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Marketing CH. 3 Vocab.
Book: Marketing Express Second Edition
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Marketing
Undergraduate 1
02/01/2011

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Competition
Definition
Other firms that market products that are similar to or can be substituted for a firm's products in the same geographic area.
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Monopoly
Definition
A competitive structure in which an organization offers a product that has no close substitutes, making that organization the sole source of supply.
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Oligopoly
Definition
A competitive structure in which a few sellers control the supply of large product that has no close subsitutes, making that organization the sole source of supply.
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Buying Power
Definition
Resources, such as money, goods, and serices, that can be traded in an exchange.
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Disposable Income
Definition
After tax income
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Discretionary Income
Definition
Disposable income available for spending and saving after an individual has purchased the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter.
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Willingness to Spend
Definition
An inclination to buy because of ecpected satisfaction from a product, influenced by the ability to buy and numerous psychological and social forces.
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Business Cycle
Definition
A pattern of economic fluctuations that has four stages: prosperity, recession, depression, recovery.
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Sociocultural forces
Definition
the influences in a society and its culturs that change peoples attitudes beliefs, norms, customs and lifestyles
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Marketing Ethics
Definition
Principles and standars that deine acceptable marketing conduct as determined by carious stakeholders
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