Is it possible for an economy to experience economic growth as measured by total GNP without a commensurate rise in the standard of living? Discuss fully.
Why do technical assistance program by more affluent nations typically ignore the distribution problem or relegate it to a minor role in development planning? Explain.
Discuss each of the stages of evolution in the marketing process. Illustrate each stage with a particular country.
As a country progresses from one economic stage to another, what in general are the marketing effects?
Locate a country in the agricultural and raw materials stage of economic development and discuss what changes will occur in marketing when it passes to a manufacturing stage.
What are the consequences of each stage of marketing development on the potential for industrial goods within a country? For consumer goods?
Discuss the significance of economic development to international marketing. Why is the knowledge of economic development important in assessing the world-marketing environment? Discuss.
The Internet accelerates the process of economic growth. Discuss.
Discuss the impact of the IT revolution on the poorest countries.
Select one country in each of the five stages of economic development. For each country, outline the basic existing marketing institutions and show how their stages of development differ. Explain why.
Why should a foreign marketer study economic development? Discuss.
The infrastructure is important to the economic growth of an economy. Comment.
What are the objectives of economically developing countries? How do these objectives relate to marketing? Comment.
Using the list of NIC growth factors, evaluate India and China as to their prospects for rapid growth. Which factors will be problems for India? For China?
What is marketing’s role in economic development? Discuss marketing’s contributions to economic development.
Discuss the economic and trade importance of the big emerging markets.
What are the traits of those countries considered big emerging markets? Discuss.
Discuss how the economic growth of BEMs is analogous to the situation after World War II.
Discuss the problems a marketer might encounter when considering the Marxist-socialist countries as a market.
One of the ramifications of emerging markets is the creation of a middle class. Discuss.
The needs and wants of a market and the ability to satisfy them are the result of the three-way interaction of the economy, culture, and the marketing efforts of businesses. Comment.
Discuss the strategic implications of marketing in India.
“Too much emphasis is usually laid—by Chinese policymakers as well as by foreign businessmen—on China’s strength as an export machine. China is so big that its economic potential might more usefully be compared with continental America’s.” Discuss fully.
