精彩内容 This book is organized into five sections. Part 1 of the book sets the context by reviewing the global marketing environments. Particular attention is paid to market assessment and situation analysis tools, such as CAGE (cultural, administrative, geographic, and economic distances) and PEST (political, economic, social, and technological environments), in Chapters 1 and 2. Drilling more deeply on the cultural and political/ legal environments, Chapter 3 reviews models of cross-cultural management and their implications to marketing strategies and Chapter 4 develops a political risk model that helps in risk assessment. Chapter 5 closes the first part of the section by examining global, regional and national market similarities and differences. The chapter also discusses the important trade blocs that facilitate international trade. Taken together, Part 1 deals with an analysis of the external, mostly uncontrollable, marketing environment. Part 2 consists of four chapters relating to functional marketing strategies, including global marketing research, international market selection, global market entry strategies, and segmentation, targeting and positioning. Marketing research in the international environment is more complex and riddled with cultural and legal variations that make the collection and interpretation of results difficult to apply uniformly across countries. Marketing managers may make the mistake that if it works at home, it will also work abroad. Searching for opportunities around the world necessitates both market research and a deliberate, systematic analysis of varying conditions that drive demand. International market selection models are covered next. International marketing entry decisions often follow market selection decisions and involve a tradeoff between risk and control. Marketers willing to invest in markets must also realize financial returns to justify it. Non-equity modes
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