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Scope, Concepts, and Drivers of International Marketing
Dana-Nicoleta Lascu
Chapter 1
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Chapter Objectives
• Define international marketing• levels of international involvement.• company orientations and philosophies
toward international marketing.
• environmental and firm-specific drivers that direct firms toward international markets.
• obstacles to successful international ventures.
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Importance of International Marketing
• International expansion helps firm: Keep pace with competition Reach a larger market Reap higher profits Prolong the lifecycle of their products
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Levels of International Marketing
Domestic Marketing
Export Marketing
International Marketing
Global Marketing
• Least international commitment
• Domestic focus
• Limited international commitment
• Involves direct or indirect export
• Ethnocentric
• Substantial internationalcommitment
• Focus on individual countries or regions
• Polycentric or Regiocentric
• Extensive internationalcommitment
• Focus on segments, rather than countries or regions
• Geocentric
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International Philosophy
Corporation & Business Lines
Human Resources
Marketing &
Sales
Manufacturing& Distribution
Finance
Management internationalization philosophy
affects all functional areas of the corporation.
Based on EPRG framework
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EPRG FRAMEWORK
• ETHNOCENTRIC orientation
• POLYCENTRIC orientation
• REGIOCENTRIC orientation
• GEOCENTRIC orientation
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Ethnocentric Orientation
• domestic market extension concept:• Domestic strategies, techniques, and personnel
are perceived as superior• International customers, considered secondary• International markets regarded as
outlets for surplus domestic production• International marketing plans
developed in-house by international division
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Polycentric Orientation
• multidomestic market concept:• Focuses on importance and uniqueness
of each international market• May establish businesses in each target country• Fully decentralized, minimal coordination with
headquarters• Marketing strategies = specific to each country• Result:
No economies of scale, duplicated functions, higher final product costs
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Regiocentric Orientation
• global marketing concept:• World regions that share
economic, political, and/or cultural traits are perceived as distinct markets
• Divisions are organized based on location• Regional offices
coordinate marketing activities
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Geocentric Orientation
• global marketing concept:• world is perceived as a total market
with identifiable, homogenous segments
• Targeted marketing strategies aimed at market segments, rather than geographic locations
• Achieve position as low-cost manufacturer & marketer of product line
• Provides standardized product or service throughout the world
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Drivers of International Expansion
• Competition• Regional Economic & Political Integration• Technology• Improved Transportation & Telecommunication• Economic Growth• Transition to Market Economy• Converging Consumer Needs
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Drivers of International expansion, continued
COMPETITION
• McCann Erickson, the advertising agency,
• follows longtime client, Coke, to all countries where
company is present
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Drivers of International Expansion, continued
• Regional agreements • such as NAFTA, MERCOSUR, and the European
Union • lower and eliminate barriers and promote trade
within common markets.• Subsidiaries established in specific markets
• to take advantage of free trade within the region.
REGIONAL, ECONOMIC and POLITICAL INTEGRATION
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Drivers of International Expansion, continued
TECHNOLOGY• Consumers worldwide are
exposed to similar products, services, and entertainment.
• The Web & the Internet have revolutionized the way companies conduct business.
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• Lower cost and higher quality communication • due to satellite technology, teleconferencing,
and e-mail• Efficient transportation
• due to containerization and • just-in-time technology
Drivers of International Expansion, continued
TRANSPORTATION and TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Drivers of International Expansion, continued
• Emerging middle class in big emerging markets • with increasing buying power• Brazil and India
• Opening of new markets previously closed, • such as China and Vietnam
• Emerging economies • are becoming viable trade partners
ECONOMIC GROWTH
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Drivers of International Expansion,
• Transition of Eastern Bloc to a market economy • created important new markets
• Created opportunities to transform • inefficient government-owned local companies • into successful enterprises
TRANSITION to a MARKET ECONOMY
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Drivers of International Expansion,
• Uniform consumer segments • emerging worldwide:
• global teenagers, global elite
CONVERGING CONSUMER NEEDS
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Firm-Specific Drivers
Product Life Cycle Considerations: opportunity to prolong product lifecycle by entering growth markets.
Sales
Intro Growth Maturity Decline
Profits
Sales
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Firm-Specific Drivers,
High New Product Development Costs:
• Firm must look beyond home-country market to recover investment costs
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Price competition during maturity drives firm to new international markets
Firm-Specific Drivers,
Standardization, Scale Economies, Cheap Labor
Intro Growth Maturity Decline
Sales
Profits
Sales
Time
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Firm-Specific Drivers,
Experience Transfers
Experience in one country serves as
basis for strategies in new international markets.
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Obstacles to Internationalization
• Self-reference Criterion Conscious and unconscious reference to own national culture while operating in the host country
To counter the impact of the self-reference criterion,
select appropriate personnel for- international assignments
engage in sensitivity training*- Lessons in culture differences
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Obstacles to Internationalization
• Government Barriers
Restrictions on foreign corporations - tariffs, - import quotas, and - other limitations,
such as restrictive import license awards
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Obstacles to Internationalization,
• Barriers from International Competition
Blocked channels of distribution Exclusive retailer agreements Price reductions
- at the time of market entry
Advertising blitzes
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Chapter Summary
• International involvement: Domestic marketing, export marketing, international
marketing and global marketing
• Internationalization philosophies: Ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, and geocentric
• Drivers of international expansion: Competition, regional integration, removal of trade barriers, improvements in transportation, telecommunications and technology, converging consumer needs
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Chapter Summary
• Firm-specific drivers: Prolonging product lifecycle, recovering new product development costs, price competition, standardization, economies of scale and cheap labor, experience transfers
• Obstacles to entry: Self-reference criterion, government barriers, competitive barriers