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Internet  as  a  tool  to  International  marketing  research             International  marketing  has  become  important  to  businesses  in  two  ways: identification  of  their  product  and  to  help  them  establish  strategies  for  internationalization.  The  internet  is  a  tool  that  can  offer  a  company  many  rewards,  but  their  are  certain  limitations  also.  The  paper  will  cover  the  definition  of  market research,  internet,  the  rewards,  problems  and  the  implications  of  the  internet  at  present  and  the  future,  as  it  becomes  more  entangled  in  companies.                                                                                           Market Research           Market  research  is  a  systematic,  objective  collection  and  analysis  of  data  about  a  particular  target  market,  competition,  and/or  environment.  This  type  of  research  must  always  have  some  form  of  data  collection,  whether  it  be  secondary  research  or  primary  research,  which  is  collected  direct  from  a  respondent.  There  are  two  types  of  research:  quantitative  and  qualitative.  Quantitative  research  involves  numbers.  An  example,  a  fast  food  chain  might  ask  customers  to  rate  the  service  as  excellent,  good,  poor  or  very  poor.  Qualitative  research  tries  to  understand  how  or  why  things  are  the  way  they  are.  The  research  involves  more   face-to-face  contact.  An  example,  a  research  might  ask  a  consumers  why  they  have  decided  to  buy  a  certain  type  of  soft  drink.            The  Internet  has  changed  how  marketing  research  has  changed  internationally.  Why,  percentage  wise,  half  the  homes  in  the  United  States  have  computers.  This  movement  came  about  for  four  reasons:  the  prices  of  personal  computers  are  decreasing,  current  home  connections,  slow,  but  are  now  becoming  more  rapid,  companies  are  spending  large  amounts  of  money  on  small  internet- only  computers,  and  the  introduction  of  web  television.           All  these  factors  have,  and  will  continue  to  increase  the  number  of  people  with  access  to  the  internet.  What  will  also  increase  is  the  potential  to  gather  information  from  consumers,  access  secondary  data  sources,  advertise  and  sell  products.  This  is  a  great  advantage  to  businesses,  and  not  just  big  businesses.  Another  advantage  of  the  internet  is  that  it  puts  all  businesses-small  and  large-  on  a  level  playing  field,  in  terms  of  marketing  to  potential  customers  through  the  internet.  Marketing  to  customers  over  the  internet  requires  research  which  is  why  market  researchers  are  so  important  to  the  process.            What  are  the  international  implications  of  internet  marketing  research?             International  marketing  research  projects  have  been  extremely  complex  to  control  and  although  researchers  can  communicate  with  market  participants  around  the  globe  doing  research  on  the  internet  can  be  expensive.  To  do  effective  international  research,  the  researcher  must  consider  two  aspects  particular  to  this  kind  of  marketing  research  translation  and  culture.                                                       First  aspect             It  is  important  that  in  different  countries  experts  translate  multilingual  research  because  a  textbook  understanding  of  a  language  does  not  properly  capture  the  required  nuances.  Also,  countries  differ  in  how  they  may  use  one  particular  word.                                                  Second  aspect             It  is  important  that  multicultural  research  requires  a  careful  review  as  to  the  cultural  tastes,  preferences  and  taboos  in  each  participating  country.  For  example,  in  the  United  States  and  Europe  opinion  polls  about  state  dignitaries  are  commonplace  and  newspapers,  and  magazines  frequently  print  them.  Yet,  it  is  highly  unlikely  that  an  opinion  poll  about  the  royal  family  of  Thailand  would  ever  be  conducted  there,  or  published.                                                   Advantages The  advantages  of  the  internet  and  market  research  is  that  databases  with  incomplete  addresses,  lost  international  mail,  time  delays  from  mailing,  and  expensive  time  traveling  have  all  been  reduced  considerably.                                            Advertising           According  to  a  survey  conducted  by  Pew  Research  Center  for  the  People  and  the  Press,  �there  is  a  more  mainstream  audience  present  on  the  internet.  That  means  a  great  deal  to  the  business  community.  Advantages  for  advertising  on  the  internet. First,  businesses  can  reach  their  targeted  audiences  better.  Websites  request  personal  information  about  the  visitor,  and  this helps  to  define  the  site�s  audience  but  also  produce  customized  ads  to  be  shown  on  their  next  visit.  Second,  many  sites  are  used  for  delivering  an  audience  rather  than  selling  a  product  or  a  service.  Third,  internet  advertising  is  very  much  like  direct-response  advertising,  and  because  of  this  customers  can  link  directly  to  an  advertiser�s  home  page  and  request  information,  browse  a  catalogue,  buy  a  product,  or  order  a  service.                                                               Market Research Market  researchers  must  be  able  to  site  traffic  and  usage  intensity,  audience  demographics,  qualitative  consumer  information,  and  worldwide  internet  trends.  Then  they  have  research  market  sizing  and  analysis,  product  development  and optimization,  plus  understand  brand  and  advertising  tracking.            The  problem  for  market  researchers  is  that  with  web  advertising   it  is  hard  to  accurately  measure  an  audience.  Most  businesses  like  to  measure  �eyeballs,�  the  total  exposures  an  ad  receives.  The  fact  is  that  many  customers  go  back  and  forth  rapidly  between  hypertext  pages,  making  it  hard  for  a  company  to  measure  site  audiences  accurately.  What    end  up  happening,  is  that  they  end  up  measuring  the  number  of  times  a  particular  page  is  on  the  screen-  this  is  called  screen  time.              Now,  businesses  are  trying  to  invent  new  services  to  help  them  measure  audiences.  The  first  thing  is  Adcount  by  Net  Count  which  tracks  service  of  web  users  that  attempts  to  measure  the  effect  of  web  ads.  The  Adcount  promises  not  only  to  monitor  how  many  web  cruisers  see  an  ad  but  whether  they  click  on  it  to  connect  with  the  advertisers. These  �click-through  rates�  are  a  true  measure  of  whether  an  ad  placement  has  had  an  effect.                                  Different ways internet used for market research           The  value  of  internet  marketing  is  still  up  for  discussion.  Although,  there  are  a variety  of  ways  the  internet  is  useful  for  international  marketing  research. For  example,  the  use  of  electronic  mail  can  be  used  for  survey  research.  One  can  use  e-mail  for  the  entire  process  of  receiving,  completing  and  returning  questionnaires.  The  advantages  of  survey  technologies  are  numerous.  First,  it  offers  greater  speed  of  delivering  electronic  mail  over  regular  postal  mail.  Second,  questionnaires  are  delivered,  or  redelivered  if  lost  in  a  matter  of  seconds.  Third,  higher  speed  of  delivering  responses  and  feedback.  Fourth,  cost-savings  benefits  over  regular  mail  surveys,  no  intermediaries  which  means  that  e-mail  messages  are  usually  read  only  by  the  recipient.  Lastly,  asynchronous  communication,  when  messages  can  be  sent,  read  and  replied  to  at  the  convenience  of  the  user.                                                     Disadvantages           The  disadvantages  are  as  follow:  the  security  of  electronic  mail  is  low  in  comparison  to  the  traditional  media,  and  businesses  can�t  guarantee  the  anonymity  of  e-mail  responses  because  every  e-mail  includes  the  respondent�s  name  and  network  address.  Although,  the  large  number  of  surveys  need  to  be  sent  out  to  obtain  a  large  enough  sample  to  analyze,  results  obtained  rapidly  will  need additional  sampling,  to  reimburse  for  the  short  fall.  Lowers  costs  and  quick  response  time  make  this  attractive  for  international  research,  but  potential  bias  problems  may  come  up.  In  the  short  run,  where  part  of  the  target  market  is  likely  to  exist  in  countries  with  low  internet  access,  sending  questionnaires  over  the  internet  must  be  used  with  extreme  caution.                                                    Advantages           Another  advantage  of  the  internet  and  international  marketing,  is  for  information  suppliers  who  are  able  to  present  a  more  discriminating,  and  up  to  date  information  to  a  bigger  number  of  users.  This  also  helps  the  information  suppliers  in  a  number  of  ways:  they  save  on  publishing,  distribution  and  other  costs.                                                 Disadvantages           A  disadvantage  of  using  the  internet  for  international  marketing  research,  is  that  using  surveys  are  most  appropriate  among   populations  that  are  technology  literate.  The  fact  is  that  the  internet  has  moved  continually  through  the  United  States  and  Europe,  but  it  has  progressed  more  gradually  in  other  parts  of  the  world,  which  limits  the  extent  to  which  Internet  sampling  frames  correspond  to  respondent  populations  that  may  be  of  interest  to  marketers.  Another  problem  is  that,  right  now,  surveys  are  used  on  particular  web  software,  and  these  versions  of  Web  software  while  available  in  different  countries  may  not  be  compatible.  Although,  the  internet  helps  marketing  researchers  to  obtain  data  from  around  the  globe, surveys  or/and  other  research  tools  must  be  properly  translated  and  questions  must  be  tailored  to  reflect  local  taste  preferences  and  taboos.           The  ultimate  objective  is  to  provide  customers  with  services  according  to  their  individual  preferences.  When  determining  their  product  mix,  sellers  must  decide  which  product  components  or  features  will  be  included  in  each  product  offering.  These  decisions  are  driven  by  the  relative  costs  of  different  product  bundles  which  include  the  following  costs:  production  cost,  transaction  and  distribution  cost,  binding  cost,  and  menu  cost.                                    Changing marketplace and market research Now,  internet  marketplaces  are  changing  the  constraints  imposed  by  these  costs  and  encouraging  a  new  types  of   businesses  that  create  value  by  aggregating  services  and  products  that  traditionally  were  offered  by  separate  industries.  Example,  digital  information  goods  like  news  articles,  digital  images  or  music  are  now  distributed  over  the  internet  without  almost  any  cost.  Therefore,  the  internet  becomes  the  intermediary  who  is  helping  to  dramatically  reduce  the  marginal  costs  of  production  and  distribution  for  these  goods.                                                  Conclusion           What  we  do  know  is  that  the  internet  is  here  to  stay  in  the  international  market  research  arena.  The  disadvantages,  to  most  people,   do  not  come  close  to  the  advantages  that  the  internet  can  provide  for  businesses,  large  and  small.  Yet,  mostly  international  market  research  leaves  people  from  underdeveloped  countries  out  of  the  mix.  The  fact  is  that  market  research  is  an  important  part  of  a  business  development.  Through  market  research,  businesses  are  able  to  test  customers  interest  in  new  products  and  services,  improve  customer  service,  and  develop  a  competitive  strategies.  The  internet  as  a  tool  for  marketing  research  is  here  to  stay  obviously,  but  research  still  has  a  long  way  to  go  in  forming  data  that  accurately  portrays  the  international  market.                                                          Bibliography    1. Craig, Samuel C. & Douglas, Susan P.  Sept. 1999. Conduction  International  Marketing Research. 5/16/2006. http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~sdouglas/rpubs/imr.html. 2. Gikandi, David.  International Marketing Research on the Web. (5/16/2006). http://www.4b.com/011intlmarkresrce.html/  3. Malhotra, Naresh K. & Briks, David F. 2nd Edition.  Feb.  2003. Marketing  Research: An  Applied  Approach.  Financial  Times  Management,  Prentice  Hall   4. McDaniel, Carl D.  5th Edition.  Marketing  Research:  Impact  of  the Internet. 2005. 5. Eg; August 1998/Vol. 4, No 8.  Communications  of  the  ACM  Read More
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