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Chapter 1 |
Chapter 1 |
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Value |
The benefits a customer receives from buying a good or service |
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Marketing |
Value exchange between a company and customer; goal is to identify customer wants and needs and satisfy them |
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stakeholders |
any person who holds a stake in the outcome • government • employees • alumni • suppliers • competitors • benefactors • partners • community |
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utility |
the usefulness or benefit consumers receive from a product |
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Exchange |
Process by which some transfer of value occurs between buyer and seller |
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Product |
Tangible good |
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consumer orientation |
A business approach that prioritizes the satisfaction of customers' needs and wants |
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consumer |
ultimate user of a good/service |
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marketing concept |
management orientation that focuses on identifying and satisfying consumer needs to ensure the organization's long-term profitability |
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need |
the recognition of any difference between a consumer's actual state and some ideal or desired state |
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want |
the desire to satisfy needs in specific ways that are culturally and socially influenced |
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benefit |
the outcome sought by a customer that motivates buying behavior-that satisfies the need/want |
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demand |
customer's desires for products coupled with the resources needed to obtain them |
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market |
all the customers and potential customers who share a common need that can be satisfied by a specific product, who have the resources to exchange for it, who are willing to make the exchange and who have the authority to make the exchange |
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Market cycle |
Focus on customer relationship > Satisfy customers > customer loyalty > Information (back to top) Time and money are important! LOOK IN NOTES FOR DIAGRAM |
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Chapter 2 |
Chapter 2 |
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Business planning |
the ongoing process of decision making that guides the company in the short-and-long term |
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Business plan |
a plan that includes the decisions that guide the entire organization |
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Marketing plan |
A document that describes the marketing environment, outlines the marketing objectives and strategy, and identifies who will be responsible for carrying out each part of the marketing strategy • answers the question |
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Business Ethics |
Rules of conduct for an organization |
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code of ethics |
written standards of behavior to which everyone in the organization must subscribe |
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Ethical Values |
Honesty Responsibility Fairness Respect Transparency Citizenship |
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3 Levels of Planning |
1. Strategic Planning 2. Functional Planning 3. Operational Planning |
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Strategic Business Units (SBUs) |
Individual units within the firm that operate like separate businesses, with each having its own mission, business objectives, resources, managers, and competitors |
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Strategic Planning |
A managerial decision process that matches an organization's resources and capabilities to its market opportunities for long-term growth and survival High Level; Goals and idea |
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Functional planning |
a decision process that concentrates on developing detailed plans for strategies and tactics for the short term, supporting an organization's long-term strategic plan How to execute; VP |
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Operational planning |
a decision process that focuses on developing detailed plans for day-to-day activities that carry out an organization's functional plans Mid-to-lower level managers; day/day |
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Mission statement |
a formal statement in an organization's strategic plan that describes the overall purpose of the organization and what it intends to achieve in terms of its customers, products, and resources |
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Situation Analysis |
An assessment of a firm's internal and external environments |
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Internal environment |
The controllable elements inside an organization, including its people, its facilities, and how it does things that influence the operations of the organization |
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External Environment |
The uncontrollable elements outside an organization that may affect its performance either positively or negatively |
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SWOT analysis |
An analysis of an organization's strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats in its external environment |
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Business Portfolio |
The group of different products or brands owned by an organization and characterized by different income-generating and growth capabilities |
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Portfolio Analysis |
A management tool for evaluating a firm's business mix and assessing the potential of an organization's strategic business units |
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BCG Growth-market share matrix |
A portfolio analysis model developed by the Boston Consulting Group that assesses the potential of successful products to generate cash that a firm can then use to invest in new products |
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Stars |
SBUs with prodcts that have a dominant market share in high-growth markets |
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Cash cows |
SBUs with a dominant market share in a low-growth-potential market |
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Question marks |
SBUs with low market shares in fast-growth markets |
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Dogs |
SBUs with a small share of a slow-growth market. They are businesses that offer specialized products in limited markets that are not likely to grow quickly |
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Market penetration strategies |
Growth strategies designed to increase sales of existing products to current customers, nonusers, and users of competitive brands in served markets |
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Market development strategies |
Growth strategies that introduce existing products to new markets |
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4 P's - Marketing planning |
1. Product
2. Price 3. Place 4. Promotion |
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Product development strategies |
Growth strategies that focus on selling new products in existing markets |
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Diversification strategies |
growth strategies that emphasize both new products and new markets |
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Control |
A process that entails measuring actual performance, comparing this performance to the established marketing objectives, and then making adjustments to the strategies or objectives on the basis of this analysis |
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Chapter 4 |
Chapter 4 |
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Marketing research |
a process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data about customers, competitors, and the business environment to improve marketing effectiveness |
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Syndicated research |
Research by firms that collect data on a regular basis and sell the reports to multiple firms |
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Custom research |
research conducted for a single firm to provide specific information its managers need |
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Research design |
A plan that specifies what information marketers will collect and what type of study they will do |
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Secondary data |
Data that have been collected for some purpose other than the problem at hand |
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Primary data |
Data from research conducted to help make a specific decision |
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Exploratory research |
A technique that marketers use to generate insights for future, more rigorous studies |
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Focus group |
a product-oriented discussion among a small group of consumers led by a trained moderator |
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case study |
a comprehensive examination of a particular firm |
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Ethnography |
an approach to research based on observations of people in their own homes or communities * new ideas * mistakes ok * smaller samples * less time * less money * not generalizable |
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descriptive research |
a tool that probes more systematically into the problem and bases its conclusions on large numbers of observations * refine what we think we know * large sample sizes * more time * more money * generalizable * statistics |
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cross-sectional design |
a type of descriptive technique that involves the systematic collection of quantitative information |
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longitudinal design |
a technique that tracks the responses of the same sample of respondents over time |
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causal research
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a technique that attempts to understand cause-and-effect relationships |
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experiments |
a technique that tests predicted relationships among variables in a controlled environment |
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Telemarketing |
the use of the the telephone to sell directly to consumers and business customers |
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Validity |
The extent to which research actually measures what it was intended to measure |
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Reliability |
The extent to which research measurement techniques are free of errors |
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Representativeness |
The extent to which consumers in a study are similar to a larger group in which the organization has an interest |
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Sampling |
The process of selecting respondents for a study |
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Probability sample |
A sample in which each member of the population has some known chance of being included |
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Nonprobability sample |
A sample in which personal judgment is used to select respondents |
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Convenience sample |
A nonprobability sample composed of individuals who just happen to be available when and where the data are being collected |
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Back Translations |
The process of translating material to a foreign language and then back to the original language |
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Chapter 5 |
Chapter 5 |
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Consumer Behavior |
the process of individuals that go through to select, purchase, use, and dispose of goods, services, ideas, and experiences to satisfy needs and wants * problem solving at many different decision points |
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Extended Problem solving vs habitual decision making |
LOOK IN NOTES |
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involvement |
the relative importance of perceived consequences of the purchase to a consumer |
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perceived risk |
The belief that choice of a product has potentially negative consequences, whether financial, physical, and or/social |
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Consumer decision making process |
1. Problem recognition
2. information research 3. evaluation of alternatives 4. Product choice 5. Postpurchase evaluation
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Problem recognition |
the process that occurs whenever the consumer sees a significant difference between his current state of affairs and some desired or ideal state; this recognition initiates the decision-making process. |
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Information search |
the process whereby a consumer searches for appropriate information to make a reasonable decision |
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search marketing |
marketing strategies that involve the use of internet search engines
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Search engine optimization (SEO) |
a systematic process of ensuring that your firm comes up at or near the top of lists of typical search phrases related to your business |
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Search engine marketing (SEM) |
Search marketing strategy in which marketers pay for ads or better positioning |
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Sponsored search ads |
Paid ads that appear at the top or beside the internet search engine results |
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behavioral targeting |
the marketing practice by which marketers deliver advertisements for products a consumer is looking for by watching what the consumer does online |
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Evaluative criteria |
the dimensions consumers use to compare competing product alternatives |
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heuristics |
a mental rule of thumb that leads to a speedy decision by simplifying the process |
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brand loyalty |
a pattern of repeat product purchases, accompanied by an underlying positive attitude toward the brand, based on the belief that the brand makes products superior to those of its competition |
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Consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction |
the overall feelings of attitude a person has about a product after purchasing it |
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cognitive dissonance |
the anxiety or regret a consumer may feel after choosing from among several similar attractive choices |
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perception |
the process by which people select, organize, and interpret information from the outside world |
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exposure |
the extent to which a stimulus is capable of being registered by a person's sensory receptors |
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attention |
the extent to which a person devotes mental processing to a particular stimulus |
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interpretation |
the process of assigning meaning to a stimulus based on prior associations a person has with it and assumptions he or she makes about it |
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motivation |
an internal state that drives us to satisfy needs by activating goal-oriented behavior |
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hierarchy of needs |
an approach that categorizes motives according to five levels of importance, the more basic needs being on the bottom of the hierarchy and the higher needs at the top LOOK AT NOTES |
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motivation |
an internal state that drives us to satisfy needs by activating goal-oriented behavior |
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learning |
a relatively permanent change in behavior caused by acquired information or experience |
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learning |
a relatively permanent change in behavior caused by acquired information or experience |
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behavioral learning theories |
theories of learning that focus on how consumer behavior is changed by external events or stimuli |
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classical conditioning |
the learning that occurs when a stimulus eliciting a response is paired with another stimulus that initially does not elicit a response on its own but will cause a similar response over time because of its association with the first stimulus |
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operant conditioning |
learning that occurs as the result of rewards or punishments |
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cognitive learning theory |
theory of learning that stressed the importance of internal mental processes and that views people as problem solvers who actively use information form the world around them to master the environment |
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observation learning |
learning that occurs when people watch the actions of others and note what happens to them as a result |
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attitude |
a learned predisposition to respond favorably or unfavorably to stimuli on the basis of relatively enduring evaluations of people, objects, and issues |
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affect |
the feeling component of attitudes; refers to the overall emotional response a person has to a product |
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cognition |
the knowing component of attitudes; refers to the beliefs of knowledge a person has about a product and its important characteristics |
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behavior |
the doing component of attitudes; involves a consumer's intention to do something, such as the intention to purchase or use a certain product |
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personality |
the set of unique psychological characteristics that consistently influences the way a person responds to situations in the environment |
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self-concept |
an individual's self image that is composed of a mixture of beliefs, observations, and feelings about personal attributes |
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family life cycle |
a means of characterizing consumers within a family structure on the basis of different stages through which people pass as they grow older |
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lifestyle |
the pattern of living that determines how people choose to spend their time, money, and energy and that reflects their values, tastes, and preferences |
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psychographics |
the use of psychological, sociological, and anthropological factors to construct market segments |
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Activities, Interests, Opinions (AIOs) |
Measures of consumer activities, interest, and opinions used to place consumers into dimensions |
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sensory marketing |
marketing techniques that link distinct sensory experiences such as a unique fragrance with a product or service |
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time poverty |
consumers' belief that they are more pressed for time than ever before |
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culture |
values, beliefs, customs, and tastes a group of people values |
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Internal Influences on consumer behavior |
1. perception 2. motivation 3. learning 4. attitudes 5. personality characteristics 6. lifestyle 7. age |
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reference group |
an actual or imaginary individual or group that has significant effect on an individual's evaluations, aspirations, or behavior |
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opinion leader |
a person who is frequently able to influence others' attitudes or behaviors by virtue of his or her active interest and expertise in one or more product categories |