A TERM PAPER ON “PRODUCT VISIBILITY” Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of Degree of Master of Business Administration (2010-2012) Department of Management Studies Jai Narain Vyas University‚ Jodhpur [pic] Under the supervision of: Submitted by: Dr. Meeta Nihalani PreetiVarghese Dept. of Management Studies MBA 1st Semester ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With immense pleasure I would like to
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Product Failure Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective‚ and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product‚ in the worst cases leading to personal injury‚ the province of forensic engineering. The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use‚ and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. A situation considered to be a failure by one might
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Decline Stage A product form has reached this stage when it becomes clear the market is no longer able to sustain itself. Like the Maturity stage‚ the Decline stage may last a long time especially for products that have been adopted by a large percentage of the market who are not inclined to change how they satisfy their needs (i.e.‚ Laggards). Since the end of the product form is seen as inevitable‚ there are no sub-stages here. Characteristics: · Competition: As time goes on firms drop out until
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Product Life Cycle (PLC) Introduction Today`s business world recognizes the importance of strategy and strategic management. Normally any strategic process has three distinct stages which are analysis‚ formulation of plans and implementation‚ a strategy is significantly influenced by environmental change. In this study the focus is formulating strategy and fit this on the Product life cycle (PLC) phases to advance successfully in market competition. Managers need to formulate a marketing strategy
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Introduction Phase The introduction phase is when the public first sees or hears about a product. The product appears in stores for the first time‚ and people start seeing print and television ads. During this phase‚ a company may choose one of two pricing strategies. They may set prices high to recoup initial expenses that went into producing the product. For example‚ a cellphone manufacturer with new technology may introduce cellphones 10 percent to 20 percent above the prices of most premium
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1. Introduction It has been well established that Product Life Cycle (PLC) concept has a significant impact upon business strategy and corporate performance. Since the term was first used by Levitt (1965 ) in an Harvard Business Review article “Exploit the Product Life Cycle” the concept has been widely accepted and applied by marketing practitioners all over the world. The product life cycle concept is one of the most quoted and most frequently taught elements of marketing theory. According
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Product Life Cycle Concept (PLC) All Products and Services typically go through 4 distinct stages in their life cycle; Introduction‚ Growth‚ Maturity and Decline. (Kuznets.S 1929) It is important that a company understands the different PLC stages and know where their product stands. They can then develop different strategies to extend their product life and fully exploit market opportunities for their products in each respective stage. (Agrarwal R 1997‚ 571-584) But how does a company recognize
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Introduction This is the stage of low growth rate of sales as the product is newly launched in the market. Monopoly can be created‚ depending upon the efficiency and need of the product to the customers. A firm usually incurs losses rather than profit. If the product is in the new product class‚ the users may not be aware of its true potential. In order to achieve that place in the market‚ extra information about the product should be transferred to consumers through various media.The stage has
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brand products are a cheaper option? Economic theory suggests that as price of a product decreases‚ the demand for the product should then increase. However in terms of branded and own brand products‚ this is not necessarily the case. The demand for such products is dependent upon a number of factors and I shall be exploring these factors. A branded product is distinguished by design‚ symbol‚ name‚ term or other features. These unique features creates segregation between one seller’s products from
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gMarketing-process of moving goods and services to customers Marketing activities-product development‚ research‚ communication‚ distribution‚ pricing and service Need – Want – Demand- need is essential (food‚ shelter) want is not (car‚ laptop) demand is desire to have Exchange-a trade of values between two parties Marketing System- network that permits interaction between buyers and sellers Maslow’s hierarchy of need- a diagram showing how people seek to satisfy their needs (from physiological
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