2. Overview of Global E-Marketing
Issues
Internal Environment
Value System
Mission and Objectives
Management Structure and Nature
Internal Power Relationships
Human Resources
Company Image and Brand Equity
Miscellaneous Factors (Physical assets, R & D and
Technological Capabilities, etc.)
External Environment
Micro Environment
Macro Environment
3. E-Business Environment
Micro Environment
Suppliers
Customers
Competitors
Marketing Intermediaries
Financers
Publics
Macro Environment
PEST Analysis
Global Environment
Economic Condition
Developed, Emerging, Least Developed Countries (LDC)
Country Orientation
Capitalist, Communist, Republic
4. Competitive Analysis: Porter’s Five
Forces
Rivalry among existing firms
No. of firms and their relative market share, strength
etc.
State of growth of industry
Fixed or storage cost
Invisibility of capacity augmentation
Product standardization
Switching costs
Threat of Substitutes
Counterfeit products
5. Competitive Analysis: Porter’s Five
Forces
Bargaining power of suppliers
Extent of concentration and domination in the supplier industry
Importance of the product to the buyer
Importance of the buyer to the supplier
Switching costs
Extant of differentiation and standardization of the product
Potential for forward integration by suppliers
Bargaining power of buyers
The volume of purchase relative to the total sale of the seller
The importance of the product to the buyer in terms of the total cost
Extant of differentiation and standardization of the product
Switching costs
Potential for backward integration by buyer
Importance of the industry’s product w.r.t. the quality of the buyer’s product
Extent of buyer information
6. Competitive Analysis: Porter’s Five
Forces
Threat of New Entrants
Government policy
Economics of scale
Cost disadvantages independent of scale
Product differentiation
Monopoly element
Capital requirement
7. Market Opportunity Analysis
Market share Vs. Market penetration
Stage of PLC
Complementary products
IT accessibility and affordability
Usage innovation
Market Similarity
Different versions of website
Product differences
Payment Issues
Perceived Risk
Fraud and Phishing/web-spoofing
8. Factors Affecting E-Marketing
Technology readiness
Discomfort, Insecurity, Innovativeness, Optimism
Internet connection costs
Connection speed
Electricity issues
Digital Divide
Concept of missed calls
Mobile payments
EMI financing
Mobile SMS / Apps