A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) 3 and 4
D) 5 and 7
E) 6 and 7
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A) the difference between projected total costs and realized total revenues.
B) the difference between projected total costs and net profits.
C) the difference between marginal revenue and marginal cost.
D) the percentage point difference between a firm and its next largest competitor in terms of market share.
E) the difference between the projection of the path to reach a new goal and the projection of the path of the results of a plan already in place.
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A) a profit
B) a sales revenue
C) a quality
D) a market share
E) an employee welfare
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A) company, nonprofit, and cooperative
B) corporation, employee-owned, and interest
C) for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental
D) employee, distributor, and customer
E) public, private, and international
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A) strategic business unit level.
B) board of directors.
C) corporate level.
D) functional level.
E) CMO.
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A) a measure of the quantitative value or trend of a marketing activity or result.
B) a form of linear trend analysis used to project future profits based on existing marketing plans.
C) one of a series of mathematical formulas used to calculate potential profits based upon different scenarios of the forces in the marketing environment.
D) information about an organization's core values and code of ethics so marketers can quickly spot deviations and take corrective actions.
E) the value of a product in terms of its contribution to employee welfare.
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A) government
B) competitors
C) shareholders
D) suppliers
E) customers
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A) high market growth rates and high relative market shares.
B) low market growth rates but high relative market shares.
C) low market growth rates and low relative market shares.
D) high market growth rates but low relative market shares.
E) medium market growth rates and medium relative market shares.
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A) are detailed day-to-day operational decisions.
B) are long-term rather than short-term.
C) involve upper levels of management rather than front-line managers.
D) are general rather than specific in nature.
E) have been successfully implemented in the past.
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A) question mark.
B) star.
C) hedgehog.
D) cash cow.
E) dog.
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A) a weakness if the company does not have access to other expertise at Unilever.
B) an opportunity if the company shares this information directly with its competitors.
C) a weakness if the company does not seek to gain that additional expertise.
D) a threat if Ben & Jerry's does not have resources to develop additional expertise.
E) part of a marketing plan; this information would not be part of a SWOT analysis.
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A) organizations that develop similar offerings.
B) organizations that manufacture identical products to meet ISO 9000 specifications.
C) companies that are active in the production of materials used in finished products.
D) a group of people or firms united through strategic alliances.
E) the economic activity concerned with the selling of finished products to wholesalers and retailers.
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A) members of an organization who have been trained in multiple disciplines so they can easily move from one job to another as needed.
B) situations where two departments within the same company have opposing views about how a product should be developed and managed.
C) departments within an organization that carry out multiple functions due to financial constraints within the company.
D) a small number of people from different departments in an organization who are mutually accountable to accomplish a task or a common set of performance goals.
E) departments within an organization that manage the same product with distinctly different marketing programs to reach different target markets.
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A) the time frame for which the data are presented
B) a graph
C) a table
D) a printed report
E) a map
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A) An organization can be all things to all people because it has access to all the resources it needs to discover and satisfy the needs and wants of its target markets.
B) The marketing department helps to both set an organization's direction and move it there.
C) The American Marketing Association (AMA) recently has established the definition of strategy.
D) Strategy is an organization's short-term course of action designed to deliver a specific customer experience while achieving its internal standards.
E) Only start-up organizations must develop strategies to help them raise capital as well as focus and direct their efforts to accomplish their goals.
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A) "We need to divest our Canadian operations that are performing poorly."
B) "How large a budget can we allot to the marketing department?"
C) "We plan to implement a Facebook advertising initiative within 90 days."
D) "We should hire the most culturally diverse cross-functional team possible in order to generate the best new-product ideas."
E) "What dividends should we pay stockholders next quarter?"
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A) a profit
B) a market share
C) an employee welfare
D) a customer satisfaction
E) a social responsibility
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A) sustainability doctrine.
B) goals and objectives.
C) core values.
D) moral distinctives.
E) functional strategy.
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A) The firm buys its own fleet of trucks, so it no longer needs to hire a trucking company for distribution.
B) A hiring freeze is put into place. Although no one is fired, no one can be hired.
C) A goal is set to close the gap between production costs and profits.
D) A city government bans cigarette smoking inside all restaurants and bars in the city limits.
E) Shareholders are rewarded with a sizable dividend check.
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A) reached the goal of generating enough revenue to be a completely nonprofit organization.
B) a sustainable financial basis of profitable growth, increasing value for stakeholders and expanding opportunities for development and career growth for employees.
C) the goal of making profits for selected charitable organizations such as Fair Trade.
D) been recognized for its efforts to use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.
E) been instrumental in expanding into international markets by creating dairies for developing nations.
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