Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 7
Mkgt Test
20
Marketing
Undergraduate 4
10/24/2011

Additional Marketing Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Tariff
Definition
A government tax on goods or services entering a country; primarily serving to raise prices on imports.
Term
Protectionism
Definition
The practice of shielding one or more industries within a country’s economy from foreign competition through the use of tariffs or quotas.
Term
Quota
Definition
A restriction placed on the amount of a product allowed to enter or leave a country.
World Trade Organization- Institution that sets rules governing trade between its members through a panel of trade experts.
Term
Global Competition
Definition
Exists when firms originate, produce, and market their products and services worldwide.
Term
Mulitdomestic Marketing Strategy-
Definition
A multinational firms strategy of offering a many different products variations, brand names, and advertising programs as countries in which it does business.
Term
Global Marketing Strategy
Definition
The practice of standardizing marketing activities when there are cultural similarities and adapting them when cultures differ.
Term
Global Brand
Definition
A brand marketed under the same name in multiple countries with similar and centrally coordinated marketing programs.
Term
Global Consumers
Definition
Consumer groups living around the world who have similar needs or seeker similar benefits from products or services.
Term
Cross-Cultural Analysis
Definition
he study of similarities and differences among consumers in two or more nations or societies.
Term
Values
Definition
A society’s personally or socially preferable modes of conduct or states of existence that tend to persist over time
Term
Customs
Definition
Norms and expectations about the way people do things in a specific country.
Term
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977)
Definition
A law that makes it a crime an official of a foreign government or political party to obtain or retain business.
Term
Cultural Symbols
Definition
Cultural Symbols
Term
Back Translation
Definition
Re-translation a word or phrase back into the original language using a different interpreter to catch errors.
Term
Currency Exchange Rate-
Definition
The price of one country’s currency expressed in terms of another country’s currency.
Term
Exporting
Definition
Producing goods in one country and selling them in another country.
Term
Joint Ventures
Definition
When a foreign company and a local firm invest together to create a local business, sharing ownership, control , and the profits of the new company.
Term
Direct Investment
Definition
When a domestic firm actually invests in and owns a foreign subsidiary or division.
Term
Dumping-
Definition
When a firm sells a product in a foreign country below its domestic price or below its actual cost.
Term
Gray Market
Definition
A situation in which products are sold through unauthorized channels of distribution.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!