Few Sellers control majority of sales(AT&T, T-Mobile) |
| Pure Monopoly | Only one seller(Utilities) |
| Regulation | Restrictons state and federal laws place on a business with regard to the conduct of its activites |
| Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 | The first federal legislation to outlaw monopolistic business practices and restrain trade. |
| Self-Regulation | Alternative to Government control where an industry attempts to police itself. |