2. Definition of International
Marketing
“International Marketing is the performance of
business activities that directs the flow of goods
and services to consumers or users in more than
one nation”
OR
“International marketing is the multinational
process of planning and executing the
conception, pricing, promotion and distribution
of ideas, goods and services to create
exchanges that satisfy individual and
organizational objectives”
3. Factors in International
Marketing
Uncontrollable factors
Political
Legal
Economic
Competition
Technology
Geography infrastructure
Structure distribution
Controllable Factor
Price
Product
Promotion
Channels
Research
4. • Evaluation of other cultures according to
preconceptions originating in the standards
and customs of one's own culture.
• Reliance on your own culture.
• Self-reference criterion.
• Approach another culture based on your
culture
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5. A political or cultural system which
contains many different centres, especially
centres of authority or control
Firms are guided by multi domestic market
concept.
All Marketing activities are performed in
each country independently of company
head quarters.
6. Regiocentrism is a transitional phase between
polycentric and geocentric orientation. • Firm accepts a
regional marketing policy covering a group of countries
which have comparable market characteristics. •
Operational strategies are formulated on the basis of the
entire region rather than individual countries
Firms with regiocentric orientation are guided by global
marketing concept.
View World region as distinct markets that share
economic, political, and or cultural trait
Ex-PepsiCo company in PAN european market.
7. Geocentric companies perceive the entire world-without
national or regional distinctions-as a potential market.
A company with offices in multiple nations that
operates to achieve global objectives as well as local
objectives. The subsidiaries contribute unique
competencies as part of a whole rather a set of separate
business units
McDonald’s has been successful as a result of its
geocentric philosophy.
8. International or Global
Task is complicated by the interference of
the domestic market vs. the foreign
market
Task is complicated when company has
multiple international markets
They also might and do contribute to the
a more favorable outcome
9. International Dimensions of Marketing
Domestic Marketing-Marketing practices
within the home country.
Foreign Marketing-It encompasses the
domestic operations within a foreign
country.
Comparative marketing-It involves two or
more marketing systems rather than
examining a particular marketing system
11. Domestic Vs International
Marketing
Differences
1. Sovereign political entities
2. Different legal system
3. Different monetary systems
4. Lower mobility of factors of production
5. Difference in market characteristics
6. Differences in procedures and documentation
7. Greater degree of risk.
12. Transition From Domestic to
International Business
A. Pre-export Behaviour
1.Firm Characteristics.
2.Percieved External Export Stimuli
3.Percieved Internal Export Stimuli
4.Level Of Organizational Commitment
B. Motivation to Export
1. Bulk Sales
2.Relative Profitability
3.Insuffisiency of domestic demand
4.Reducing Business Risk
5.Legal Restrictions.
6.Imported Inputs.
7.Social responsibilty
8.Increased productivity
9.Technological Improvement
13. Stages of International
Marketing
Domestic market extension, same as
domestic
Multi-domestic, product adaptation
Global marketing orientation
Standardized marketing mix
Markets segmented
Standardized product, country specific
advertising
Distribution
14. Process of Internationalization
No regular export activities
Export via Independent
representative
Establishment of overseas
Sales Subsidiary
Overseas
Production/Manufacturing.
15. Global Marketing
The entire world is the market
Coca-Cola
Boeing
IBM
Citibank
Uniliver
16. Kodak in China and the US
Previously Kodak film in the US nearly no
competition, until Fuji entered the market
With no competition in the US, Kodak could
invest heavily in China and other places
Fuji Photo made Kodak invest more in the US
market
Now, digital photography and use of cell phone
cameras do away with film all together
17. Amazon.com beat Apple to the punch Thursday
with a new service that lets customers download
movies to their computers and take them for on-
the-go viewing on portable media players -- but
not on Apple iPods.
Periodic maintenance, repair
18. Why Go International or Global?
Increase wealth
Profitability in business is selling to
customers
Understand the culture and customers in it
to increase wealth
19. Opportunities in Global Business
Develop a global awareness
Willingness to learn new ways
Tolerance of cultural differences
Knowledge
Culture
History
Economic, social, political trends
20. Benefits of International Marketing
Survival
Growth of Overseas Market
Sales and Profit
Diversification
Inflation and Price Moderation
Employment
Standards Of Living
Understanding of marketing process