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¶ … John in his situation are differentiation, cost leadership, and response. In marketing and economics, differentiation is distinguishing a service/product from others. John has issues with service that makes his customers deter to his competitors. By making John's service more attractive to his customers, differentiation takes place. John wishes to outsource some of the business' customer service to a company in India. This costs less than it would if he hired American employees and would allow him to gain additional support in the area of customer service.
Michael Porter developed the concept of cost leadership that has become a main business strategy. Cost leadership describes a means of establishing competitive advantage. By operating at the lowest cost within the industry, John adopts the cost leadership strategy. Taking his business to a foreign country that employs workers at a lower rate enables John to take his resources and divert it to other processes. The customers receive the attention and support they need and John saves money. His business remains a competitor and everything remains stable, allowing John to expand his business and have a higher likelihood of making more money. 223). If John reduces costs through outsourcing service to a foreign country, he can offer lower prices, competitive prices, and still generate profit. John effectively manages the marketing of the company himself. He can divert some of the resources saved from performing such a transition and divert it towards marketing costs. This can help him gain new customers to replace the ones that left due to poor customer service.
An excellent example of cost leadership is Walmart. "The firm is a master at using
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The next aim is response, specifically, proactive market response. This means a re-allocation of marketing investments and focus on marketing research. "Anticipation is even more critical to be prepared to face a downturn economy than in growth periods. Perhaps more critical for understanding of global marketing is also the trend to analyze similarities and differences in market response across countries" (Bowman & Gatignon, 2010, p. 51). Since John has already secured some small European-based contracts, his aim towards expansion can be helped along through marketing research to see what services he can keep and what he can remove to allow for both growth and efficiency within his business.
Efficiency is an important part of any business. This along with costs, quality, and responsiveness are key issues John has experienced lately within his business. Quality has diminished in John's business. This has come due in part to…
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