Market Article Reviews Samples For Students

Summary of the article

According to the author, there is a serious sickness in the US labor market at the present. Although about half millions jobs were created in the last one year, it was far below the rate of population growth. In addition, about 83% of these new jobs were temporary implying that they have not improved the labor market in the long run. For the last ten years, the number of people in full-time employment has continued to decline. The figure stood at 41% in 2000 and it has declined to 37% in 2013 (Macdonald 1).

This problem has long term implication ...

Economics is the study of how human beings use the scarce resources in the environment to satisfy their unlimited wants. Various economies in the world have been analyzed by financial and economic analysts who have the knowledge in economics. Some of the analysis has been put into writing in articles as well as journals. This has been important in evaluating the causes and impacts of the changes in economic activities in the world. “American Trends in Oil: Less of a Menace from Oil” is one of the articles analyzing the economic activities in the United States of America.

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A review of Contact Energy Limited: startup history, funding, market growth and failure, operations and globalization of the energy market in New Zealand.

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(Revised on 14th April 2014)

CONTACT ENERGY LIMITED

Contact energy limited is an incorporated and a diversified company that generates and sells electricity in New Zealand. The company is one of the biggest electric generators in New Zealand with up to 23% of retail generation as of 2012. Contact started as part of the division of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand in late 1996 (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 2). It became publicly listed in the year 1999. ...

Overview

The wall street journal has over the years been a trusted center for business news and events, and this is a fact that cannot be brushed aside. A number of interesting business events are ever reported by the journal to the extent that insights and future developments are derived. In 2014, WSJ reported about a conflict between the farming industry in the United States and China (Bunge, 1). The gist of the matter was that China had refused the entry of GMO products into their market, stating that it would be injurious to their businesses and by the extent of their economy. ...

Article Summary

The two largest companies in Telecommunication industry are Mexican telecommunications and television broadcasting. These two companies dominate the Mexico City media industry, therefore, exercising monopoly. It is because of the monopoly powers with the two companies that have resulted to increase in cost of doing business in Mexico. They are have set high prices thus limiting investment, and holding back the penetration of new technologies (Malkin 6).
According to International Telecommunication Union, only 26 percent of the Mexican households have access to the Internet compared to 45 percent in Brazil. The course of the monopoly in the market ...

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There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the balance of trade deficit in bilateral trade between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Many American analysts, including Lou Dobbs, argue have increasingly argued that the trade between the USA and China only serves to benefit China more than the American people. There is consensus that there has been significant growth in trade between two countries. China is currently the third largest trading partner of the United States.
China is also the 3rd largest destination for exports from the US. Figures for ...

Introduction

Financial markets are subject to market factors including those that affect demand and supply for money. In that respect, this discussion refers to an article on US debt crisis to demonstrate the effect of such factors by analyzing the effect of US debt ceiling crisis that include foreign financial institutions hoarding funds and their refusal to accept US treasuries as collateral.

Body

- Financial market’s debt ceiling impact on interest rate and private investments without an agreement that US was no longer able to borrow.
With a debt ceiling but lack of an agreement that the US government could ...

The article by Joanna MacKay, "Organ Sales Will Save Lives" is an interesting read. In the first section of the article, the author gives interesting figures and explains how a number of patients are dying every day because of renal failure. There is no treatment of renal failure. While there is the dialysis, it is a prolonged and physically taxing procedure. The only cure of a renal failure is a kidney transplant. With the present law scenario where organ selling is illegal, there is indeed huge shortage in supply of kidneys for transplant. The list of patients awaiting a kidney is huge, running in ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

This article deals with an important topic in finance. The article is related to increase in earnings for Australian companies and how this affects the sentiments of investors ,which in turn affect the value of the stock index. The major finding of this article is that ASX 200 index , that is an index made up of the 200 of the biggest companies in Australia by market capitalization has increased in value.
The major sectors which have experienced increased in earnings are the resource sector and the banking sector. Specifically amongst the resource sector Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, ...

Apple Company has realized the fact that tablets are the new driver of its growth in the current market patterns. The company noted that tablets have become the second largest income source by injecting close to 26 billion dollars in 2013. Hence, the company has moved on to devise concrete marketing approaches to ensure that the tablet would become a stronger revenue contributor for the organization. The majority of technology companies have put more emphasis on smart phones rather than on tablets. This situation has led to a decline in the overall prices of tablets and hence this is a threat for ...

For those that have decided to embark on a History career as a way to fulfill their life goals, jobs are not easy to come by. It is definitely not of the most profitable job markets, and many end up unemployed. The study of two articles will allow the study of this problem and offer possible solutions.
The text “Redefining Historical Scholarship: Report of the American Historical Association Ad Hoc Committee on Redefining Scholarly Work” believes that the main problem is the definition that historical scholarship has taken and looks to broaden it so that it becomes a more holistic and ...

Coca Cola Company is a global brand which specializes in the manufacture of beverage products. One of the reasons why Coca Cola performs well in the competitive market is due to its competitive pricing. The prices of Coca are fairly stable and are not subject to huge fluctuations (Mankiw 89). For instance, in the year 2008 the price of 12 packs of 300ml cans was $2.99 in 2011 the prices were $3.79, and it remains unchanged at $3.79 in 2014.
Source (http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq5.html)
Percentage change in price = {(3.79-2.99)/2.99} *100 = 26.76%the change in prices over the period of ...

CEW – Current Event Write-Ups

Status of Gold Market in US
Gold is one of the precious metals in the world and it got a price hike of more than four percent in last 28 days, which happened due to increase of Chinese buyers’ interest in gold. One of the largest substantially supported gold exchange traded fund in the world known as SPDR Gold Trust had reported its seven weeks high growth in the sales of gold reason behind substantial increase in the prices too. Although the same fund has not seen any growth in the month of December and January but saw a massive ...

For rural dwellers, urban environment has always presented unique challenges and fascinations. This is primarily because of the reason that urban life offers more opportunities to its residents, both in terms of finances as well as chances to growth. There was a time when the rural people use to move, putting it more technically migrated, to urban areas in search of better job opportunities, thus getting access to higher wages. There is a concept of wage premium that is linked with big metropolitan cities. It is precisely this concept working behind the notion that the earnings of workers tend to be ...

“Walmart Warns about Holiday Earnings’

This article discusses the issue of decreased earnings from major retailers like Walmart and Target. The author examines holiday earnings and finds that they are a bit up from last year but not enough to combat the loss over the last three months. Retailers blame the cut back on food stamps and the unusually cold winter for causing economic distress upon their main customer base. The government’s cut back on government programs, while seen as a cause of distress for retailers, is considered essential to managing the government’s own economic problems. While I can see both sides of the ...

Rewards and Risks in Stock Markets

The study involves insights into returns provided as well as a summary of South Asia’s stock exchange risk behavior. The article aims at establishing whether there has been a significant difference on the risk and returns associated with the stock market over time. The study finally attempts to make a suggestion regarding the stock market that provides profitable avenue among the SAARC nations. The study also makes use of descriptive statistics such as average annual return, mean percent return, standard deviation, maximum and minimum return, skewness, Jarque Bera statistic and Kurtosis for the six series stock exchanges, namely: Dhaka Stock Exchange ( ...

What is the Story about?

The new marketing story is about that marketing strategy employed by a single firm, Apple Inc. The new in the article does not center on the wider implications of the telecommunications market even though there are mentions of other market players within the industry. The company is launching a new product into the market; the iPhone 6 ready to be sold to any willing buyers in the market. As part of the marketing campaign adopted by the company, the company is lowering prices for the consumers who buy the old iPhone 5S device online to help finish current stock that the ...

Introduction:

The article “Five numbers that show how Aldi has revolutionised grocery shopping” published in the online version of Daily Telegraph dated 29 September 2014 is the topic of investigation for this paper.
The main features of the article relate to how Aldi respond to the overall competitive environment in the UK grocery market. In addition, the article outlines how the discounter has made great strides in the UK grocery market.
The marketing story undertaken relates to the grocery sector for this investigation which has implications on every individual in the society.

The foremost talking point in the ...

The article provides in-depth information on Egypt’s effort to reinforce its accounting and International financial reporting standards (IFRS) over the last twenty years. Egypt’s decision to liberalize its economy has indeed created more benefits for the country and this has allowed it to become a dynamic market economy incorporating both the private sector as well as the global economy. Subsequently, the Economic liberalization enabled the reactivation of the securities exchange market and the establishment of a privatization program. As a result, Egypt sought to integrate the International Financial Reporting Standards in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of various ...

Market condition is one of the driving variables proposed by Savitch and Kantor (2002). The driving variables offer cities and city leaders leverage when negotiating with businesses for development. Market condition variable is determined by the resources, jobs, and investment initiatives in the city. According to Savitch and Kantor (2002), favourable market conditions are determined by high investment, growing employment, successful economic conversion, sunk investments, high office rents and low vacancy rate, economic diversity, and well established market niches (Savitch & Kantor, 2002). In Baltimore City, market condition variable is advanced by different initiatives and programs initiated by the City ...

The Capitalist Culture

Culture is the most active element that charges the human civilization to further branched out and cut across all the aspect of life such as technology. In the capitalist world, there is a great desire towards the novel and original. This continuous search for novelty and change surpasses the extent of proportions of actual change that has occurred in the society. Further, this cultural desire is already being legitimized, such that the society accepts the role to see the culture as a norm and a moral tradition where the emerging new culture could be sized up and be critically evaluated. It is ...

Introduction

It’s been over two decades that the agenda of the deregulation was adopted across nations, yet till this day regulation of the telecommunications sector continues to pose challenges. Only a few countries has been able to work out viable models of regulation of this sector while many countries still have public owned telecommunication systems (Grote, 2006). What remains a challenge in bringing about effective competition is the cost and economies of scale of incumbent networks. Hence empirical evidence shows no clear trends of changes in incentives vis-à-vis changes in the regulations on the sector.
The US telecommunication sector ...

Expected stock return reefers to the amount expected to be received on an investment such as stock, which has diverse known rated of return. For instance, in a stock, which had 20% probability of producing 5% profit and a 20% probability of producing 2% loss, the expected return would be 0.1% (0.2* 0.05+0.2-0.02). This essay seeks to examine the two measureable variables, which are used to capture the cross sectional variation in average stock returns attributed with the market β, size, earning price, leverage and book-to market equity. The variables include are size and book to market equity.
As a point ...

Introduction

In the competitive business environment, business must employ strategies that will ensure its survival and relevance in the market. The business must make sure its products reach all its consumers both rich and poor in the society. Additionally, it must assess the market to evaluate how its previous strategies have position the business in the market and check whether to employ a new strategy or not. Thus, if the previous strategies have not brought any significant improvement of the business in the market, then it would be wise to change tactics of doing business. One of the strategies a business can ...

There is adequate literature which offers an option of trust to build common sense by individual leaders. On the other hand it is intuitive to build organizational trust which is different from interpersonal trust. Today, managers require new models to understand the manner in which they can effectively deal with trust in complex and large organizations. There are some organizations which operate in diverse geographical locations yet managers need to ascertain the achievement of the objectives of the organization.
Most researchers have identified the value of pessimism in today’s organizational context. Managers need to use strategic pessimism ...

In the stock market, calendar anomalies involving day of the week, weekend and January effects have gained considerable significance and interest among investors. Recently, studies have been conducted in an attempt to examine the association and effect that the day of the week phenomenon has on large equity bourses like London stock exchange. Essentially, evidence reveals that low stock returns have been obtained during the first day of the week as opposed to the rest of the days. In fact, the application of efficient market theory has different impacts on the returns in the stock market because it has ...

Introduction

Facebook is widely known social network tool that is used by different users for different purposes across the globe. Facebook attracts 845 million users globally. These statistics shows that; there are more Facebook users in the entire globe, and these users use the social network tool for different functions. Facebook attracts individuals as well as corporates to reach out to the outside world. These functions include; marketing, relay of important information, and enlightening the public about some life based issues.

Marketing through Ads

Facebook group allows users to use the site freely. It has free entry, free exit policy that does not ...

The business intelligence in the production and analysis of the social games gives Zynga a competitive edge over its opponents in the market. The analytic tools used by Zynga helps this business to project the marketing information on the needs of its customers. The identification of the market needs through analytic graphs tool help Zynga to determine the actual products or games that the customers want. The areas to be improved in relation to the products and games of this company area also identified through the business intelligence services. The business data analysis also helps in the retention of customers ...

1. Findings
CDS market concentrated at counterparty’s levels, and less concentrated at the reference entity levels. This means the top ten active most traders account for 70% of the gross protection and less than 50% of total exposure. Secondly, the gross outstanding notional CDS amount on the EU reference utilities rose by roughly USD 1 trillion since 2010 summer rising to USD 4.6 trillion in 2012. The total net amount of protection equivalently sold on the reference utilities is around USD 500 billion. An aggregate approach is that the major traders sell CDS protection while smaller traders ...

Business

Summary
This article shows statics and comparative of economy between years of the last decade in order to analyze what will be the situation for the present year.
The weak growth of labor market during the last decade has caused trouble with spending culture in North America, which also affects the whole economy in the Country; this means that the inflation is also growing weakly in order to maintain a balance in society, but this is not the target the government wants for the Nation just because the more money people spends, the more hiring will be offered ...

The Cola Market in Thailand comprises of three main companies that have engaged in supplying their products to the vast economy. These companies include: Pepsi, Coke and Est. over the years the market only included Pepsi and coke that battled in the market to satisfy the customer’s preferences. This was evidenced through the markets they shared in the market where Pepsi prided itself with 48% while Coke garnered 42% of the total market share. This had brought intense competition as Pepsi had adequately established its sales through the wide array of distribution that was provided by Serm Suk. ...

Supply chain managers may see decline in warehouse vacancies

The article “Supply chain managers may see decline in warehouse vacancies” talks about the decline of vacancies in warehouses across the country, highlighting that this trend is a sign of revival of the U.S. economy after a few years of post-2008 recession. The momentum is strong both in leasing and absorption, as well as in the level of construction, indicating that warehouses may no longer remain vacant, as it was the case during the previous years.
The news about higher activity in the commercial real estate market seems to be a sign of the overall economic recovery. The demand for warehousing space ...

Article Review

The aim of this research is to investigate the implementation of multiple methods research in marketing. It is proposed that using multiple method of study produces a more robust and compelling results than single method study. The study is based on a content analysis of five leading marketing journals published from 1990 to 2008. The study aims at examining the implementation of multiple methods research in marketing.

Nature and Significance

Previous findings show that researchers rarely use multiple research methods in marketing and that it represents less than 4% of empirical studies over the last two decades (Davis, Golicic, & Boerstler, 2011). The significance of ...

The market structure for IPhones is an oligopoly, this market structure is characterized by few players that control a huge market and the other players in this high end smartphone market include Samsung, Research in Motion, Nokia and HTC. The products in this market are homogenous meaning that they are all high end smart phones there are however slight differentiations in terms of software seeing as IPhones use iOS, Samsung and HTC use android and Nokia uses Windows. Competition is very high in this market structure which is evidenced by the new innovations that keep occurring in this industry. Since ...

Black & Decker Incorporated is a company in the general consumers market, and located in Connecticut. It was founded in 1910, and it has over 21,000 employees with sales of over $ 750 million worldwide. This company offers products such as coffee makers, toasters and firefighting equipment. The success of this company illustrates how a company can adjust its product line to reach the high end market. Black & Decker was successful with the Dust buster vacuum cleaner that led it to the acquisition of the General Electrics’ appliances division in 1984. After this milestone, the company faced challenges of redesigning some of ...

Article 1: Marketing to Teenagers: The influence of Color, Ethnicity and Gender

Summary
The teenage market is an important customer segment in the US as well as global market. Teenagers usually don't have any financial responsibility on their shoulder and that gives them a significant buying power. Most of the teenagers spend their money on clothes, jewelry, food, entertainment and beauty products. Teenagers are usually more tech savvy than the previous generations and spend a considerable amount of time on the internet, video games, phones, television and social networking sites. They accrue money for spending by getting paid for jobs and receiving allowances and monetary gifts. Brand loyalty is very important for ...

“Want a Yogurt with that Venti Late? Starbucks and Danone to Join Forces” article, written by Stephanie Strom and published at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/business/starbucks-and-danone-joining-forces-to-sell-yogurt.html?ref=global&_r=1& on July 23rd, 2013 discusses about an organizational strategy for increasing two companies’ visibility, market share and profits and this is the reason why I chose it, for elaborating on an organizational behavior concept.
This business strategy comes out of Starbucks’ need of diversifying its line – up of products and services and developing its food offering. With this organizational strategy, the company looks into the future, as it anticipates the market’s trends. The company’s profits ...

In this paper, I will highlight the economic concepts and principles that we have learnt in class and relate them to Mayenkar Siddesh’s article on gold premiums. The article was published in the Reuters website on Wednesday Jun 26, 2013. The major issues addressed in this article include the doubling of the gold premiums in India, imbalances on supply and demand, ban on consignment imports, international trade (Import/Export), exchange rates and strength of the dollar, and price fluctuations.
According to the article, this considers India as the world’s biggest buyer of gold; the country currently requires ...

Art is of special significance and it usually common for works of art to increase in value. Apparently, it is recorded in an obituary stating that art works increases in value even in death of an artist. The shopping cart is gold plated and placed on a rotating plinth. It articulates the high end value of shopping and the market of wealthy clients’ art market attracts. Art is of value to both the artist and collectors in conferring them outstanding reputation and prestige.
In his collection of the “X Portfolio”, Robert Mapplethorpe had depictions of nudity in his art ...

New York's proposed statute discussion

Obesity and the resulting health problems can be interpreted as externalities in this situation. The drink-oriented businesses are concentrating their efforts on increasing the profits on the high-margin market rather than account for the health problems. The proposed cap would decrease the margin on the market of drinks and beverages and narrow the market. Thus, the proposal alone harms the city’s budget and is not resolving the problem unless the initiative is supported widely and the problem of obesity is accepted by the public. For the “cap” to be justified the need to care for heath has to ...

Introduction

Tesco is a retail giant in the UK with a market share of more than 30% and an annual profit of close to $3 billion. The firm is the third largest retailer in the world with international presence in Eastern and Central Europe and the Far East. The key development strategy of Tesco is international expansion as further expansion opportunities in the UK have become increasingly limited. Tesco announced its plan to enter the US retail industry in 2006 when it introduced Fresh and Easy in the USA. After thorough market research and detailed analyses, Tesco rolled its first store in ...

Governmental support is essential for developing projects that have a significant social impact but are not attractive enough for private businesses. Unfortunately, very often such projects bring little benefit to the people in need, while putting a burden on taxpayers. The “Wastebook” by Tom Coburn describes 100 different items in the Federal budget that add little value for the nation but contribute to the already significant taxes and country debt.
Although nearly all projects described in the “Wastebook” make little economic sense, some of them can actually harm the economy. Kachemak Voyager ferry that runs between the two small towns, ...

A. Pricing for International Markets 5

B. International Marketing Channels 6
C. Products and Services for Customers 8
D. Cultural Dynamics in Assessing Global Markets 10
4.0 Summary and Opinions of Influential Cultural Factors 11
5.0 Conclusion 13 Work Sited 15

Highlighted Points

The purposes of practicing and aiming for international marketing are to understand how and why:
- cultural diversity has been known to influence international marketing in pricing and contractual agreements
- analyzing the roots of culture to integrate it into a global marketing plan enhances coherent business strategies for successful worldwide marketing
- the references listed at the ...

Introduction:

This article elaborates the several factors affecting the housing and property in the markets of Malaysia. The international credit agency has given focus on this housing and property markets in relation to the forces of demand and supply in their economy. The rise in the prices of property has attracted great concern since they have a great impact in the economy of Malaysia. It is therefore necessary to emphasis and focus on this issue in order to consider the general impact on the economy as well as how to curb this problem using various economic means and tools.
The ...

- Quote what you take to be the author’s thesis (using proper citations), and explain it in your own words. (10 points)
Here the author seems to like the idea of human exposition. He thinks that it is a good idea for exhibitions to be put up which demonstrate the costumes and ways of life of people from different cultures and different eras. The world exhibitions tend to increase the exchange value of commodities. These in turn create a framework in which the commodities’ intrinsic value is eclipsed. They open up a fantasy world that people enter into in order ...

Question 1

Paul Anders Schwamm assertion that EBay’s move to venture in the Japanese Market was a wrong move to make is justified and well-founded. First of all, it is important to understand that before EBay’s entry into the market, Yahoo was functioning as a monopoly in the sector. This means that Yahoo had been able to become a well-known brand in Japan such that it suited the preferences and tastes in the Japanese Market. It is important to note that the perpetual operations of Yahoo in Japan allowed the companies to best understand the cultural context of its business environment. For ...

Article 1

Business strategies can be of many natures including mergers and acquisition. Acquisitions assist in attaining total control of the market and cost of production which is the main objective of Delta Air Lines. The management decided to acquire the Trainer refinery located in Philadelphia. This would cost the company about $ 150 million as initial cost and $ 100 million to make an overhaul of the refinery thus increasing the fuel extracted. This cost would be incomparable to the benefit acquired, which would be reduced cost of the fuel prices spent by the company. The escalating cost of fuel has driven ...

- Introduction
The Midwest has for many years been known for its lucrative agriculture. Large scale production of agricultural products such as corn and soya beans characterizes a large proportion of lands in the Midwest. Considering that agriculture is a main source of income for many Midwesterners, the US department of Agriculture(USDA) has over the years conducted studies to determine the profitability of agriculture and the patterns that characterize the agricultural market in the Midwest today. In a published article in the Economist entitled Fields of Gold, it is evident that the Midwest has in the recent past become a victim ...

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iPhone vs Android
The use of mobile technology provides numerous advantages and benefits to the mobile consumers in general. The two of the most popular mobile technology there is in the market today are iPhone by Apple Technology and Android Smartphones by Google. This paper aims to evaluate these two products in terms of their features and marketability based on reputable consumer reports.
The operating system is one of the defining features that set the iPhone and Android Smartphones apart. For many years, Apple has dominated the mobile technology arena by providing what the ...

Up until a decade ago, the concept of energy drinks wasn’t present in consumers’ minds. However, the idea of people flying via wings after consuming a drink certainly caught everyone’s attention and that first mover advantage has been priceless for Red Bull. With the energy drinks market now more developed than ever, Red Bull can stretch its wings far by developing its own markets further.

Brand positioning and competitive advantage

When Red Bull first came out in the market such a product was very new for consumers and at that time it could have been called as breakthrough innovation since most of the world was ...

Question 1

The existence of different economic classes in the market is undeniable. The company recognizes this and does so by using a stratified pricing approach. By setting different levels of pricing, the company caters for all the economic classes making their products as competitive as possible. This aspect can positively affect the company’s choice to expand as this ensures their price flexibility in entering new markets and above all giving the economies of scale to the company due to its wide range of products according to price.
The company has exercised its Corporate Social Responsibilities by launching the Green ...

Patience certainly has its benefits, a perfect example of that is McCormick and Company. After being in business for 123 years, it chose the right opportunity to expand its operations into the retail industry by having its own retail store through which it could reach its customers and convey its true essence to them directly. The statistics do not lie as McCormick seems to be experiencing its greenest pastures ever.

The essence of the brand

For its first several decades, McCormick was mostly just a spice maker by catering to individual as well as industrial needs, over the years however it has connected with its customers ...

A Reflection

Arguably, marketing has taken another perspective due to the presence of internet, advancement of technology, and social media. The author’s primary message to the authors concerns the response that organization and those responsible in analyzing the changes in the marketplace should take. The information found on the internet should be interpreted and analyzed critically before implementing it in an organization. It is always crucial to assert that the consumer is always a rational individual, and organizations should know that the consumer has access to the information they are facing.
Certainly, the author intends to pass this primary message ...

A Reflection

In their article “Innovating on the cheap” its authors Lance A.Bettencourt and Scott L.Bettencourt provide a comprehensive overview of different methods of creating innovations, creating a valuable guide on how to come up with an innovation without trying to invent something completely new to the world or even to the company. Authors claim that it is easy to make the innovation work even if such kind of product or services has already been on offer. The authors exemplify their statements, referring to innovation management strategies, used by “Rain Bird” business, which specializes on making sprinkles and other irrigation facilities. The reasons ...

Article Review

In this article, Wilkie and Moore are quick to explain that globalization is not a new concept. However, the technological and communication advancements that have been realized across the world have increased the level of business interactions between different territories worldwide. This article effectively captures the idea that as a result of globalization, marketing strategies within different firms and companies have had to adapt to the needs of the global market instead of relying on the traditional domestic markets that were based in their parent countries. Due to the changes that have faced the body of marketing, Wilkie and Moore claim ...

Exam 1 Extra Essay

A summary of the evolution of economic:
The evolution of capitalism and socialism is based on the analysis of the largest economies in the globe. China is a model of countries that do not support capitalism for specific reasons. In the 19th century, there were capitalist developed countries as well as the non-capitalist underdeveloped countries. Following the Great Depression experience in Europe in 1920s and 1930s, the world got classified into the socialist developed countries, the capitalist developed world, and the underdeveloped world (Boettke, Coyne and Leeson, 2005).

Capitalism and Socialism throughout the 20th century:

In the early 20th century, massive criticism of capitalism over socialism ...

The article by Jessica analyzes the move by apple Inc to introduce a watch like device in the market. This device is aimed at competing with smartphones and IPods in the market. The company has resulted to this strategy considering that many other companies have developed watch like devices that have not performed well in the market. The changing technology is leading to innovation of products that are able to meet the needs of the customers. Apple has not been left behind in this strategy since it is wishes to ensure that it remains competitive in the market.
According ...

A Reflection by: {Name}

This article speaks about the manner with which retail shops are hit by the laws and regulations that seem to get them out of operations. All retain marketers face the same imperative. Retail is an area of business that allows the concept of long term economic individual consumers. There will not cease to be pricing analytics who keep on adjusting the price of the retail commodities to ensure that consumers are not discouraged from marketing. Some retail sellers do not require the industrialized pricing. Individual pricing at the moment when the customer is making a purchase will increase in value ...

“If you can have everything in 57 varieties, making decisions becomes hard work”

These standing out words at the very outset of the article say it all about how intriguing yet a minute fact of modern life this article addresses, and from what angle. Starting with the crispy crispmaker example, the author explores the mechanism of psychological, economic, business, and social aspects, forces and tendencies in action, in defining how growing options distort practical human expectation, resulting in a never ending internal and external crisis that is demanding a rigorous fight back today.
The article is finely divided into four major thematic sections. The first section depicts, through factual data and reference, the evolution ...

Marketing is a process that has to begin when an idea of a product comes up which is a result of customer need satisfaction. As opposed to the common myth of misconception that marketing can only be limited to a company’s marketing department this is untrue and it is not only based on promotion and the likes. Marketing as per the article by Gresham is a process that involves several parties since from product idea stage to its final stage there are several stages that it has to pass through and several departments for approval. There must be a company’s mission and strategic ...