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What is form utility?
What does ownership utility satisfy?
Wants by transferring ownership easily
What is place utility?
Availability of goods at convenient locations
What characterized the production era?
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What should the focus be during the marketing era?
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What is value in the context of business?
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What does customer relationship management involve?
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What is a characteristic of limited relationships in business?
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What is a full partnership relationship in business?
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Customer loyalty is about lower production costs.
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What defines a well-chosen target market?
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What is a promotion strategy?
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What does the marketing mix consist of?
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On what do business buyers base purchases?
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What is the step after asking for opinions on laptops?
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What is cognitive dissonance?
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What do UNO Pizzeria and LensCrafters have in common?
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What is an actual product?
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What must businesses focus on for raw materials?
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What does cannibalization refer to?
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What slows the rate of diffusion?
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What does a high diffusion rate indicate about an Apple iPhone?
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What is the relative advantage of an innovation?
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What is marketing promotion?
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What do trends in technology create for promotion?
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What is integrated marketing communication?
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What is a viral web campaign?
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Publicity is less credible than advertising.
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What is closing in sales?
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What does follow-up entail in sales?
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What are channels of distribution?
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What does a distribution strategy plan?
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What is service utility?
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Non-store retailers are growing faster than at the beginning of the decade.
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What are the challenges of non-retail stores?
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What is multi-level marketing?
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What are important factors about business?
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What is product strategy?
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What is marketing mix 2?
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What does being secretive about ideas allow in primary data?
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What does a management accountant do?
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What is accounting?
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What is a certified public accountant (CPA)?
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What does GAAP stand for?
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What is a balance sheet?
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How do you calculate total assets?
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Where do you look for a firm's debt?
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What are the two broad sources of financing?
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Where do you look to find a firm's profit or loss?
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Who are stockholders?
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Companies always pay dividends to stockholders.
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Who do preferred stockholders receive dividends over?
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Study Notes
Utilities in Business
- Form Utility: Enhancing raw materials or components to create more useful products.
- Ownership Utility: Simplifying the transfer of goods and services from sellers to buyers for a hassle-free purchase experience.
- Place Utility: Ensuring goods and services are available in convenient locations for customers.
- Service Utility: Adding value by offering quick and friendly service and educating customers on product use.
Historical Marketing Eras
- Production Era: Focus on specialization of jobs leading to increased productivity; introduction of assembly lines.
- Marketing Era: Emphasis on consumer satisfaction as the primary focus of marketing efforts.
Market Valuation Concepts
- Value: Customer's perception of benefits versus costs to determine product worth.
- Customer Relationship Management: Process of collecting and applying data to improve customer interactions.
Target Market Strategies
- Well-Chosen Target Market: Defined by size, profitability, accessibility, and limited competition.
- Target Market Definition: Specific demographic group targeted for marketing initiatives.
Marketing Approaches
- Promotion Strategy: Combination of personal selling, advertising, publicity, and promotions to drive purchases.
- Marketing Mix: Blend of product, place, promotion, and pricing strategies to facilitate beneficial exchanges.
Consumer Behavior
- Cognitive Dissonance: Discomfort felt by buyers following a purchase, leading to regret or second-guessing.
- Buyer Behavior: Decisions based on specific criteria rather than personal bias.
Product Management
- Actual Product: Tangible items or delivered services fulfilling customer needs.
- Cannibalization: New product sales adversely affecting existing product sales.
- Rate of Diffusion: The speed at which a new product is adopted by consumers; often slowed by lack of understanding.
Marketing Tactics
- Publicity: Free, credible information distribution about a product or organization through the media.
- Word of Mouth: Informal exchanges of information about products and experiences between consumers.
Pricing Strategies
- Every-Day Low Pricing: Consistently low pricing strategy that conveys value.
- Penetration Pricing: Initially low product pricing to gain market share.
- Loss-Leader Pricing: Pricing products below typical costs to attract customers, hoping for additional purchases.
- Prestige Pricing: Setting high prices to maintain a luxury image.
Financial Principles
- Accounting: Organized recording and analysis of financial activities for various stakeholders.
- GAAP: Set of guidelines that govern accounting practices.
- Balance Sheet: Snapshot of assets, liabilities, and owner's equity at a specific date.
- Income Statement: Document that details revenue and expenses over a fiscal period.
Investment Concepts
- Common Stock: Basic form of ownership in a company that includes voting rights.
- Preferred Stock: Offers dividends before common stock; appeals to risk-averse investors.
- Bonds: Debt securities offering periodic payments; characterized by maturity dates and coupon rates.
Risk Management
- Diversification: Strategy of investing in various assets to mitigate risk.
- Professional Management: Expertise in managing mutual funds; attracts investors seeking risk-reducing strategies.
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