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What do you think? Develop a list of possible metrics that firms might use to measure their success in these new developing markets.
Do you think U.S. firms should be allowed to use bribes to compete in countries where bribery is an accepted and legal form of doing business? Why or why not?
Some countries have been critical of the exporting of American culture by U.S. businesses. What about American culture might be objectionable?
What elements do you find in common across the three examples? Which Code of Ethics do you think is the most effective overall, and why?
For further research (groups): Consumer-generated value is one of the big marketing stories today.
Ethics Have you ever pirated software? How about music? Is it ethical to give or receive software instead of paying for it?
Critical thinking The marketing concept focuses on the ability of marketing to satisfy customer needs.
Critical thinking In both developed and developing countries, not all firms have implemented programs that follow the marketing concept.
Critical thinking Ideally, each member of a value chain adds value to a product before someone buys it.
Critical thinking User-generated commercials seem to be part of a broader trend toward user-generated content of all sorts.
Ethics Some marketing or consumption activities involve the (literal) consumption of people—voluntarily or not.
Develop a team report of your findings. In each section of the report, share what you learned that is new or surprising to you compared to what you expected.
What do you do when you want fresh breath and a clean mouth, and do not have your toothbrush or water?
What is a mission statement? What is a SWOT analysis? What role do these play in the planning process?
How do firms use the Boston Consulting Group model for portfolio analysis in planning for their SBUs?
Why is it so important for marketers to break the implementation of a marketing plan down into individual elements through action plans?
What is return on marketing investment (ROMI)? How does considering marketing as an investment instead of an expense affect a firm?
What are some ways that the corporate culture of one organization might differ from that of another?
What are some important potential negative consequences of not formalizing a Code of Ethics in written form?
Assume that you are the marketing director for a small firm that manufactures educational toys for children.
As a marketing student, you know that large firms often organize their operations into a number of strategic business units (SBUs).
An important part of planning is a SWOT analysis, understanding an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
As an employee of a business consulting firm that specializes in helping people who want to start small businesses, you have been assigned a client.
A long hollow cylinder exchanges heat by radiation and convection along its outside surface with an ambient fluid at The heat transfer coefficient is h.
A wire moving through a furnace with constant velocity, steady state, one-dimensional (axial), incompressible, constant k and no energy generation.