The document contains true/false questions about strategy implementation and marketing concepts. Key points include: effective strategy implementation requires collecting customer feedback and managing resources; showing customers how products can improve their lives is an effective marketing strategy, especially in a weak economy; and having an effective management information system can differentiate successful firms.
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The document contains true/false questions about strategy implementation and marketing concepts. Key points include: effective strategy implementation requires collecting customer feedback and managing resources; showing customers how products can improve their lives is an effective marketing strategy, especially in a weak economy; and having an effective management information system can differentiate successful firms.
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Less than 10 percent of strategies formulated are successfully implemented
- True 2. Firms should provide incentives to consumers to share their thoughts, opinions, and experiences on the company Web site. - True 3. Managers and employees who do not understand the business and are not committed to the business may attempt to sabotage strategy implementation efforts in hopes that the organization will return to its old ways. - True 4. The best way to sell in a weak economy is to “show customers how they can improve their lives” with your product or service - True 5. Information collection, retrieval, and storage can be used to create competitive advantages in ways such as cross- selling to customers… - True 6. Don’t just talk at consumers, work with them throughout the marketing process. - True 7. Look for the hole or vacant niche is the best strategic opportunity might be an unserved segment which is one of the best rule in market segment. - False 8. The two basic sources of capital for an organization are debt and loans. - False 9. What the customer believes is good service is paramount, not what the producer believes service should be. - True 10. Nearly all financial institutions require at least one year of projected financial statements whenever a business seeks capital - False 11. Like inventory and human resources, information is now recognized as a valuable organization asset that can be controlled and managed. - True 12. A marketing issue of increasing concern to consumers todays is the extent to which companies can track individuals’ movements on the Internet and even be able to identify an individual by name and e-mail address. - True 13. Underbudgeting can cause problems while overbudgeting is good. - False 14. When an organization is experiencing financial difficulties, budgets are especially important in guiding strategy implementation. - True 15. Product positioning is a key to matching supply and demand, which is one of the thorniest problems in customer service - False 16. One of the rules of Product Positioning is do not serve two segments with the same strategy. - True 17. Successful strategy implementation often requires additional capital - True 18. A severe mistake is to assume the firm knows what customers want and expect. - True 19. Having an effective management information system may be the most important factor in differentiating successful from unsuccessful firms. - True 20. If both technical progress and market growth are fast, MIS expertise should be obtained through acquisition of a well-established firm in the industry - False 21. An example of market segmentation by Geographic Location - Region and Country 22. Refers to the various media channels through which advertising is done. - Advertising Media 23. This divides people based on their values, attitudes, and interests… - Psychographic Segmentation 24. It is a financial statement that summarizes the movement of cash and cash equivalents. - Cash Flow Statement 25. This divides people based on their age, income, education level, and occupation… - Demographic Segmentation 26. It can be defined as the subdividing of a market into distinct subsets of customers according to needs and buying habits. - Market Segmentation 27. This divides people based on their buying habits and brand loyalty… - Behavioral Segmentation 28. It is a document that details how funds will be obtained and spent for a specified period of time. - Financial Budget 29. Which among the choices is a New Principles of Marketing - Don’t just talk at consumers—work with them throughout the marketing process 30. Which among the choices is not a combination of marketing mix variables? - People, product, place 31. It is a central strategy-implementation technique because it allows an organization to examine the expected results of various actions and approaches - Projected Financial Statement Analysis 32. This refers to a financial statement that reports a company’s assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity at a specific point in time… - Balance Sheet 33. This entails developing schematic representations that reflect how your products or services compare to competitors on dimensions most important to success in the industry. - Product Positioning 34. Which among the choices is not an advertising media? - Laboratory Manuals 35. The best way to sell in a weak economy is to “show customers how they can improve their lives” with your product or service. - Purpose-based Marketing 36. This is to show customers how they can improve their lives with your product or service and to build trust and an emotional connection. - Purpose-based Marketing 37. It is the most widely used technique for determining whether debt, stock, or a combination of debt and stock is the best alternative for raising capital to implement strategies. - EPS/EBIT Analysis 38. Evaluating this is a central to strategy implementation because integrative, intensive, and diversification strategies are often implemented by acquiring other firms - Worth of a business 39. It is a marketing strategy used to target products or services at people who live in, or shop at, a particular location. - Geographic Segmentation