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Global Market Strategies
A. Globalization Forces (TM 18-1)
B. Identifying Target Markets
1. Major Markets (TM 18-2)
2. Emerging Markets (TM 18-3)
3. Triad Market (TM 18-4)
C. Entry Strategies (TM 18-5)
D. Global Market Environment
1. Culture (TM 18-6)
2. Politics (TM 18-7)
3. Legal Environment (TM 18-8)
4. Commercial Practices (TM 18-9)
5. Economic Climate (TM 18-10)
E. Strategy for Global Marketing Programs
1. Localized Strategy (TM 18-11)
2. Standardized Strategy (TM 18-12)
F. Marketing in Global Business Strategy (TM 18-13)
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FORCES LEADING TO
GLOBALIZATION OF MARKETS
• Growing similarity of countries
• Falling tariff barriers
• Strategic role of technology
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MAJOR MARKETS
• United States
• Japan
• China
• Russia
• India
• Germany
• Italy
• France
• United Kingdom
• Brazil
• Mexico
• Canada
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EMERGING MARKETS
In recent years, developing countries have begun
to show viable market potential:
• Asian/Pacific countries
• Latin American countries
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TRIAD MARKET
Triad countries are truly the principal markets:
• United States
• Western Europe
• Japan
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ENTRY STRATEGIES
Four different modes of entry into foreign markets
are:
• Exporting.
• Contractual agreements.
• Joint ventures.
• Manufacturing.
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CULTURE
Culture refers to learned behavior over time,
passed on from generation to generation. Five
elements of culture are:
• Material culture.
• Social institutions.
• Man and universe.
• Aesthetics.
• Language.
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POLITICS
Even in democratic societies, governments exercise
a pervasive influence on business decisions. Therefore, to be successful overseas, a global marketer
should determine the most favorable political
climates and exploit those opportunities first.
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LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Despite the best intentions, differences may reasonably arise between parties doing business. What
recourse exists for the resolution of differences and
whose laws will apply are of vital concern to global
marketers.
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COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
An international marketer must be thoroughly
familiar with the business customs and practices in
effect in overseas markets. Important factors here
are:
• Business structures.
• Management attitudes and behavior.
• Patterns of competition.
• Mode of doing business.
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ECONOMIC CLIMATE
Level of economic development of a country
constitutes an important determinant of market
potential. Economic environment can be viewed
from two angles:
• Macro view
• Micro view
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LOCALIZED STRATEGY
Due to cultural and other differences among
countries, marketing programs should be tailormade for each country.
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STANDARDIZED STRATEGY
The worldwide marketplace has become so homogenized that multinational corporations can use
identical strategies to market standardized products
and services all over the world, thus lowering their
costs and earning higher margins
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MARKETING IN GLOBAL BUSINESS
STRATEGY
International marketing strategy is significant in formulating global business strategy in three different
ways:
• Configuration of marketing activities.
• International marketing coordination.
• Marketing’s linkage to nonmarketing activities.