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Drawing Modelling Canvas For The International Positioning Of
Indian Beverage Products
Somesh Kumar Sharma, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India
Sudhir Rana, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India
Renu Lamba, PU, Chandigarh, Panjab, India
Avinash Kumar, Company- ABB India Limited, India
Amrendra Kumar, Oceaneering International Services Limited, India.
ABSTRACT
Purpose
The objective of this paper is to develop a mechanism for the international positioning of Indian Origin Beverage
Products (IOBP) that concatenates four essential segments of globalization, which has not been addressed in the
literature yet.
Methodology
The paper tailors the information for the international positioning of Indian Origin Beverage Products through
certain sequential steps: information development, information validation and information refinement. The
information is validated using statistical package R and refined using Principal Component Analysis. The
refined information is used for the development of model for the effective positioning of IOBP in the
international market.
Findings
The study explores four statistically significant steps for the international positioning of IOBP, which are finally
summarized into 18 highly influencing variables in contrast to 91 variables available in literature.
Research Implications
The 18 variables explored in this study should be considered as initial set of information for the international
positioning of IOBP. It should not be taken as standard paradigm to be followed in all cases.
Practical Implications
The model developed in this paper will be useful for the researchers and practitioners related to Indian beverage
industry for drawing the strategy canvas to position goods effectively in the international market.
Originality/Value
The model developed in this paper will be useful for Beverage Industry oriented business decision makers, in
identifying the dimensions that can be considered for formulating the strategy for each stage of international
positioning process.
Paper Type Research Paper
Keywords: International business, International positioning, Indian Origin Beverage Products (IOBP)
1. Introduction
Many industries have witnessed accelerated and enhanced globalization in both pace and magnitude in the latter
half of 20th
century. At the dawn of new millennium, such a trend of globalization has stirred up fierce
competition even in the industries which are quite away from onslaught of foreign rivalry like beverage industry.
Therefore, if it is interpreted as beverage market is free from challenges, will not be true. In fact, there is a hype
of competition in this industry which has forced many organizations to perform the biopsy of their business
styles and suggested them to expend their business beyond National boundaries for profit enhancement. Keeping
in view such issues and considering the prior research on international business and positioning perspectives, the
present article develops a model for international positioning of beverage products i.e. Indian origin soft drinks
and fruit juices. The literature of the subject admits that to come up with the ‘right’ positioning strategy is not
something that ‘just happens’, especially because of its exclusive nature of soft drinks business. It seeks a good
deal of marketing research and analysis, in order to understand, first, whether the products have international
market potential, second, in
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TABLE 1: INFORMATION FRAMEWORK FOR INDIAN MARKET POSITIONING
S.
No.
Cardinal
Dimensions
Adjuvant Dimensions Decision Variables
1.
Internal
Scanning
Domestic market performance
(DMP)
(1) Firm’s current market size
(2) Yearly sale
(3) Ability to meet market share
(4) Firm’s market expansion rate
International marketing
capability (IMP) of the firm
(5) Past IB experience
(6) Export revenue
(7) Comparative product quality / features
Firm’s Competitive Advantage
(FCA)
(8) Corporate Culture
(9) Product technology
(10) Effective organization structure
(11) Creative HR practices
Objective’s clarity (OC) (12) Intentions of firm’s international business
2. External
Scanning
Macro Economic Indicators of
target market (Macro)
(13) Economic Parameters
(14) Social and cultural parameters
(15) Analytic parameters (Financial
Capability)
Micro Economic Indicators of
target market (Micro)
(16) Product Oriented Opportunities
(17) Expected number of competitors in the
target market
(18) Competitor’s market share & growth rate
Market Specific Uncertainties
(MSU)
(19) Tariff and non tariff barriers
(20) Political stability
Structural Compatibility
Indicators (SCI)
(21) Business structure compatibility
(22) Distribution system compatibility
(23) Legal system compatibility
(24) Business system compatibility
(25) Government Links
(26) Geographical characteristics
Policy Indicators (PI) (27) Risks in the target market
(28) National Business Policy of the target
market
3. Entry Mode
Decision
Expected Level of Business
Association (ELBA)
(29) Expected Level of Control
(30) International Business Policy of target
country
4. Competitive
Positioning
Marketing Mix (MM) (31) Promotion
(32) Place
(33) Product
(34) Price
Post Entry Strategy (35) Oligopoly Reactions
which market one should enter and how ( Koch,2001), and third, how to compete in that market in a much
effective way with respect to the competitors (Brooksbank, 1994). This article attempts to address these issues
for IOBP by developing a model.
The article is organized as follows. Section 2 tailors the information for international positioning process (IPP) in
terms of information development, information validation and information refinement. The information is
validated using statistical package R and refined using Principal Component Analysis. Section 3 develops the
model for international positioning of IOBP. Section 4 concludes the article and discusses limitations and scope
for future study.
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2. Tailoring the Information
2.1 Information Framework for International Positioning Process
To address the objective of this paper, a thorough literature review was made to explore the information for
international positioning of IOBP. The literature evolves 91 indicators relevant to the objective. These variables
were processed and summarised in the form of framework. The development of information framework
developed for the study includes the broad section of 4 cardinal dimensions, 12 adjuvant dimensions and 35
decision variables that represent the entire set of indicators for worldwide positioning (discussed in detail in the
manuscript of Sharma and Srinivasan, 2008), shown in table 1. Cardinal dimensions are main dimensions that
identify the response of each step of positioning process. To support this, the concept of adjuvant dimension is
developed, which are supportive dimensions to cardinal
TABLE 2: AVERAGE IMPORTANCE RATING CHARGED TO DECISION VARIABLES
dimensions. This framework is used to develop the model for international positioning of IOBP. Internal
scanning is listed as the first cardinal dimension in the framework which is considered as a prerequisite for this
exercise. This dimension evaluates the international business capability of the firm and assesses product quality
of the selected IOBP products in comparison with the best products in the global market. The second cardinal
dimension of the framework is external scanning where the central focus concern is appropriate market
identification. Entry mode decision is the third cardinal dimension that identifies most suitable entry mode to the
target nation. Competitive positioning is the fourth cardinal dimension listed in the framework which is executed
in terms of marketing mix and oligopoly reactions.
Specific Decision
Variables (Table 1)
n=122
Mean Standard
Deviation
Ranking
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)
(26)
(27)
(28)
(29)
(30)
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
2.79
3.04
3.01
3.14
1.48
3.24
1.18
3.19
3.32
3.27
3.21
1.50
1.73
2.14
1.36
1.10
2.19
1.32
1.43
2.23
1.28
2.28
1.23
1.26
1.13
2.01
1.21
2.09
1.45
2.48
2.62
2.64
2.56
1.16
1.58
0.71
0.79
0.75
0.81
0.87
0.89
0.67
0.85
0.90
0.92
0.86
0.91
0.71
0.80
0.79
0.69
0.81
0.77
0.81
0.85
0.74
0.89
0.65
0.73
0.62
0.74
0.63
0.77
0.85
0.90
0.93
0.97
0.91
0.71
0.95
27
29
28
30
13
33
4
31
35
34
32
14
16
19
10
1
20
9
11
21
8
22
6
7
2
17
5
18
12
23
25
26
24
3
15
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TABLE 3: AVERAGE IMPORTANCE RATING CHARGED TO CARDINAL DIMENSIONS
2.2 Information Framework
The next important issue is, whether the information mentioned in the framework covers each aspect of
international positioning for IOBP. For that, information needs to be validated scientifically by the experts in
international business of beverage products. A judgmental sample of 122 experts of India dealing with
international business for beverage products was selected. A focus group session for this purpose was organized.
It was attended by 34 top ranked officials of Indian beverage companies, and 12 experts from most reputed
management institutions of India, holding admirable command in international business & marketing. Other than
all this, experts and senior officials involved in the international business of beverage products, from Indian
companies, were contacted personally and through mail. In order to provide exploratory answers to the research
issue posed in this study, the learned experts were asked to rate each of the decision variable of information
framework (table 1) in terms of “degree of importance they attach with the information for making decision
about international positioning of beverage goods”. The options of evaluation were based upon 5 point Likert
scale ranging from extremely important (1st
level) to unimportant (5th
level). Entire questionnaire data is
processed with statistical package R. The epitome of the means, standard deviations (SDs) and ranking of
importance ratings accredited by respondents to the 35 decision variables is shown in table 2.
Table 4: IMPORTANCE ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION OF DECISION VARIABLES
The point estimates were used to rank all the decision variables. The mean importance rating ranged from 1.10
(the highest importance rating for decision variable number 16 – Product Oriented Opportunities in the target
market) to 3.32 (the lowest importance rating for decision variable number 9 – Product Technology). Findings of
importance of information and standardized coefficient alpha (α) for each cardinal dimensions are shown in table
3. External scanning is ranked 1st
, entry mode decision is ranked 2nd
and competitive positioning is figured out as
third most important cardinal dimension. Internal scanning is ranked 4th
by the respondents.
This comprehensive study of information validation reveals three kinds of decision variables on the basis of their
importance in making decision for international positioning. It is shown in table 4. The variables which have
importance rating above or equal to 3 are rated as less important decision variables. A significant gap is observed
among important and moderately important decision variables, the decision variables ranged from 1.10 to 1.73
on importance scale, are considered as important variables. The noticeable difference is observed among the
importance rating of 16th
(mean = 1.73) and 17th
(mean = 2.01) ranked decision variable, shown in figure 1. The
decision variables with importance rating ranged from 2.01 to 2.79, are acknowledged as moderately important
decision variables. Therefore, it is expected that these distinguished sets of decision variables (important and
Cardinal Dimensions
( Table 1)
n = 122
Mean SD Rank SC α
Internal Scanning 2.70 0.83 4 0.87
External Scanning 1.70 0.75 1 0.80
Entry Mode Decision 1.96 0.88 2 0.75
Competitive Positioning 2.13 0.89 3 0.70
Important Decision
Variables
Moderately Important
Decision Variables
Less Important
Decision Variables
27,25,23,7,16,34,24,21,18
,15,19,29,5,12,35,13
1, 14,17,20,22,26
28,30,31,32,33
2,3,4,6,8,9,10,11
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moderately important) may help the beverage industry decision makers to make effectual and dynamic decisions
for the international market positioning. The findings of information validation admits that (a) 35 decision
variables in information framework sufficiently represent each aspect of effective positioning for international
scenario, as no new information was added by the experts of international business in beverage industry and, (b)
all four cardinal dimensions are reliable steps for effective positioning mechanism as Alpha value is greater than
0.60 for all the four cardinal dimensions (shown in table 3), (c) one set of variables influences international
positioning mechanism more as compared to rest, as shown in figure 1 and table 4. Therefore, there is a need to
use data reduction technique for further refinement of information.
TABLE 5: FACTOR ANALYSIS STATISTICS OF IOBP
2.3 Information Refinement
To refine the findings of information validation, the data of 122 international business experts were subjected to
Principal Component Analysis. After Varimax rotation, the factors emerged with Eigen values greater than 1.0,
accounting for the independent decision variables and explaining 65% of total variance for IOBP (Table 5). All
four principal components are loaded with certain decision variables having communality greater than 0.50.
Therefore, this analysis explores 18 highly influencing decision variables for IOBP positioning. It justifies the
authenticity of previous finding related to importance of decision variables, mentioned in table 4. The decision
variables highlighted as less important (table 4) for the positioning of IOBP are automatically excluded in
Principal Component Analysis study (table 5). At the end of the questionnaire the respondents were requested to
mention their choice for the sequence of steps for the positioning of beverage industry products. The options of
choice were based upon four cardinal dimensions. They were allowed to add or delete any step (cardinal
dimension) for the positioning mechanism relevant for beverage industry products. The summary of responses is
mentioned in figure 2. Internal scanning was selected as first step by 122 respondents. External scanning was
selected as second step for international positioning of beverage industry products by 108 respondents. 114
respondents supported market and entry mode decision for the third step; whereas 109 respondents braced
competitive positioning as third step for IOBP products positioning exercise.
3. Model Development
The study of sequence of cardinal dimensions (mentioned in figure 2) and highly influencing decision variables
(mentioned in table 5) concludes a model for international positioning of beverage industry products, shown in
figure 3. The model suggests analyzing the internal environment of the firm with four filtered decision variables
to evaluate the international business capability of the firm. The firm that proves worth on these evaluative
criteria of Internal Scanning is suggested to analyze the external environment for market selection. 7 refined
decision variables are advised to meet this task. The next step identifies the entry mode to international market
Principal Component IOBP
Decision Variables Communality % Variance
Internal Scanning
External Scanning
Entry Mode Decision
Competitive Positioning
* Ability to meet market share
* Past IB experience
* Comparative Product Quality/ features
* Intentions of firm’s international business
* Product Oriented Opportunities
* Competitor’s market Share & growth rate
* Tariff and non tariff Barriers
* Legal System Compatibility
* Business System Compatibility
* Government links
* Risks
* Level of Control
* International Business Policy of the target
market
* Product
* Price
* Promotion
* Place
* Oligopoly Reactions
0.63
0.59
0.61
0.68
0.81
0.67
0.74
0.61
0.70
0.79
0.71
0.69
0.70
0.66
0.78
0.66
0.54
0.55
15.8
19.2
18
12
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for beverage industry products. This decision is largely dependent upon firm’s expectations for business
association/control in the target market. The fourth step focuses on the competitive positioning of goods/services
by defining appropriate marketing mix in terms of product, price, promotion, place, and oligopoly reactions. The
feedback of last five variables helps the firm to assure competitive quality and effective positioning of the target
products in the mind of customers. This entire exercise helps the organization to tailor productive international
business strategy. The development of this model may act as an initial step in covering the international trade
journey of beverage industry products from capability generation to competitive positioning.
4. Concluding Discussion
Indian market has been witnessing rapid and amassed internationalization, in both momentum and magnitude
since last two decades. If the relentless patrolling of globalization has uplifted the standard of living of the
society in the Indian scenario by providing best goods and services, on the other hand, it has punched a big blow
to the local goods and services. To cope up with such kind of fast changing market scenario, international
business styles needs to be updated regularly. Therefore, it seems imperative to have focused information of
international positioning business ventures regarding IOBP. This is the issue, we have addressed in this study by
exploring 18 statistically significant pieces of information for international positioning of IOBP. The paper
concludes that if a beverage firm is equipped with the answers of these 18 decision variables, least hindrance is
expected on its way to international positioning of its goods. Product oriented Opportunity, Government Links
and Price of the Products have come up as first three most important decision variables for making decision
regarding international business of IOBP (table 2). These findings are justified by Factor Analysis in table 5,
where these three variables are evolved with highest communality. Product oriented Opportunity emerged as
most important decision variable for the positioning of IOBP in the international market (as shown in table 2). It
indicates that the identification of potential market ensures the productive positioning of beverage products.
Without identifying the potential market, it is not possible to successfully market the IOBP internationally and
this identification is greatly dependent on product demand. Therefore, the above said decision variable that
emerged as most important, seems extremely relevant. Secondly, in the identified potential market, if
governments of both sides have good relations, the international positioning mechanism becomes easier and
effective. Third, competent pricing not only contributes in developing powerful marketing mix, but also makes
positioning mechanism more impactful in the identified market.
The model developed in this paper for the international positioning of beverage goods, integrates four aspects of
international business which are not addressed in the literature yet. The literature advocates that research lacks in
joint work of competitive positioning with firm’s international business capability, market selection and entry
mode choice. This study was an attempt in that direction and developed a model that comprises these elements as
four steps for international positioning of beverage goods. Moreover, the statistical analysis justifies the logical
existence of all these four steps for IPP, as each cardinal dimension is statistically significant (SC α > 0.60 for all
four cardinal dimensions), shown in table 2. This paper justifies the necessity and validity of all these steps (four
cardinal dimensions) for international positioning of beverage goods.
This study revealed external scanning as most important dimension for the international positioning of beverage
goods, as it justifies suitability and attractiveness of market. Internal scanning emerged as relatively least
important dimension. It indicates that if a beverage firm did not develop significant market base in the domestic
market but its products have the competent quality, in such case, a firm can directly plan to position its beverage
products in the international market.
The model developed in this study advocates the need & importance of developing competent marketing mix for
the effective positioning of beverage products. Traditionally, 4P (product, price, promotion and place) are
sufficient to develop effective marketing mix. But this study explores the importance of incorporating 5th
P also
i.e. Probabilistic Oligopoly Reactions. The study indicates that if a beverage firm aims to compete for a long
time in the target market, 4P should be mixed in right composition with Probabilistic Oligopoly Reactions.
Therefore, this study has evolved 5P for the competitive positioning of beverage goods.
The findings communicate coherent and fair appraisal of information regarding the positioning of beverage
goods according to the view point of the experts of international business. Results of the study of cardinal
dimensions posed series of questions. Answers to these questions can help decision makers to tailor customized
positioning process. The study reveals that if a beverage firm wants to position its products in the international
market, the following questions must be addressed
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· Does a firm have the potential to position its products in the international market?
· Is there any suitable market for your product in the international scenario?
· Which entry mode will be most suitable to enter into the identified market?
· What may be the most competent marketing mix for the positioning of your beverage
products in the target market?
The optimistic answers of these questions reflect positively on the positioning paradigm. The response to above
mentioned queries can chart the complete marketing map for the beverage goods for the international scenario.
The research implications must be taken with in the context of limitations. First, there is a need for
implementation of model to evaluate the external validity. Secondly, there is a scope of increase in sample size
as questionnaires can be filled across the borders. Third, because this study relied on the memory or recall of the
respondents, some responses might have been inaccurate or biased. The last international business
experience/observation might be occurred some time ago, so the respondents might not have been able to
remember and identify their perceptions of international business at that time. However, sometimes it is difficult
to obtain an accurate database of companies that have just entered in international business of beverage products.
Future research could possibly utilize the press releases of listed companies announcing their latest international
beverage business involvement.
This research offers the beginning point through which the beverage firms aiming at international business can
develop customized framework for the positioning process of their goods. Moreover, this research is exploratory
in nature. It evaluates and ranks the importance of information for international positioning. The modeling of
variables should be looked upon as initial set of information for international positioning of goods. It should not
be taken as assured paragon to be followed in all cases. Research requires to be administered to valuate such
research implications.
References
Brooksbank, R. (1994), “The Anatomy of Marketing Positioning Strategy”, Marketing Intelligence and Planning,
Vol.22 No. 4, pp. 10-14.
Koch,A.J. (2001),“ Selecting overseas markets and entry modes: two decision processes or one”, Marketing
Intelligence and planning, Vol. 19 No.1, pp. 65-75.
Sharma, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Evaluating relative importance of information for international positioning
process: a quantitative study”, Review of Business Research, Vol. 8 (2), 2008, 132 – 145.
Sharma, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Differentiating International Positioning Process across industries: a
comparative study”, Review of Business Research, Vol. 8 (1), 2008, 22 – 37.
Sharma1
, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Modeling of International Positioning Process for new trade endeavors: a
radically succinct approach”, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 2008, Accepted (Article in press).
Sharma2
, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Maintenance Reengineering Framework: A Case Study”, International
Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering (Emerald Publishing Press), Accepted (Article in press).
Sharma3
, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Developing Model for International Positioning of IOBP Products”,
International Journal of Strategic Management, Accepted (Article in press).
Dr. Somesh K. Sharma earned his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India). Currently he is an
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, at National Institute Technology,
Hamirpur. His research interests are International Business, Optimization, Reengineering, Strategic
Management, and International Marketing. Dr. Somesh Kumar Sharma is the corresponding author and can be
contracted at:
somesh.sharma@gmail.com
Sh. Sudhir rana is a Ph. D. research associate at at National Institute Technology, Hamirpur.
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FIGURE 1: AVERAGE IMPORTANCE RATING FIGURE 2: SEQUENCE OF STEPS FOR IOBP
OF DECISION VARIABLES PRODUCTS POSITIONING
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FIGURE 3: MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL POSITIONING OF IOBP
* Ability to meet market share
* Past IB experience
* Comparative Product
Quality/ features
* Intentions of firm’s
international business
* Product Oriented
Opportunities
* Competitor’s market
Share & growth rate
* Tariff and non tariff
Barriers
*Legal System
Compatibility
* Business System
Compatibility
* Government Links
* Risks
* Level of Control
* International Business Policy
of the target market
* Product
* Price
* Promotion
* Place
* Oligopoly Reactions
Internal
Scanning
External
Scanning
Entry Mode
Decision
Competitive
Positioning
No
Yes
Yes
Feed back
Capability
Strengthening
Yes
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  • 1. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 30 Drawing Modelling Canvas For The International Positioning Of Indian Beverage Products Somesh Kumar Sharma, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India Sudhir Rana, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India Renu Lamba, PU, Chandigarh, Panjab, India Avinash Kumar, Company- ABB India Limited, India Amrendra Kumar, Oceaneering International Services Limited, India. ABSTRACT Purpose The objective of this paper is to develop a mechanism for the international positioning of Indian Origin Beverage Products (IOBP) that concatenates four essential segments of globalization, which has not been addressed in the literature yet. Methodology The paper tailors the information for the international positioning of Indian Origin Beverage Products through certain sequential steps: information development, information validation and information refinement. The information is validated using statistical package R and refined using Principal Component Analysis. The refined information is used for the development of model for the effective positioning of IOBP in the international market. Findings The study explores four statistically significant steps for the international positioning of IOBP, which are finally summarized into 18 highly influencing variables in contrast to 91 variables available in literature. Research Implications The 18 variables explored in this study should be considered as initial set of information for the international positioning of IOBP. It should not be taken as standard paradigm to be followed in all cases. Practical Implications The model developed in this paper will be useful for the researchers and practitioners related to Indian beverage industry for drawing the strategy canvas to position goods effectively in the international market. Originality/Value The model developed in this paper will be useful for Beverage Industry oriented business decision makers, in identifying the dimensions that can be considered for formulating the strategy for each stage of international positioning process. Paper Type Research Paper Keywords: International business, International positioning, Indian Origin Beverage Products (IOBP) 1. Introduction Many industries have witnessed accelerated and enhanced globalization in both pace and magnitude in the latter half of 20th century. At the dawn of new millennium, such a trend of globalization has stirred up fierce competition even in the industries which are quite away from onslaught of foreign rivalry like beverage industry. Therefore, if it is interpreted as beverage market is free from challenges, will not be true. In fact, there is a hype of competition in this industry which has forced many organizations to perform the biopsy of their business styles and suggested them to expend their business beyond National boundaries for profit enhancement. Keeping in view such issues and considering the prior research on international business and positioning perspectives, the present article develops a model for international positioning of beverage products i.e. Indian origin soft drinks and fruit juices. The literature of the subject admits that to come up with the ‘right’ positioning strategy is not something that ‘just happens’, especially because of its exclusive nature of soft drinks business. It seeks a good deal of marketing research and analysis, in order to understand, first, whether the products have international market potential, second, in
  • 2. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 31 TABLE 1: INFORMATION FRAMEWORK FOR INDIAN MARKET POSITIONING S. No. Cardinal Dimensions Adjuvant Dimensions Decision Variables 1. Internal Scanning Domestic market performance (DMP) (1) Firm’s current market size (2) Yearly sale (3) Ability to meet market share (4) Firm’s market expansion rate International marketing capability (IMP) of the firm (5) Past IB experience (6) Export revenue (7) Comparative product quality / features Firm’s Competitive Advantage (FCA) (8) Corporate Culture (9) Product technology (10) Effective organization structure (11) Creative HR practices Objective’s clarity (OC) (12) Intentions of firm’s international business 2. External Scanning Macro Economic Indicators of target market (Macro) (13) Economic Parameters (14) Social and cultural parameters (15) Analytic parameters (Financial Capability) Micro Economic Indicators of target market (Micro) (16) Product Oriented Opportunities (17) Expected number of competitors in the target market (18) Competitor’s market share & growth rate Market Specific Uncertainties (MSU) (19) Tariff and non tariff barriers (20) Political stability Structural Compatibility Indicators (SCI) (21) Business structure compatibility (22) Distribution system compatibility (23) Legal system compatibility (24) Business system compatibility (25) Government Links (26) Geographical characteristics Policy Indicators (PI) (27) Risks in the target market (28) National Business Policy of the target market 3. Entry Mode Decision Expected Level of Business Association (ELBA) (29) Expected Level of Control (30) International Business Policy of target country 4. Competitive Positioning Marketing Mix (MM) (31) Promotion (32) Place (33) Product (34) Price Post Entry Strategy (35) Oligopoly Reactions which market one should enter and how ( Koch,2001), and third, how to compete in that market in a much effective way with respect to the competitors (Brooksbank, 1994). This article attempts to address these issues for IOBP by developing a model. The article is organized as follows. Section 2 tailors the information for international positioning process (IPP) in terms of information development, information validation and information refinement. The information is validated using statistical package R and refined using Principal Component Analysis. Section 3 develops the model for international positioning of IOBP. Section 4 concludes the article and discusses limitations and scope for future study.
  • 3. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 32 2. Tailoring the Information 2.1 Information Framework for International Positioning Process To address the objective of this paper, a thorough literature review was made to explore the information for international positioning of IOBP. The literature evolves 91 indicators relevant to the objective. These variables were processed and summarised in the form of framework. The development of information framework developed for the study includes the broad section of 4 cardinal dimensions, 12 adjuvant dimensions and 35 decision variables that represent the entire set of indicators for worldwide positioning (discussed in detail in the manuscript of Sharma and Srinivasan, 2008), shown in table 1. Cardinal dimensions are main dimensions that identify the response of each step of positioning process. To support this, the concept of adjuvant dimension is developed, which are supportive dimensions to cardinal TABLE 2: AVERAGE IMPORTANCE RATING CHARGED TO DECISION VARIABLES dimensions. This framework is used to develop the model for international positioning of IOBP. Internal scanning is listed as the first cardinal dimension in the framework which is considered as a prerequisite for this exercise. This dimension evaluates the international business capability of the firm and assesses product quality of the selected IOBP products in comparison with the best products in the global market. The second cardinal dimension of the framework is external scanning where the central focus concern is appropriate market identification. Entry mode decision is the third cardinal dimension that identifies most suitable entry mode to the target nation. Competitive positioning is the fourth cardinal dimension listed in the framework which is executed in terms of marketing mix and oligopoly reactions. Specific Decision Variables (Table 1) n=122 Mean Standard Deviation Ranking (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) 2.79 3.04 3.01 3.14 1.48 3.24 1.18 3.19 3.32 3.27 3.21 1.50 1.73 2.14 1.36 1.10 2.19 1.32 1.43 2.23 1.28 2.28 1.23 1.26 1.13 2.01 1.21 2.09 1.45 2.48 2.62 2.64 2.56 1.16 1.58 0.71 0.79 0.75 0.81 0.87 0.89 0.67 0.85 0.90 0.92 0.86 0.91 0.71 0.80 0.79 0.69 0.81 0.77 0.81 0.85 0.74 0.89 0.65 0.73 0.62 0.74 0.63 0.77 0.85 0.90 0.93 0.97 0.91 0.71 0.95 27 29 28 30 13 33 4 31 35 34 32 14 16 19 10 1 20 9 11 21 8 22 6 7 2 17 5 18 12 23 25 26 24 3 15
  • 4. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 33 TABLE 3: AVERAGE IMPORTANCE RATING CHARGED TO CARDINAL DIMENSIONS 2.2 Information Framework The next important issue is, whether the information mentioned in the framework covers each aspect of international positioning for IOBP. For that, information needs to be validated scientifically by the experts in international business of beverage products. A judgmental sample of 122 experts of India dealing with international business for beverage products was selected. A focus group session for this purpose was organized. It was attended by 34 top ranked officials of Indian beverage companies, and 12 experts from most reputed management institutions of India, holding admirable command in international business & marketing. Other than all this, experts and senior officials involved in the international business of beverage products, from Indian companies, were contacted personally and through mail. In order to provide exploratory answers to the research issue posed in this study, the learned experts were asked to rate each of the decision variable of information framework (table 1) in terms of “degree of importance they attach with the information for making decision about international positioning of beverage goods”. The options of evaluation were based upon 5 point Likert scale ranging from extremely important (1st level) to unimportant (5th level). Entire questionnaire data is processed with statistical package R. The epitome of the means, standard deviations (SDs) and ranking of importance ratings accredited by respondents to the 35 decision variables is shown in table 2. Table 4: IMPORTANCE ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION OF DECISION VARIABLES The point estimates were used to rank all the decision variables. The mean importance rating ranged from 1.10 (the highest importance rating for decision variable number 16 – Product Oriented Opportunities in the target market) to 3.32 (the lowest importance rating for decision variable number 9 – Product Technology). Findings of importance of information and standardized coefficient alpha (α) for each cardinal dimensions are shown in table 3. External scanning is ranked 1st , entry mode decision is ranked 2nd and competitive positioning is figured out as third most important cardinal dimension. Internal scanning is ranked 4th by the respondents. This comprehensive study of information validation reveals three kinds of decision variables on the basis of their importance in making decision for international positioning. It is shown in table 4. The variables which have importance rating above or equal to 3 are rated as less important decision variables. A significant gap is observed among important and moderately important decision variables, the decision variables ranged from 1.10 to 1.73 on importance scale, are considered as important variables. The noticeable difference is observed among the importance rating of 16th (mean = 1.73) and 17th (mean = 2.01) ranked decision variable, shown in figure 1. The decision variables with importance rating ranged from 2.01 to 2.79, are acknowledged as moderately important decision variables. Therefore, it is expected that these distinguished sets of decision variables (important and Cardinal Dimensions ( Table 1) n = 122 Mean SD Rank SC α Internal Scanning 2.70 0.83 4 0.87 External Scanning 1.70 0.75 1 0.80 Entry Mode Decision 1.96 0.88 2 0.75 Competitive Positioning 2.13 0.89 3 0.70 Important Decision Variables Moderately Important Decision Variables Less Important Decision Variables 27,25,23,7,16,34,24,21,18 ,15,19,29,5,12,35,13 1, 14,17,20,22,26 28,30,31,32,33 2,3,4,6,8,9,10,11
  • 5. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 34 moderately important) may help the beverage industry decision makers to make effectual and dynamic decisions for the international market positioning. The findings of information validation admits that (a) 35 decision variables in information framework sufficiently represent each aspect of effective positioning for international scenario, as no new information was added by the experts of international business in beverage industry and, (b) all four cardinal dimensions are reliable steps for effective positioning mechanism as Alpha value is greater than 0.60 for all the four cardinal dimensions (shown in table 3), (c) one set of variables influences international positioning mechanism more as compared to rest, as shown in figure 1 and table 4. Therefore, there is a need to use data reduction technique for further refinement of information. TABLE 5: FACTOR ANALYSIS STATISTICS OF IOBP 2.3 Information Refinement To refine the findings of information validation, the data of 122 international business experts were subjected to Principal Component Analysis. After Varimax rotation, the factors emerged with Eigen values greater than 1.0, accounting for the independent decision variables and explaining 65% of total variance for IOBP (Table 5). All four principal components are loaded with certain decision variables having communality greater than 0.50. Therefore, this analysis explores 18 highly influencing decision variables for IOBP positioning. It justifies the authenticity of previous finding related to importance of decision variables, mentioned in table 4. The decision variables highlighted as less important (table 4) for the positioning of IOBP are automatically excluded in Principal Component Analysis study (table 5). At the end of the questionnaire the respondents were requested to mention their choice for the sequence of steps for the positioning of beverage industry products. The options of choice were based upon four cardinal dimensions. They were allowed to add or delete any step (cardinal dimension) for the positioning mechanism relevant for beverage industry products. The summary of responses is mentioned in figure 2. Internal scanning was selected as first step by 122 respondents. External scanning was selected as second step for international positioning of beverage industry products by 108 respondents. 114 respondents supported market and entry mode decision for the third step; whereas 109 respondents braced competitive positioning as third step for IOBP products positioning exercise. 3. Model Development The study of sequence of cardinal dimensions (mentioned in figure 2) and highly influencing decision variables (mentioned in table 5) concludes a model for international positioning of beverage industry products, shown in figure 3. The model suggests analyzing the internal environment of the firm with four filtered decision variables to evaluate the international business capability of the firm. The firm that proves worth on these evaluative criteria of Internal Scanning is suggested to analyze the external environment for market selection. 7 refined decision variables are advised to meet this task. The next step identifies the entry mode to international market Principal Component IOBP Decision Variables Communality % Variance Internal Scanning External Scanning Entry Mode Decision Competitive Positioning * Ability to meet market share * Past IB experience * Comparative Product Quality/ features * Intentions of firm’s international business * Product Oriented Opportunities * Competitor’s market Share & growth rate * Tariff and non tariff Barriers * Legal System Compatibility * Business System Compatibility * Government links * Risks * Level of Control * International Business Policy of the target market * Product * Price * Promotion * Place * Oligopoly Reactions 0.63 0.59 0.61 0.68 0.81 0.67 0.74 0.61 0.70 0.79 0.71 0.69 0.70 0.66 0.78 0.66 0.54 0.55 15.8 19.2 18 12
  • 6. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 35 for beverage industry products. This decision is largely dependent upon firm’s expectations for business association/control in the target market. The fourth step focuses on the competitive positioning of goods/services by defining appropriate marketing mix in terms of product, price, promotion, place, and oligopoly reactions. The feedback of last five variables helps the firm to assure competitive quality and effective positioning of the target products in the mind of customers. This entire exercise helps the organization to tailor productive international business strategy. The development of this model may act as an initial step in covering the international trade journey of beverage industry products from capability generation to competitive positioning. 4. Concluding Discussion Indian market has been witnessing rapid and amassed internationalization, in both momentum and magnitude since last two decades. If the relentless patrolling of globalization has uplifted the standard of living of the society in the Indian scenario by providing best goods and services, on the other hand, it has punched a big blow to the local goods and services. To cope up with such kind of fast changing market scenario, international business styles needs to be updated regularly. Therefore, it seems imperative to have focused information of international positioning business ventures regarding IOBP. This is the issue, we have addressed in this study by exploring 18 statistically significant pieces of information for international positioning of IOBP. The paper concludes that if a beverage firm is equipped with the answers of these 18 decision variables, least hindrance is expected on its way to international positioning of its goods. Product oriented Opportunity, Government Links and Price of the Products have come up as first three most important decision variables for making decision regarding international business of IOBP (table 2). These findings are justified by Factor Analysis in table 5, where these three variables are evolved with highest communality. Product oriented Opportunity emerged as most important decision variable for the positioning of IOBP in the international market (as shown in table 2). It indicates that the identification of potential market ensures the productive positioning of beverage products. Without identifying the potential market, it is not possible to successfully market the IOBP internationally and this identification is greatly dependent on product demand. Therefore, the above said decision variable that emerged as most important, seems extremely relevant. Secondly, in the identified potential market, if governments of both sides have good relations, the international positioning mechanism becomes easier and effective. Third, competent pricing not only contributes in developing powerful marketing mix, but also makes positioning mechanism more impactful in the identified market. The model developed in this paper for the international positioning of beverage goods, integrates four aspects of international business which are not addressed in the literature yet. The literature advocates that research lacks in joint work of competitive positioning with firm’s international business capability, market selection and entry mode choice. This study was an attempt in that direction and developed a model that comprises these elements as four steps for international positioning of beverage goods. Moreover, the statistical analysis justifies the logical existence of all these four steps for IPP, as each cardinal dimension is statistically significant (SC α > 0.60 for all four cardinal dimensions), shown in table 2. This paper justifies the necessity and validity of all these steps (four cardinal dimensions) for international positioning of beverage goods. This study revealed external scanning as most important dimension for the international positioning of beverage goods, as it justifies suitability and attractiveness of market. Internal scanning emerged as relatively least important dimension. It indicates that if a beverage firm did not develop significant market base in the domestic market but its products have the competent quality, in such case, a firm can directly plan to position its beverage products in the international market. The model developed in this study advocates the need & importance of developing competent marketing mix for the effective positioning of beverage products. Traditionally, 4P (product, price, promotion and place) are sufficient to develop effective marketing mix. But this study explores the importance of incorporating 5th P also i.e. Probabilistic Oligopoly Reactions. The study indicates that if a beverage firm aims to compete for a long time in the target market, 4P should be mixed in right composition with Probabilistic Oligopoly Reactions. Therefore, this study has evolved 5P for the competitive positioning of beverage goods. The findings communicate coherent and fair appraisal of information regarding the positioning of beverage goods according to the view point of the experts of international business. Results of the study of cardinal dimensions posed series of questions. Answers to these questions can help decision makers to tailor customized positioning process. The study reveals that if a beverage firm wants to position its products in the international market, the following questions must be addressed
  • 7. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 36 · Does a firm have the potential to position its products in the international market? · Is there any suitable market for your product in the international scenario? · Which entry mode will be most suitable to enter into the identified market? · What may be the most competent marketing mix for the positioning of your beverage products in the target market? The optimistic answers of these questions reflect positively on the positioning paradigm. The response to above mentioned queries can chart the complete marketing map for the beverage goods for the international scenario. The research implications must be taken with in the context of limitations. First, there is a need for implementation of model to evaluate the external validity. Secondly, there is a scope of increase in sample size as questionnaires can be filled across the borders. Third, because this study relied on the memory or recall of the respondents, some responses might have been inaccurate or biased. The last international business experience/observation might be occurred some time ago, so the respondents might not have been able to remember and identify their perceptions of international business at that time. However, sometimes it is difficult to obtain an accurate database of companies that have just entered in international business of beverage products. Future research could possibly utilize the press releases of listed companies announcing their latest international beverage business involvement. This research offers the beginning point through which the beverage firms aiming at international business can develop customized framework for the positioning process of their goods. Moreover, this research is exploratory in nature. It evaluates and ranks the importance of information for international positioning. The modeling of variables should be looked upon as initial set of information for international positioning of goods. It should not be taken as assured paragon to be followed in all cases. Research requires to be administered to valuate such research implications. References Brooksbank, R. (1994), “The Anatomy of Marketing Positioning Strategy”, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Vol.22 No. 4, pp. 10-14. Koch,A.J. (2001),“ Selecting overseas markets and entry modes: two decision processes or one”, Marketing Intelligence and planning, Vol. 19 No.1, pp. 65-75. Sharma, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Evaluating relative importance of information for international positioning process: a quantitative study”, Review of Business Research, Vol. 8 (2), 2008, 132 – 145. Sharma, Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Differentiating International Positioning Process across industries: a comparative study”, Review of Business Research, Vol. 8 (1), 2008, 22 – 37. Sharma1 , Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Modeling of International Positioning Process for new trade endeavors: a radically succinct approach”, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 2008, Accepted (Article in press). Sharma2 , Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Maintenance Reengineering Framework: A Case Study”, International Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering (Emerald Publishing Press), Accepted (Article in press). Sharma3 , Somesh and Srinivasan, R., “Developing Model for International Positioning of IOBP Products”, International Journal of Strategic Management, Accepted (Article in press). Dr. Somesh K. Sharma earned his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India). Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, at National Institute Technology, Hamirpur. His research interests are International Business, Optimization, Reengineering, Strategic Management, and International Marketing. Dr. Somesh Kumar Sharma is the corresponding author and can be contracted at: somesh.sharma@gmail.com Sh. Sudhir rana is a Ph. D. research associate at at National Institute Technology, Hamirpur.
  • 8. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 37 FIGURE 1: AVERAGE IMPORTANCE RATING FIGURE 2: SEQUENCE OF STEPS FOR IOBP OF DECISION VARIABLES PRODUCTS POSITIONING
  • 9. Industrial Engineering Letters www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-6096 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0581 (online) Vol.4, No.7, 2014 38 FIGURE 3: MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL POSITIONING OF IOBP * Ability to meet market share * Past IB experience * Comparative Product Quality/ features * Intentions of firm’s international business * Product Oriented Opportunities * Competitor’s market Share & growth rate * Tariff and non tariff Barriers *Legal System Compatibility * Business System Compatibility * Government Links * Risks * Level of Control * International Business Policy of the target market * Product * Price * Promotion * Place * Oligopoly Reactions Internal Scanning External Scanning Entry Mode Decision Competitive Positioning No Yes Yes Feed back Capability Strengthening Yes
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