Viral Marketing Essays and Term Papers
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Portfolios of Interfirm Agreements in Technology-Intensive Markets: Consequences for Innovation and Profitability
Portfolios of Interfirm Agreements in Technology-Intensive Markets: Consequences for Innovation and Profitability Research Question New product development has a broad range of determining factors. Such determining factors include the voice of the customer, internal knowledge development, and organizational processes and capabilities. In technology-intensive markets, firms need to corporate with each other to develop new products. “However, most research has concentrated on interfirm agreements in isolation, with special attention to dyadic information transfer and coordination and
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The Marketing Mix
The Marketing Mix Marketing Mix is a way for the organization and the consumer objectives to be reached. It was developed by a man named Neil Borden in 1949 (NBA, 2005). It was formed by the idea of mixing ingredients like a cook would to make something that no one else has come up with. Borden came up with a plan that would satisfy the wants and needs of the consumer. Marketing decisions are grouped
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Evaluating New Markets
In evaluating new markets for Church & Dwight Company, Inc., we have looked into the country of Nigeria. Nigeria has been the subject of many reports by the United Nations regarding population growth. Pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease rates are elevated in this small country which is slightly larger than Texas, yet smaller than Alaska. We believe that the Trojan brand as well as the First Response brand could se significant sales and exposure within
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Opportunity Cost and the Free Market
OPPORTUNITY COST & THE FREE MARKET Scarcity is one of the most basic and crucial points to understand in microeconomics.1Scarcity means that we cannot have all the needs and wants to satisfy our desires. Scarcity can be applied to almost anything. Due to the scarcity of products we must make a choice of what we want. We must choose whether to do one thing or another by what we value to be most important to
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Coca Cola: International Marketing Mix
Coca Cola: International Marketing Mix INTRODUCTION: This scope of this essay is to discuss the international marketing mix of Coca Cola, which is one of the biggest brands in the world. The debate between the global standardization and local adaptation of the marketing mix has been going on for more than four decades without a resolution (Agrawal, 1995) and globalization trends starting in the early 1980’s has further fueled the debate (Jeong, 2000). This has
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Services Marketing
Services Marketing Services marketing is marketing based on relationship and value. It may be used to market a service or a product. Marketing a service-base business is different from marketing a product-base business. There are several major differences, including: 1. The buyer purchases are intangible 2. The service may be based on the reputation of a single person 3. It's more difficult to compare the quality of similar services 4. The buyer cannot return the
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Internet Auctions - Competition on the German Market and the Advantage of Auctioning Rare Goods-
Internet Auctions -Competition on the German market and the advantage of auctioning rare goods- Table of contents Introduction………...………………………………………………………......................2 1.) What internet auction types exist? 2.1.) Description of Hood as eBays largest German competitor………………….…....3 2.2.) The impact of seller’s reputation on buying behaviour exemplified on Hood…..4 3.) Application of economic theory……………………………………….……………..5 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………....6 References…………………………………………………………………………………8 Introduction Every purchase causes a meeting of demand and supply, of buyer and seller. This can take place in several forms, in a
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Marketing and Supply Chain Differences B2b & B2c
B2B vs. B2C Marketing and Supply Chain Lorraine Scott E-Business EBUS 400 Raejean Kyle May 21, 2006 What are B2B and B2C? B2B and B2C are two of the major categories of Electronic Commerce, or E-Commerce. (Schneider, 2004) B2B is the term used to describe Business-to-Business transactions that take place electronically, more specifically on the World Wide Web. (Schneider, 2004) B2C represents the Business-to-Consumer transactions that take place on the Web. (Schneider, 2004) From what
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Market Demand Potential
INTRODUCTION An important issue for most businesses is answering question, "What is my market share?" Fixed in the question is a series of related business issues. The underlying themes typically include the following: Market demand - "How many dollars are there in this market for our product?" Market potential - "How much of the potential in the market can we capture?" (Tipp 2001). This paper attempts to estimate the market demand and potential of Personal
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Grand Livina Marketing Plan
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nissan Grand Livina is the latest product of Nissan, launched on April 2007. It is projected as the "people's car", which fulfills the needs of the customers: an economical, wide-spaced vehicle with reasonable price. The objectives of the marketing plan is aligned with Nissan's objectives, which are being one of the Top 5 car manufacturers in Indonesia, increasing profit, and expanding market share. This plan describes the situation which is currently dealt with,
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Strategic Marketing Plan
Table of Contents Executive Summary...........................................................................................................3 Product Profile……………...............................................................................................4 Business Review….............................................................................................................6 Key Issues/Key Learnings……….....................................................................................9 Planning Conclusions…..................................................................................................11 Marketing Strategy & Objectives……….…..................................................................16 Key Strategic Marketing Initiatives................……………………….………………..18 Marketing Programs………….…….……………………………………………….....22 Calendar of Events…………….......................................................................................25 Brand Economics.........................................…………...……………………………….26 Risks..................................................................................................................................27 Financials………………………………………………………………………………..$$ References…………………………………………………………………………….....28 Appendix A - J ….......................................................................................................29-37 Executive Summary Montreal VIP currently offers an unlimited variety of services, ranging from writing business proposals to organizing fundraising events, to strip clubs outings for the guys / girls. Although this gives them great versatility to serve almost
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Marketing Strategies for Bmw - Paper Covers Current Marketing Strategies & Future Marketing Strategies
Marketing Strategies for BMW Paper covers Current Marketing Strategies & Future Marketing Strategies [08/02/07] Dharmesh BMW Group, headquartered in Munich, Germany, is one of the most successful multi brand premium automobile manufacturers in the world. The company manufactures, distributes and sells passenger cars (including Sedans, Coupes, and Convertibles etc) and motorcycles. BMW operates three business segments namely: Automobiles, Motorcycles and Financial Services. BMW is the parent company of the Mini and Rolls-Royce car brands, and,
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Marketing Paper
This week's assignment was to define marketing in our own words and to explain the importance of marketing in organizational success. My personal definition of marketing is to showcase your product in a way that is appealing to the consumers that you are trying to sell to. I found two definitions of marketing that were fairly close to my definition. The first definition states that marketing consists of the strategies and tactics used to identify,
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Motivation and Social Responsibility of the Free Market
There are more factors that affect job satisfaction and motivate employees to work for a particular company than the salary and benefits paid for their services. According to Hackman & Oldman’s Job Characteristics Model, jobs should contain various characteristics in order to be a motivating job and to contribute to employee or job satisfaction. These characteristics are: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback. Along with this job’s characteristics a motivating job should
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Marketing Plan for an Existing Business
Executive Summary Dragonfly Designs already offers custom-made items and now we would like to expand our product lines and offer do-it-yourself items. Our existing location can be renovated to add the space needed for this service. We would also like to build a new facility with a larger work area for the do-it-yourself projects and kilns in the back area. The back area would be large enough to hold the inventory for both store
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Marketing
This paper will introduce, discuss, and define marketing in business. It will discuss Market analysis, inbound and outbound marketing and the four p’s. Marketing has many definitions and facets of operation. After reading this paper one will discover that marketing is much more than just advertising something in a newspaper or on television. Marketing is art and science of creating value; the flow of goods or services to the target market while building business relationships
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Marketing Research
Alessandro Lozano Michael Tolliver Ms. Guilbault Marketing Research Project Development Plan 1. Marketing Problem 2. Challenge 3. Objective 4. Information needed 5. Methodology Marketing Problem Warner Southern College is an institution that is based on faith, scholarship and servant hood. This institution provides students, faculty, and staff with many services including the cafeteria where most indulge with exquisite choices of food, the Student Union Building (SUB) where one can take a load off by partaking
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Marketing Busniess Plan Research
Marketing Strategy  Four P’s- Product Place Price Promotion Price -This is a very important factor within any business, The business must use specific strategies and techniques. These will help me find the perfect price range for the Product /Service I will be providing. One of the techniques used by a competitor of mine would be skimming. This is when ever a new product or service is researched by research and development department to collect
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Environmental Factors of Marketing
Environmental Factors of Marketing T.I University of Phoenix MKT 421 Harry Caldwell 06/24/2006 Environmental Factors For a company to gain or maintain a sustainable competitive advantage, the organization must be ever vigilant, watching for changes in the business environment. The organization must also be agile enough to alter its strategies and plans when the need arises (Wikipedia, 2006). In today’s business world, organizations must look at international markets for new opportunities. For a business to
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Global Market Expansion
I have completed my research on the new market expansion; it is my recommendation that we should expand our market to China. Going international can gain our company both broader public recognition and a higher profit margin with our current staff and members. Background Last October, our company received an eight million dollar equity investment from Anonymous company. As a result of this investment, the senior vice presidents of Worldwide Marketing, of Anonymous company,
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Marketing-Advertising Super Bowl Ads
Budweiser Report Once a year a large amount of the U.S. population sits down to watch the same program, the Super Bowl. In addition to the game, people become consumed with the new commercials that are featured for the first time, during the game. The commercials they are watching are produced by the best and the brightest in the business, such as Anheiser Busch, spending an immense amount of money just to advertise their products.
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McBride Marketing Plan
MCBRIDE MARKETING PLAN The McBride Financial Services marketing plan will deliver the best marketing solutions that meet the company’s mission and achieve the company’s goals. The plan focuses on delivering our product and services through a Web-based mortgage application. Market research in the areas of real estate investment, finance, advertising, advertising mediums, and mortgage loans, allows us to pinpoint and reach our target customers. Business Requirements The McBride mission statement shown in Appendix A requires
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Marketing Business Recommendations
IPT realizes the importance of knowing our customers better. This allows IPT to know who our customers are and what needs our customers have so that we may tailor our products and marketing strategies to meet those needs. Tools that we can use to assist us achieve that goal are Internet, Customer Relationship Management tools and databases. The internet allows IPT to promote our product and communicate with our customers. The internet is the most
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Coke Vc Pepsi Marketing Survey
BRANDING 1. What’s your view of the Coca-Cola brand? ? Very bad ? Bad ? Neutral ? Good ? Very Good 2. What’s your view of the Pepsi-Cola brand? ? Very bad ? Bad ? Neutral ? Good ? Very Good 3. What do you associate the brand Coca-Cola with? Strongly disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly Agree Advertising Cool Culture Friendly Innovative Pop Sports Traditional Trendy Youthful 4. What do you associate the brand Pepsi-Cola
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Can Two Such Different Companies Find Success in Today's Market?
Only a few years ago, Cisco Systems was a struggling company who only the technologically educated had heard of. Today, Cisco Systems ranks as the number one or two company in most Internet technology. Anyone using the Internet today, will use one area or another of Cisco Systems. The driving force behind Cisco is their visionary CEO, John Chambers. How does a man who is dyslexic and doesn’t understand much of the technology his
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