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 ====== BA 390 ====== ====== BA 390 ======
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 +  * [[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14816|Last week's article]]
  
 ====== Week 1 - Intro ====== ====== Week 1 - Intro ======
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     * Help find customers and make sales to them.     * Help find customers and make sales to them.
     * Large resellers have power to dictate terms and shut products out of markets.     * Large resellers have power to dictate terms and shut products out of markets.
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   -  Physical Distribution Firms   -  Physical Distribution Firms
     * Help company stock and move goods.     * Help company stock and move goods.
     * Determine best ways to ship, store.     * Determine best ways to ship, store.
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   - Marketing Services   - Marketing Services
     * Marketing research, advertising agencies, media firms, marketing consultants.     * Marketing research, advertising agencies, media firms, marketing consultants.
     * Help target & promote products to the right markets.     * Help target & promote products to the right markets.
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   - Financial Intermediaries   - Financial Intermediaries
     * Banks, credit companies, insurance co., etc.     * Banks, credit companies, insurance co., etc.
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 Economic environment: Factors that affect consumer buying power and spending patterns. Economic environment: Factors that affect consumer buying power and spending patterns.
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 +  * Substinence economy: Country consumes most of its own agricultural and industrial output. (Few market opportunities.)
 +  * Industrial economy: Creates many market opportunities.
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 +=== Changes in Income ===
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 +  * People are spending more carefully, focused on greater value.
 +  * Marketers look for ways to offer greater value -- perfect combination of quality, good service, fair price.
 +  * Pay attention to income distribution.
 +    * Upper-class consumers:
 +      * Spending not affected by economic conditions.
 +      * Major market for luxury items.
 +    * Middle-class:
 +      * Somewhat careful about spending.
 +      * Affords luxury sometimes.
 +    * Working class:
 +      * Sticks close to basics.
 +      * Tries hard to save.
 +    * Under class:
 +      * Welfare.
 +
 +=== Changing Consumer Spending Patterns ===
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 +People's spending patterns shift slightly as income increases.
 +  * Decreased food.
 +  * Decreased utilities.
 +  * Increased entertainment.
 +  * Increased insurance.
 +  * Increased most things.
 +
 +==== Natural Environment ====
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 +Natural environment: Natural resources that are needed as inputs by marketers or are affected by marketing activities.
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 +Marketers should be aware of several trends:
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 +  * Shortage of raw materials.
 +  * Increased population.
 +  * Increased gov't intervention in natural resource management.
 +
 +==== Technological Environment ====
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 +**Technological environment**: Forces that create new technologies, products, and market opportunities.
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 +  * New technologies replace older ones.
 +  * Companies that do not keep up will find their products replaced.
 +  * Gov't agencies investigate and ban unsafe products.
 +
 +==== Political Environment ====
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 +**Political environment**: Laws, gov't agencies, and pressure groups that influence various orgs and individuals in a society.
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 +=== Legislation Regulating Business ===
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 +  *