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THE INTERNATIONAL

MARKET SELECTION
PROCESS
TABLE OF CONTENT

1 INTERNATIONAL MARKET SELECTION:


4 GLOBAL PRODUCT
SMES VS LSES

2 BUILDING MODEL FOR


5 SUMMARY
IMS

3 MARKET EXPANSION 6 CASE STUDY


STRATEGIES
INTERNATIONAL MARKET SELECTION: SMES
VERSUS LSES

Building a model for


international market
selection

Potential determinants of the firm’s


choice of foreign markets

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 1+2

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 3

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 3

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 4

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 4

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 4

Market-screening model

International market segmentation


STEP 4

Market expansion
strategies
The incremental
strategy (waterfall
approach) and simultaneous strategy
(the shower approach)

Expansion strategy for the SME


Appropriate global marketing strategies


for SMEs

Expansion strategy for the SME


The market expansion matrix

Expansion strategy for the


SME

International market diversification


versus market concentration

The global
product/market
portfolio

SUMMARY

SELECTION OF RELEVANT SEGMENTATION


CRITERIA;
In SMEs, in particular, international market selection is simply DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE SEGMENTS;
a reaction to a stimulus provided by a change agent, in the
form of an unsolicited order. A more proactive and systematic SCREENING OF SEGMENTS TO NARROW DOWN
approach to IMS entails: THE LIST OF APPROPRIATE COUNTRIES (CHOICE
OF TARGET)

MICROSEGMENTATION: DEVELOPMENT OF
SUBSEGMENTS IN EACH QUALIFI ED COUNTRY OR
ACROSS COUNTRIES.
CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY II.1 (P.308) CASE STUDY 8.3 (P.305)


Bajaj Auto: the Indian motorcycle Hasbro
manufacturer internationalizes its
business

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