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Strategy and
Organization
Planning Strategy
* https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/inspiring-
company-mission-statements
Difficult to teach
+ Respond quickly to
+buyer preferences
– Difficult to exploit
economies of scale
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Global Strategy
Offering the same
products using the same
marketing strategy in all
national markets
⮚ Reduce Competition
⮚ Competition increases
� No opportunities or threats
Retrench
Invest in for
promising less
units Stabilize exposure
other
units
❖ Low-cost leadership
❖ Differentiation
❖ Focus
loyalty
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Differentiation Strategy
Designs products that buyers perceive as
unique throughout an industry
Differentiators Effects
The organizational
structure that divides
worldwide operations
according to a company’s
product areas is called a
__________ structure.
a. Global matrix
b. Global product
c. International division
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Answer to Discussion Question
The organizational
structure that divides
worldwide operations
according to a company’s
product areas is called a
__________ structure.
a. Global matrix
b. Global product
c. International division
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