Global Marketing Management

Evidence for assessment:

International business involves any business transaction between parties from more than one couny.It includes such activities as buying and selling raw materials, inputs or finished products across borders, operating plants in other countries to take advantage of local resources, and borrowing money in one country to finance operations in a second country.

International business is different from domestic business in that it necessarily involves transactions that cross national borders while domestic business does not.

Thus, at least one party will have to adjust to a different legal, economic, and cultural system; convert its currency into the other party's currency; and make changes in how products are produced or the types of products that are producd.

A truly global firm can be:

• One that has embraced the rising growth of technology as an enabler of business across borders.

• A firm that has learned to adapt to changes in the political environment.

• A firm that maintains a ‘global mind-set' in terms of its supply chain, its customers, and its markets.

Please choose a foreign company / brand that is selling in the UK marketplace. Suggest the factors that made the UK an attractive market for the company / brand.

Please consider the following factors:

1. Company vision, mission and values

2. Triggers for export initiation

3. Environmental analysis (Macro, Micro, Meso)

4. Entry mode

5. Market attractiveness:

a. STP & Customer

b. Competition

c. Etc....

6. Standardization / adaption of the marketing mix:

a. Product

b. Place

c. Price

d. Promotion

7. What significant changes did the brand make in order to trade successfully in UK?

GUIDANCE ONSTRUCTURE:

Below is a suggested structure and content that you are expected to use for your project:

Title Sheet

Course title and year

Your name

Title of your Report indicating your brand name

Executive Summary

Usually written last

200-250 words (excluding from report word count) on one page

A short summary of the report including the main features of your proposal, as well as conclusions and recommendations

Contents Page

Shows each section of the report and the page number on which it starts

List of tables/illustrations (if any) indicating all numbered tables (or charts, graphs, etc.) / illustrations and their respective pages in the report

NB: Page one comes immediately after the contents page or the list of tables/illustrations

2,500word report