Principles of Marketing (MKTG 320) Fall 2013 Syllabus (Tentative) Madan M.Batra (MBA, Ph.D.) Professor of Marketing and International Business Room 406A Eberly 724-357-5776 (Office) 723-388-9595 (Cell) batra@.iup.edu Office Hours Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12:15 to 2:00 p.m. & 3:15 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Please see the D2L course website for announcements concerning any changes in office hours during a specific week. Instructor Profile I am a professor
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informational website to answer the customers’ basic questions. Where is the business, what are the hours, what is offered et cetera. Moving forward and expanding further from the low-level perspective of the use of information technology and offer strategic recommendations to the bio-technology pharmaceutical operations of XYZ Pharmaceutical Inc. Included in the recommendation will be training, human resources, and regulatory considerations. In a past analysis of Zephyr Teachout’s article “Will
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 Mission Statement 3 Product Description and Classification 3 Consumer Product Classification 4 Target Market 4 Competitive Situation Analysis 5 Analysis of Competition using Porter’s 5 Forces Model 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Strengths 7 Weaknesses 7 Opportunities 8 Threats 9 Market Objectives 9 Product Objective 9 Price Objective 9 Place Objective 9 Promotion Objective 9 Marketing Strategies 9 Product Strategies 9 Price Strategies
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2008 NANCY F. KOEHN MARYA BESHAROV KATHERINE MILLER Starbucks Coffee Company in the 21st Century On the morning of March 19, 2008, 6,000 Starbucks shareholders gathered at McCaw Hall in Seattle for the coffee company’s annual meeting. The first in line appeared outside the building’s glass-fronted façade while it was still dark, and before long, the performance hall was packed.1 As the crowd streamed inside, one team of Starbucks employees handed out cups of hot coffee, while another wrote
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Objectives 3 3.1 Vision 4 3.2 Mission 4 3.3 Corporate Objectives 4 4 Situational Analysis 4 4.1 Macroeconomic Analysis 5 4.1.1 Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental, and Legal Analysis 5 4.1.2 Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis 7 4.2 Industry analysis 9 5 Market analysis 10 5.1 Market forces 11 5.2 Market position 12 6 Internal analysis 13 6.1 Sustaining competitive advantage and core competencies 13 6.2 Strategic
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Executive Summary The Daily Perc (TDP) is a specialty beverage retailer. TDP uses a system that is new to the beverage and food service industry to provide hot and cold beverages in a convenient and time-efficient way. TDP provides its customers the ability to drive up and order (from a trained Barista) their choice of a custom-blended espresso drink, freshly brewed coffee, or other beverage. TDP is offering a high-quality option to the fast-food, gas station, or institutional coffee. The Daily
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Table of Content Table of Content 1 1. Executive Summary 2 2. Introduction / Problem Statement 3 3. Internal Analysis 4 Positioning 4 4. External Analysis 7 Specialty Coffee 7 Hot Drinks Market 7 Porter’s Five Forces 7 Macro-environment 10 Demographic 10 5. SWOT-Analysis 13 6. Positioning 14 7. Corporate Strategy 16 8. Objectives 17 Short-Term objectives 17 Long-Term 17 9. Marketing Mix 19 Product 19 Place 20 Price 20 Promotion 21 Promotion
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performance of the branch office in Shanghai, which runs counter to its expectations. Allen looked at the crowded street. He found that the only 7-eleven convenience store on the street was besieged by two FamilyMart stores that were filled with customers. He couldn’t help wondering: What’s wrong with the company’s strategy that was so successful in such overseas markets as Japan, Taiwan, and US, but failed the competition in Shanghai? What contributes to the competitor’s success? Is it because the
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addition, the drive-thru concept brought explosive growth through delivering food-on-the go. “Fast Food” was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 1951, and U.S. fast food companies are now franchised in over 100 countries. In the U.S. alone there are over 200,000 restaurant locations. Revenue has grown from $6 billion in 1970 to $160 billion in 2011, an 8.6% annualized rate (Sena, 2012). Fast food franchises focus on delivering high volume, low cost, and high speed products. Frequently, food
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