Lindells Lecture Notes CHAPTERS 3 & 4 B (supplement)

YOUR COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Expanded

BA 315 Marketing Management

Market Structure and Competitor Analysis Performing a market analysis to identify your major competitors. Performing a competitor analysis. Alternative sources of information for analyzing competitors

Analyze Critical Development of Marketing Plan

Defining the competition is important in determining which products are competing. Studying competitors is crucial to develop a value proposition. It is beneficial to anticipate competitors moves and act in a preemptory fashion.

Market Structure Analysis

A market structure analysis enables the marketing manager to understand the competition. Overlooking an important competitive threat can be disastrous. Ambiguous definition of the competition creates uncertainty.

Different Terms Used in Defining a Market

Industry. Product class. Product types. Product brands.

Competition Is Defined by the Customer

Product form competition - includes only products or services of the same product type. Product category competition - products that have similar features and provide the same basic function. Generic competition - incorporates the customers notions of substitutability. Budget competition - products and services that are purchased from the same general budget.

Competition Is Defined by the Customer

Product form competition - includes

only products or services of the same product type.

Competition Is Defined by the Customer

Product category competition - products that

have similar features and provide the same basic function.
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Competition Is Defined by the Customer

Generic competition incorporates the customers notions of substitutability

Competition Is Defined by the Customer

Budget competition products and services that are purchased from the same general budget.

Critical DifferencesCompetitor Levels

Product form or product category competition are inward oriented. Generic competition is outward oriented. Product form and product category competitors are defined by product that look like yours. Generic competitors are defined by looking outside the firm to the customers.

The Marketing Managers Job

Product form level - marketing activities directly aimed at similar competitors. Product category level - you must convince customers that the product form is the best. Generic competition level - you must convince customers the product category solution is superior

Customer Target Change Product form competition involves battling for exactly the same customers. Generic competition can destroy entire product categories when a major innovation occurs

Measurement Issues
Government documents provide valuable information about product form and category competitors. Consulting firms, trade associations, and professional publications may supply own product category data.

Cross-Elasticity of Demand
Indicator of substitutability. Percentage change in one products sales due to a percentage change in a marketing variable for another product. CrossCross-elasticity - price is positive, the two products are considered to be competitive.

Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses

The ability of the competitor to conceive and design new products. The ability of each competitor to produce the product. The ability to market. The ability to finance. The ability to manage.

Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses

The ability of the competitor to conceive and design new products.

Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses

The ability of each competitor to produce the product.

Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses

The ability to market.

Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses

The ability to finance.

Competitor Strengths and Weaknesses

The ability to manage.

Competitor Analysis
A determination of the competitors major objectives. An assessment of their marketing strategies. An assessment of their strengths and weaknesses. An internal analysis of your firms strengths and weaknesses relative to competitors

Competitor Strategies
Marketing managers must monitor: Segments pursued. Competitors targets. Product features. Core strategy. Supporting marketing mix.

Customer and Competitor Target

Product sales literature. Your own sales force. Trade advertising.

Core Strategies
Studying their marketing communications. How are they differentiating themselves? What is their value proposition?

Supporting Marketing Mix

Price - What is the pattern of price change over time? Communication - What advertising media are being used? Distribution - What kinds of selling approaches are being used? Product capabilities - a comparison of capabilities is useful.

Expected Future Strategies

Sometimes competitors tell you what their future strategy will be. Identifying a trend in their past actions and extrapolating it into the future. Forecast competitors action by simulating them. Use scenario planning.

SWOT Analysis Strengths. Weaknesses. Opportunities. Threats

Secondary Sources
Internal sources. Annual reports. Patent and trademark filings. General business and trade publications. Consultants. Trade associations. Help wanted ads. Electronic data services.

Primary Sources
Sales force and customers. Employees. Suppliers. Reverse engineering or sampling. Competitors products. Plant tours. Internet newsgroups.

YOUR COMPETITION: Even though you may have done a great job in pinpointing and studying your market segment the job isn't done until you have considered your competition.
My main competitors in my market area are: Name of firm (list)

YOUR COMPETITION: Based on

my market research of statistical data (such as Sales Management) the amount of buying power per business represented in my area for this kind of business is $-. If 1 can generate that amount of sales, it: will be sufficient for me to operate successfully.
Five reasons why customers would buy from me rather than my competitors are: Five weaknesses my business will have, in comparison to my competitors, are:

In order to overcome these weaknesses, I will:

STEPS OF COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

1. DEFINE THE TARGET MARKET 2. DEFINE THE DIRECT COMPETITORS (SERVING THE SAME MARKET SEGMENT(S) USE...PERCEPTUAL MAPPING A. MULTIDIMENTIONAL SCALING B. FACTOR ANALYSIS 3. ASSESS COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS A. PIONEERING ADVANTAGE B. POTENTIAL FOR TECHNOLOGY DISCONTINUITY C. IDENTIFY FUTURE COMPETITORS (NEW ENTRANTS) D. BARRIERS

STEPS OF COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

4. ASSESS COMPETITIVE INTENSITY-INCLUDE CONDITIONS THAT FOSTERS INTENSE COMPETITION 5.IDENTIFY AVENUES FOR ATTAINING A SUSTAINABLE ADVANTAGE OVER COMPETITION 6.SOURCES OF COMETITIVE INTELLEGENCE YOU MAY COMBINE STEPS 3 AND 4 INTO COMPETITIVE MARKET FORCES

Chapter Objectives
1. To gain an appreciation of the need for performing competitive analysis. 2. To understand the five step approach to carrying out a competitive analysis. 3. To become acquainted with perceptual mapping and the techniques used. 4. To gain an appreciation and awareness of sources of competitive intelligence

Definition of the target market

We establish the product market boundaries of interest and identify any specific target segments.

identifies direct competitors

who are likely to gain or lose a substantial customer share over time because they serve the same customers and offer similar benefits.

perceptual mapping
Perceptual mapping methods are used to position the firm against competitors as seen by the consumer. Product positioning is used to determine the brands that consumers see as being similar.

perceptual mapping
Managers rely on some perceptual mapping techniques to portray how customers perceive the various market competitors. There are two types:

Multidimensional scaling relies on similarity judgments of consumers in determining the degree of similarity between pairs of products.

A factor analysis based approach relies on buyers assessment of determinant attributes to evaluate alternatives

ALMOST HOME THE BATTLE FOR THE COOKIE MARKET

In 1982, marketers in the cookie industry received a doublebarreled attack with the entrance of Procter & Gamble's Duncan Hines cookies and Frito Lay's Grandma's brand. Initially, both lines were successfully test marketed in Kansas City, and by 1983, Frito Lay had begun moving into a variety of other markets.

ALMOST HOME THE BATTLE FOR THE COOKIE MARKET

1. Multidimensional scaling relies on similarity judgments of consumers in determining the degree of similarity between pairs of products. 2. A factor analysis based approach relies on buyers assessment of determinant attributes to evaluate alternatives

perceptual mapping
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Assessing competitive dynamics

Assessing competitive dynamics, dynamics, step 3 of the competitive analysis, involves attempting to project what the future competitive environment will look like.

Pioneering advantage
{HOYLE SCHWEITZER invented WINDSURFER(ing)}

is the market advantage that results from a competitor being the innovator in a market. Several

factors contribute to this advantage:

Pioneering advantage

1.Pioneer products act as "prototypes" for competitors. 2. Initial brands potentially build significant loyalty. 3. Late entrants will have difficulty obtaining awareness and trail by distributors and consumers.

If the future competitive structure of a market is to be understood, managers should attempt to determine the potential for technological discontinuity. Note- LPC WINDSURFER EXAMPLE
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Although the identity of current direct competitors is important, it is equally essential to identify future competitors, i.e., new entrants. Such asMISTRAL,BIC
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Barriers to entry make it difficult to become a significant competitor in a new market. PLEASE REFERENCE OUR HANDOUT ON INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVENESS in your packet
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Barriers to entry Economies of scale, initial financial investment, lack of access to sources of production, and limited access to distribution channels are some typical barriers to entry.
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Barriers to entry Tariffs, quotas, customs, and governmental intervention are some international entry barriers.
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New entrants can cause considerable competitive concern through improved price performance trade offs, by bringing new skills to the industry,or by virtue of cross subsidizations.
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The importance of assessing competitive intensity, step 4, is twofold: to determine the likely cost of meeting competition and to recognize the most important bases and types of competition.
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Several basic conditions which foster intense competition are: numerous competitors, slow industry growth, undifferentiated products and services, low switching costs, significant economies of scale, industry overcapacity, and management loyalty
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The ultimate purpose of performing a competitive analysis is to identify possible avenues for attaining a sustainable advantage over competitors so as to achieve product or product line objectives.
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In assessing competitive advantage, managers must

identify the positions and sources of advantage that

lead to desired market performance outcomes. .
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1. Positional advantages depend on the customer's perception of these advantages.

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2. Source advantages include: skills of people within the organization, the systems or arrangement developed for market response, and the organization's resources.

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3. Superior resources, intangible and tangible, can enable a firm to either underprice the competition or to offer better or unique performance.

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Sources for obtaining competitive intelligence fall into three basic categories: published material & documents, competitors' employees, suppliers, or customers; and direct observation.
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PLEASE REFERENCE OUR HANDOUT... INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVENESS SUMMARY

AGGREGATE MARKET FACTORS INDUSTRY FACTORS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

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