Mkt Ch.3

customers, the company and competitors

• economic
• technological
• political and legal
• cultural and social environments...

• engage in activities that will result in a socially and economically useful function
• develop an organization to carry on the business and strategies
• earn enough profit to survive

sets out the organizations basic purpose for being.

the number and types of competitors that the marketing manager must face and how they may behave.

an organized approach for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of current or potential competitors' marketing strategies.

• change rapidly
• are affected by interest and inflation rates
• includes the global economy

• affects opportunities
• makes international transfers faster and easier
• affected by the internet!
• changes rapidly

• Nationalism (an emphasis on the nations interest before everything else) can be limiting on international markets
• regional grouping

which treats products as stock investments to be sold.

an organizational unit that focuses on some product-markets and is treated as a separate profit center.