Services marketing Chapter 3

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Positioning services in competitive markets
Lorisse Bazley
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Question 1

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A dentist treats the needs of each patient on the basis of their specific dental condition. This is an example of:
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  • mass customisation
  • micro segmentation
  • mass marketing
  • mass segmentation

Question 2

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A positioning ____ is, of course, only as good as the ______ of the information used for constructing it.
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  • plan; quality
  • strategy; map
  • map; versatility
  • strategy; quality

Question 3

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In marketing terms, a ____________ strategy means providing a limited range of services for a narrow market segment.
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  • service focused
  • fully focused
  • market focused
  • positioning

Question 4

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For a business-to-business marketer defining segments, all of the following variables are likely to be appropriate except:
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  • customers’ ages
  • profitability or potential yield
  • anticipated purchasing volume
  • the potential for alliances
  • industry types

Question 5

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All of the following criteria can be used to evaluate different market segments except:
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  • narrowness of product line
  • strategic fit with the organisation’s resources
  • sales potential
  • profit potential
  • ability to match or exceed competing offerings

Question 6

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__________ attributes are often some way down the list of service characteristics that are important to purchasers, but they are attributes by which customers see compelling differences between competing alternatives.
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  • Importance
  • Determinant
  • Supplementary
  • Expected

Question 7

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In developing a successful positioning strategy, developing a ‘distinctive’ product can allow competition with established brands. Which of the following organisations most exemplifies this concept?
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  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
  • Myers
  • Woolworths
  • David Jones
  • Alex Gow Funerals

Question 8

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A positioning statement can be developed that enables a service organisation to define its ideal place in the market by answering the following questions except:
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  • who are our target markets?
  • what is our service product or concept?
  • where in the market should we compete?
  • how are we positioned in the market?
  • what do we want our service product to become?

Question 9

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Which of the following is NOT an undesirable outcome through poor positioning of a service?
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  • The organisation’s service position is confused and nobody understands what its distinctive competence really is.
  • The organisation or one of its services is pushed into a position where it faces head-on competition from stronger competitors.
  • The organisation attracts customers from outside its target segment.
  • The service has no position at all in the marketplace because no-one has ever heard of it.

Question 10

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Which of the following statements may NOT be true?
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  • New market entrants may mean that a formerly distinctive position is lost.
  • As conditions change, research must be repeated and positioning maps redrawn to reflect the dynamic nature of the marketplace.
  • Same maps need to be used by a firm for all its segments.
  • Sometimes, different maps have to be drawn for different market segments.
  • Repositioning of existing competitors may mean that a formerly distinctive position has been lost.
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