RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
Name: Saksham Sharma
Enrollment Number: 05115901715
Course: BBA
Batch: 2015-2018
Semester: 2nd Semester
Subject Name: Business Organization
Subject Code: BBA-102
Topic of Assignment: Discuss the strategies that have been adopted by Airtel to be a leading telecommunication company in India.
STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY AIRTEL
Airtel is the world’s 3rd largest mobile telecommunication Indian MNC operating in 20 countries across Asia & Africa. Airtel has presence in 22 telecom circles across India & is India’s largest integrated telecom service provider.
Segmentation, targeting, positioning in the Marketing strategy of Airtel
Airtel uses mix of segmentation strategies to segment its offerings like basic Call /SMS plans, prepaid / Post-paid plans, VAS – Data, caller tunes etc. Apart from geographically segmenting the market in East, West, North, South & central, the market is also segmented in each region on the basis of demographic variables like age, Income, Social groups.
Different geographic regions are handled independently and different campaigns are run according to the preferences of people in each region. Airtel has targeted the generation Z of 15-25 ages, generation X & baby Boomers by using different campaigns over the period of time i.e. campaign like “HarEk friend Jarurihotahai”/ “Jo terahaiwomerahai ” to target Gen Z and recently launched
If people realize that older adults want to use technology more time and determination can be made for these adults. For example, my grandmother who is 65 says that she is happy my uncle Pablo introduced her to technology that way she can communicate with her family from Mexico. Although technology is a big impact in society, this type of communication and socialization appliance can become the new adjustment to the older generation of
This group is a new generation that prefers identical and trendy forms instead of seriousness. Geico’s commercial is trendsetting. It is creating a group of consumers with lifetime loyalty to Geico. After making a connection with them, Geico enlarges its
Janmar Coatings, Inc. In-Depth Case Analysis Prepared by: Elliot Thome In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Marketing Management and Policies Submitted February 26th, 2015 Case Synopsis In early January 2005, Ronald Burns, president of Janmar Coatings, Inc., and his senior management executives were faced with the issue of deciding where and how to deploy corporate marketing efforts among the various markets served by the company.
SOLVAY GROUP: INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY & MANAGING EXPATRIATES Group F2 Problem Statement: The situation is to develop an international mobility program in order to streamline processes at Solvay which aligns the company’s business goals with individual employees’ needs . External Analysis Factor (Economic, Technological, Cultural) Implications on the problem Political: • Swelling government regulations in Pharmaceutical industryIt was difficult to enter the industry(high entry barrier, not lucrative)Existing players diversifying globally Require additional HR • Movement of HR helps in easy expansion need of an effective international mobility program (take care employees needs like personal, financial, social etc.)
For example Lego, Hasbro, Disney, Mattel, Barbie, Nerf, MEGA Bloks, and Fisher Price. Todays’ children “Generation-Z” have unique characteristics in many ways as compare to past generations. The ad film-makers, advertisers, and marketers always try to formulate new ways to attract their targeted customers, because of its rule the best way you attract to the customer and most likely to change their purchase intention and influence their decisions. The marketers and advertisers here use advertisement which targets the children are always based on anthropomorphism; using of non-living things like cartoons, animations, songs, logos, jingles, and different characters that advertisers keep in mind their audiences to attract the children, i.e. MacDonald, Disney, Barbie are the best example of
Two firms doing similar business in the same industry are Vodafone and Etisalat. Question 1: Structure of the Organization Vodafone: Vodafone first entered the Egyptian telecom market in 1998. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, in 2011 Vodafone has grown to become the leading mobile operator in Egypt serving more than 36.3 million customers with the highest technology, customer service and communication skills.
Firstly, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix that concentrate the market position of different products. Secondly, the experience curve and the Profit Impact of Market Strategies model which identified a number of strategic variables. Furthermore, competitive advantages model (Porter, 1985) which focus on five different forces in environment of organization, but suit with only stable market. Generic strategy was developed strategies under this school, especially it can identify position in the market. Advantages: -Provide content in a systematic way to the existing way of looking at strategy -Particularly useful in early stage of strategy development, when date is analyzed -This school emphasis on analysis and calculation can be a very strong support to the strategy development process -This strategy suit with big businesses or organization which have ability for operate effective market research in the environment
Segmentation, Targeting and positioning, also known as STP are an essential part in marketing today. This model is important for generating marketing communication strategies and it aids the marketers to prioritize schemes and deliver personalized and pertinent messages to diverse audiences. This approach is audience oriented rather than product focused in terms of communication, which results in conveying appropriate messages to the members who are more commercially appealing. Segmentation benefits the managers in finding out the area on which they have to concentrate on in terms of geography, demographics, social factors or behaviors.
Purpose and process of market segmentation The purpose of segmentation is to allow the marketer to be better able to reach the consumer needs and wants which increases the positive responses for the brand. Segmentation is important during the promotion process, this is where the team decided who what and where as well as, age gender and things like buying patterns. Because of this, marketing g segmentation comes before targeting. By dividing the audience, it makes it easier to target exactly who and where to send the devices or what to do with their next model.
Market are segmented in order to make it easier for businesses to target these segments according to the features and habits they exhibit. These segments must be definable, specific, profitable, and is has room to grow. The following outlines the segmentation for the market of Mercedes Benz broken down into demographic, behavioral and psychographic segmentation. Demographic Segmentation: Markets can be segmented by geography where the business would market its offering towards individuals living in a certain area.
However, choosing the appropriate technology is essential to the success of the advertising industry because different markets prefer different ways of conveying information. The use of applications in phones or e-commerce to order goods and services all over the world may be appropriate to a certain market, but media may be appropriate to an illiterate market (Porter, 1998). The development of smart phones is also an added advantage to the development of marketing activities in the advertising industries. For instance, in Singapore China the Taxi industry uses the application in the smart phones to access the consumers. Although the media are one of the appropriate medium to convey the adverts to the consumers,
Transnational strategy Huawei has already passed the international strategy and multinational strategy. Now it is in the global strategy. At the moment, Huawei is entering into the field of transnational strategy through continuous reform. This will help Huawei to establish a brand image, integrate capital, and closely align its service and business models with the local market Specific requirements provide a solid foundation. Strategic alliances, cooperation and joint ventures Since 2007, Huawei has cooperated with these international companies in a variety of forms, ranging from simple product sales (NEC sells Huawei data communications through the OEM market in Japan).
According to TrackMaven, market segmentation is the process of dividing the market of potential customers into groups, or segments, based on different features. The created segment consists of consumers who will respond to the same marketing strategy and who share the nature of the same interests, needs, or locations. McDonald uses demographic segmentation as their main types of market segmentation. According to Sakshi Natani (2016), McDonald in Malaysia used mainly demographic segmentation, which divided in age, income, family-life cycle and social class.
The process of market segmentation involves the division of a market into groups of smaller size whose needs, behaviour and characteristics are distinct from each other. These smaller groups or 'segments ' may require separate marketing strategies. There are four major market segmentation variables namely behavioural, psychographic, geographic and
1. MARKAT SEGMENTATION Market segmentation is a strategy that is generally used by a company to identify and define the target customers, and provide the supporting data for the marketing plan elements. There are five types of market segmentation which are demographic segmentation, geographic segmentation, psychographic segmentation, benefits segmentation and volume segmentation. • Demographic Segmentation Demographic segmentation is market segmentation according to age, family size, religion, race, gender, income and education. By using this segmentation, a company can categorize the needs of consumers more easily and target its consumers more accurately because demographics can segmented into several markets.