SMU MBA SEM 4 MARKETING SPRING 2016 SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS

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DRIVE SPRING 2016
PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 4/SEM 6)
MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM
4)
SUBJECT CODE & PGDMMN (SEM 2)
NAME
MK0018– International Marketing



1 Differentiate between GATT and WTO
GATT
WTO

Answer: GATT is a multilateral treaty among the member countries that lays down certain agreed rules for conducting international trade. The member countries contribute together to four-fifth of the total world trade. It is interesting to note that underdeveloped countries form a sizable majority in GATT.


2 Write short notes on the following:
A. International franchising
B. International contract manufacturing

Answer: a) Franchising is basically a specialized form of licensing in which the franchiser not only sells intangible property to the franchisee, but also insists that the franchisee agree to abide by strict rules as how it does business. The franchiser will also often assist the franchisee to run the business on an

3 What are the stages in which international markets are screened and analysed?
4 Stages

Answer: Step One – Country Identification
The World is your oyster. You can choose any country to go into. So you conduct country identification – which means that you undertake a general overview of potential new markets. There might



4 What is counter-trade? Describe the various types of counter-trade.
Explanation of the concepts
Types

Answer: Counter trade constitutes an estimated 5-30 percent of total world trade. Counter-trade greatly proliferated in the 80s. Counter-trade is one of the oldest forms of trade in the government mandate to pay for goods and services with something other than cash. It is a practice that requires a seller as a condition of sale to commit contractually to reciprocate and undertake certain

5 Discuss the role of sales promotion and personal selling in international marketing.
Sales promotion
Personal Selling

Answer: Sales promotion is one of the most important aspects of marketing. Selling is as important as producing. Every manufacturer has to sell his product in the market – domestic or international. Selling products in the international market is more difficult than selling them in the domestic market. The producer and the exporter cannot sell a bundle of physical attributes known as product but it is the business of selling satisfaction to their customers. This is particularly

6 Write short notes on the following:
a. Bill of Exchange
b. Packing list
c. Air way bill
d. Certificate of origin
e. Consular invoice

Answer: a) When a draft bill is drawn on a foreign firm, it is termed as a foreign draft or bill of exchange. It is prepared either in an international currency or Indian rupee depending on the terms of contract. Accordingly, the bill is known by the name of currency in which it is drawn. For




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DRIVE SPRING 2016
PROGRAM Master of Business Administration- MBA
SEMESTER 4
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MK0017 –E-Marketing

1 Explain the collaborative Click-and-Brick model.
Collaborative Click-and-Brick model

Answer: Today’s cut-throat competition is making every company proactive in using information technology (IT) as a means to reach the customer. Thus, e-business is gaining ground in this dynamic business scenario. At the same time, companies are also realizing the need to customize


2 Explain the factors that influence e-consumer’s buying behavior.
Factors that influence e-consumer’s buying behavior

Answer: There are many factors that influence an e-consumer‘s buying behaviour. So, generally, consumer behaviour can be predicted by studying these factors. Culture is an important factor that influences consumer behaviour. Culture refers to a set of attitudes and beliefs. But what is important is that how these attitudes and beliefs developed. As a person is growing up, he is influenced by his parents and other family members from whom he learns about morals, or a

3 Explain the advertising media commonly used by businesses to implement their emarketing plans.
Advertising media

Answer: Businesses are always looking to develop new sales and distribution channels to maximize profitability and growth. The growth and expansion of the internet and of a wide range of e-commerce activities



4 What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing

Answer: Affiliate marketing is a performance-based marketing in which the company rewards one or more affiliates for the number of visitors or customers which have been brought by the affiliate’s own marketing efforts. There are four key players involved in affiliate marketing: the


5 Briefly explain copyright & trademark.
Copyright
Trademark

Answer: Copyright: Copyright laws protect intellectual property, and this is extremely important in e-marketing, where it is quite easy to copy photographs, artwork, and text and pass it off as one’s own. For example, an online florist might have spent a large amount of money to take pictures of flowers, bouquets and other floral arrangements that his company offers for sale. A rival

6 Write short notes on:
a) Blogs
b) Classified advertising

Answer: a) A blog is a discussion or information site published on the Internet consisting of discrete entries (called ‘posts’) displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first. Blogs can be created by individuals, groups or organizations. They provide a platform to express one’s opinion, share views and hold discussions in the online area. They are interactive,







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DRIVE Spring 2016
PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 4/SEM 6)
MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM
4)
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MK0016/ML0016- Advertising Management and Sales
Promotion

1 List some of the factors that affect advertising in India.
Explanation of the concepts

Answer: Factors that affect advertising in India
Industrial growth
Industrial growth is difficult to measure in absolute terms because when one sector is doing well, another may not be

2 Write short notes on:
A. Media Planners
B. Media Buyers

Answer: a) It is the job of the media planners and executives to select the best combination of media to get the maximum mileage out of the client’s budget. They allocate and distribute the advertising budget sanctioned by the client amongst different media. Their role may include analysing target

3 Describe the AIDA model of consumer response hierarchy.
Explanation of the concepts

Answer: AIDA model of consumer response hierarchy:
1.      Awareness – In this initial stage, most of the target audience is unaware of the product or brand and hence the communicator’s objective is to build awareness, maybe just name recognition of the product with simple messages, repeating the brand name or giving basic information

4 What is “above the line” and “below the line” activities with respect to marketing communications? Explain the concept in detail.
Define media
Explanation of the concepts

Answer: Marketing communication activities can also be loosely classified as “above-the- line” (ATL) or “below-the-line” (BTL). The promotional activities carried out through mass media like television, radio, newspaper, etc. typically qualify as ATL, whereas BTL refers to forms of non-

5 What are the various media that may be used for direct marketing? What are their pros and cons?
Explanation of concepts
Pros and Cons

Answer: Media that may be used for direct marketing
Direct mail
Direct mail is one of the most popular forms of direct marketing. It is an advertising message that is delivered by mail – posted, couriered or hand delivered personally. A direct mail is not always a simple


6 Describe the Consumer Protection Act and its strengths and weaknesses.
Explanation of the concepts
Strengths and Weakness

Answer: The enactment of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and setting up of Consumer Protection Councils passing the Right to Information Act have brought relief to the consumer. The Website of the Consumer Protection Act hails it as a “milestone in the history of socio-economic legislation.” The product may be a screw or a car, but defects require redressal. The Act defines






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DRIVE SPRING 2016
PROGRAM Master of Business Administration- MBA
SEMESTER 4
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MK0015 –Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Management


1 Discuss the issues that need to be addressed by a firm before it sets out targeting goals.
Targeting goals

Answer: Customers form the most integral part of service production as well as marketing. The service process is begun by identifying and then targeting the right customers. It is important


2 List & classify the 7P’s of marketing.
7P’s of marketing

Answer: Marketing mix conveys the positioning of a service or a product. In cases of services all the 4Ps are very flexible, i.e., many number of combinations of the 4Ps are possible to arrive at a marketing mix. But the segmentation criteria have to be very well defined and the positioning has to be very sharp, because a customer is impacted instantly and very perceptibly as soon as he gets in contact with a service provider or enters a service


3 Describe the Howard Sheth model of customer Behaviour.
Howard Sheth model

Answer: Making a service purchase decision is seldom a solitary enterprise, that is to say, many people are involved in the decision-making process. For this purpose, key players need to be identified so that a specific service format can be developed. Additionally, it is task of

4 What are the uses of IT in the Education & Banking sector?
Uses of IT in the Education sector
Uses of IT in the Banking sector

Answer: Education
Information technology has the potential to enhance and complement traditional teaching methods by providing additional tools to a teacher to display and explain ideas to their students and providing students with innovative but practical learning tools to help study. For a teacher the presentation of study material can be enhanced through multimedia


5 Describe the nature of service marketing.
Nature of service marketing

Answer: Service marketing is marketing based on relationship and value. It may be used to market a service or a product that is defined under service activities discussed earlier. Marketing a service-based business is different from marketing a goods based business. For one, it is not easy to put a price to the service. Also, service firms are organized in a different manner in terms of structure. Determining costs becomes even more difficult in the non-profit


6 Write short notes on:
a) e-CRM
b) Customer Life Cycle

Answer: a) The basic idea of e-CRM comes from e-commerce. Essentially, e-CRM differs from CRM in terms of the technology and the syntactical nature of interface with customers. Typically an e-CRM would provide customers with a self-service browser based window on w
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