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Stratergy
is an organization’s long-term course of action designed to deliver a unique customer experience while achieving its goals.
corporate level
The corporate level is the level in an organization where top management directs overall strategy for the entire organization
strategic business unit (SBU)
A strategic business unit (SBU) is a subsidiary, division, or unit of an organization that markets a set of related offerings to a clearly defined group of customers
functional level
The functional level is the level in an organization where groups of specialists actually create value for the organization
Cross-functional teams
Cross-functional teams consist of a small number of people from different departments in an organization who are mutually accountable to accomplish a task or common set of performance goals.
core values
Core values are the fundamental, passionate, and enduring principles of an organization that guide its conduct over time
Mission
A mission is a statement of the organization’s function in society that often identifies its customers, markets, products, and technologies. The term is often used interchangeably with vision
organizational culture
An organizational culture consists of the set of values, ideas, attitudes, and norms of behavior that is learned and shared among the members of an organization.
buisness
A business is the clear, broad, underlying industry or market sector of an organization’s offering.
business model
A business model is the strategies an organization develops to provide value to the customers it serves.
goals or objectives
Goals or objectives are the statements of an accomplishment of a task to be achieved, often by a specific time.
market share
Market share is the ratio of sales revenue of the firm to the total sales revenue of all firms in the industry, including the firm itself
marketing metric
A marketing metric is a measure of the quantitative value or trend of a marketing activity or result
marketing plan
A marketing plan is a road map for the marketing activities of an organization for a specified future time period, such as one year or five years.
business plan
A business plan is a road map for the entire organization for a specified future time period, such as one year or five years.
competitive advantage
A competitive advantage is an unique strength relative to competitors that provides superior returns, often based on quality, time, cost, or innovation.
business portfolio advantage
Business portfolio analysis is a technique that managers use to quantify performance measures and growth targets to analyze its clients’ strategic business units (SBUs) as though they were a collection of separate investments.
diversification analysis
Diversification analysis is a technique that helps a firm search for growth opportunities from among current and new markets as well as current and new products.
diversification analysis
The strategic marketing process is the approach whereby an organization allocates its marketing mix resources to reach its target markets.
situation analysis
A situation analysis involves taking stock of where the firm or product has been recently, where it is now, and where it is headed in terms of the organization’s marketing plans and the external factors and trends affecting it.
SWOT Analysis
A SWOT analysis is an acronym describing an organization’s appraisal of its internal Strengths and Weaknesses and its external Opportunities and Threats
Marketing Segmentation
Market segmentation involves aggregating prospective buyers into groups, or segments, that (1) have common needs and (2) will respond similarly to a marketing action.
Marketing Stratergy
Marketing strategy is the means by which a marketing goal is to be achieved, usually characterized by a specified target market and a marketing program to reach it.
Marketing Tactics
Marketing tactics are the detailed day-to-day operational decisions essential to the overall success of marketing strategies.
envromental scanning
Environmental scanning is the process of continually acquiring information on events occurring outside the organization to identify and interpret potential trends
social forces
Social forces are the demographic characteristics of
Demographics
Demographics describe a population according to selected characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity, income, and occupation.
baby boomers
Baby boomers consist of the generation of children born between 1946 and 1964.
Generation X
Generation X includes the 15 percent of the population born between 1965 and 1976. Also called baby bust.
Generation Y
Generation Y includes the 72 million Americans born between 1977 and 1994. Also called echo-boom or baby boomlet.
blended family
A blended family is a family formed by merging two previously separated units into a single household.
multicultural marketing
Multicultural marketing consists of combinations of the marketing mix that reflect the unique attitudes, ancestry, communication preferences, and lifestyles of different races.
culture
Culture consists of the set of values, ideas, and attitudes that are learned and shared among the members of a group
economy
The economy pertains to the income, expenditures, and resources that affect the cost of running a business and household.
gross income
Gross income is the total amount of money made in one year by a person, household, or family unit. Also known as money income at the Census Bureau.
disposable income
Disposable income is the money a consumer has left after paying taxes to use for necessities such as food, housing, clothing, and transportation.
discretionary income
Discretionary income is the money that remains after paying for taxes and necessities.
Technology
Technology consists of the inventions or innovations from applied science or engineering research.
Marketspace
Marketspace is an information- and communication-based electronic exchange environment mostly occupied by sophisticated computer and telecommunication technologies and digitized offerings.
electronic commerce
Electronic commerce is any activity that uses some form of electronic communication in the inventory, exchange, advertisement, distribution, and payment of goods and services.
competition
Competition consists of the alternative firms that could provide a product to satisfy a specific market’s needs.
barriers to entry
Barriers to entry are business practices or conditions that make it difficult for new firms to enter the market.
regulation
Regulation consists of the restrictions state and federal laws place on business with regard to the conduct of its activities.
consumerism
Consumerism is a grassroots movement started in the 1960s to increase the influence, power, and rights of consumers in dealing with institutions.
self regulation
Self-regulation is an alternative to government control where an industry attempts to police itself
Market Segmentation
involves aggregating prospective buyers into groups that (1) have common needs and (2) will respond similarly to a marketing action.
Market Segments
are the relatively homogeneous groups of prospective buyers that result from the market segmentation process.
Product Differentation
Product differentiation is a marketing strategy that involves a firm using different marketing mix activities to help consumers perceive the product as being different and better than competing products.
Market-Product Grid
A market-product grid is a framework to relate the market segments of potential buyers to products offered or potential marketing actions by an organization.
Usage Rate
Usage rate is the quantity consumed or patronage (store visits) during a specific period. Also called frequency marketing
80/20 Rule
The 80/20 rule is a concept that suggests 80 percent of a firm’s sales are obtained from
Product Positioning
Product positioning is the place an offering occupies in a consumer’s mind on important attributes relative to competitive products.
Product Repositoning
Product repositioning involves changing the place an offering occupies in a consumer’s mind relative to competitive products
Perceptual Map
A perceptual map is a means of displaying or graphing in two dimensions the location of products or brands in the minds of consumers to enable a manager to see how consumers perceive competing products or brands, as well as the firm’s own product or brand.
consumer behavior
Consumer behavior consists of the actions a person takes in purchasing and using products and services, including the mental and social processes that come before and after these actions
Purchase Decison Process
The purchase decision process consists of the five stages a buyer passes through in making choices about which products and services to buy: (1) problem recognition, (2) information search, (3) alternative evaluation, (4) purchase decision, and (5) postpurchase behavior
evaluative criteria
Evaluative criteria are the factors that represent both the objective attributes of a brand and the subjective ones a consumer uses to compare different products and brands.
consideration set
A consideration set is the group of brands that a consumer would consider acceptable from among all the brands in the product class of which he or she is aware
Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is the feeling of postpurchase psychological tension or anxiety consumers may experience when faced with two or more highly attractive alternatives.
involvement
Involvement is the personal, social, and economic significance of the purchase to the consumer
Situational Influences
Situational influences are the five aspects of the purchase situation that impacts the consumer’s purchase decision process: (1) the purchase task, (2) social surroundings, (3) physical surroundings, (4) temporal effects, and (5) antecedent states.
Motivation
Motivation is the energizing force that stimulates behavior to satisfy a need.
Personality
Personality is a person’s consistent behaviors or responses to recurring situations
self-concept
Self-concept is the way people see themselves and the way they believe others see them.
Perception
Perception is the process by which an individual selects, organizes, and interprets information to create a meaningful picture of the world.
Brand Loyalty
Brand loyalty is a favorable attitude toward and consistent purchase of a single brand over time.
Attitude
An attitude is a learned predisposition to respond to an object or class of objects in a consistently favorable or unfavorable way.
Beliefs
Beliefs are a consumer’s subjective perception of how a product or brand performs on different attributes based on personal experience, advertising, and discussions with other people
Lifestyle
Lifestyle is a mode of living that is identified by how people spend their time and resources, what they consider important in their environment, and what they think of themselves and the world around them.
Opinion leaders
Opinion leaders are individuals who exert direct or indirect social influence over others.
Word of Mouth
Word of mouth involves the influencing of people during conversations.
Reference Groups
Reference groups consists of people to whom an individual looks as a basis for self-appraisal or as a source of personal standards.
consumer socialization
Consumer socialization is the process by which people acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to function as consumers.
Family Lifecycle
A family life cycle consists of the distinct phases that a family progresses through from formation to retirement, each phase bringing with it identifiable purchasing behaviors.
Social Class
Social class is the relatively permanent, homogeneous divisions in a society into which people sharing similar values, interests, and behavior can be grouped.
Subcultures
Subcultures are the subgroups within the larger, or national, culture with unique values, ideas, and attitudes.

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