Factors affecting consumer behavior in B2B markets in India
B2B buying behavior is influenced by a selection of variables. These variables are divided into four fundamental classes:
1. Environmental 2. Organizational 3. Interpersonal 4. Individual
Table below illustrates this classification and exemplifies variables being used. The variables are also grouped in task and nontask variables that apply to all other classes. The task variables are directly related to the buying problem, and the nontask variables are broaden beyond the specific buying problem. To separate variables into task and nontask are not always obvious, so the one being predominant ought to be chosen in many cases.
Table: Variables influencing
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Competition in B2B marketing
Competition comes if the buyer starts vertical integration i.e., it starts to manufacture what it was buying from the firm. Vertical integration is of two types as follows:
• Forward vertical integration in which the vender can start to manufacture the product it was selling, for example the cloth maker starts to make readymade garments, or the television picture tube maker starts making television sets. In such case there is loss of a customer.
• Backward vertical integration in which the buyer starts to make the component he was buying for going in to his manufacture. For example, the cloth maker starts making yarn and television maker starts making the television picture tube. In such cases also a customer is lost.
Tools used for Advertising and Promotion in B2B Marketing in India
Due to technical nature of industrial products, the promotional strategy for industrial goods is different than consumer goods. The preference for personal selling is more in industrial product promotion than the use of advertising, sales promotion, publicity, public relations. There are various steps involved to achieve effective industrial communication program like establishing the communication objectives, identifying target audience, determining promotional budgets, developing message strategy, media selection, evaluating the promotion program, integrating promotional program. Industrial marketers use advertising to create
Geographic segments would be based on a person’s country, region, or city size. Lastly, behavioral would consist of groups divided by occasions, usage, or attitudes when making a decision on whether or not to purchase the product/service (Werner, 2017). These variables can be analyzed through various methods including interviews, questionnaires, and customer data (Harvard, 2016).
- Used business strategy called vertical integration, which a company would control every stage of industrial process, from mining the raw material to transporting to product.
Vertical integration is a concept in which a company develops or acquires production units for outputs which are
Vertical integration is when one firm joins with another at a different stage of the same production process. Forward Vertical is when the other firm is at a later stage and Backward Vertical is when the other firm is at an earlier stage. Vertical integration as a whole allows for a firm to control key stages of the production process; guarantees access to a market; and gains control of supplies. Companies such as Zara and American Apparel are vertically integrated, especially at key stages of
Vertical integration- a company controlled all parts of production from raw mats to the finished goods
Andrew Carnegie, for one, built a giant steel empire using vertical integration, a business tactic that increased profits by eliminating middlemen from the production line. Conversely, John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company used horizontal
Vertical integration – when you choose to produce raw materials and/or distribute finished goods themselves rather than rely on independent suppliers, factors and agents for these tasks
Horizontal integration involves buying out other companies and taking over one single step of an industrial process. It establishes a monopoly because, with horizontal integration, everyone must go the company that has monopolized that step.
Vertical integration is a business growth strategy for economics of scale. It is typified by one firm engaged in different parts of production example; growing raw materials, manufacturing, transporting, marketing, and/or retailing to expand business in existing market for the firm. It can function in two directions both forward integration and backward integration.
From this sprang forth the popularization of CEOs and different departments to increase efficiency. Vertical integration because many of big businessmen of the time had a large capital to start out, so buying all the means of production was an easy and sound investment. Horizontal integration calls for buying out the competition. In these cases, the largest company would often times drive down their prices so low that the smaller company would attempt to compete, but end belly up and sell the business for a smaller
Each part plays a role when it comes to buying behavior, but I feel that personal
The United States became an industrial power by tapping North America’s vast natural resources, including minerals, lumber and coal, particularly in the newly developed west. Industries that had once depended on waterpower began to use prodigious amounts of coal. Steam engines replaced human and animal labor, and kerosene replaced whale oil and wood. By 1900, America’s factories and urban homes were converting to electric power. Dependence on fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas), which powered machines of unprecedented speed and strength, transformed both the economy and the country’s natural and built environments. What is vertical integration? Vertical integration is a business model in which one company controlled all aspects of
Backward integration is a type of vertical integration in which a company takes control over its suppliers. It is a form of acquisition of the intermediary players involved in supplying the raw materials used in the production process of the firm. Raw materials, intermediate manufacturing and assembly are controlled by the firm whereas distribution to the end customer is done by a third party company. In this way, company increases production efficiency and gains a competitive advantage by lowering its production cost.
A company won’t integrate vertically its production if it against its business interest. There are some vertically
The fourth stage consists of individual and environmental influences that affect all five stages of the decision process. Individual characteristics include motives, values, lifestyle, and personality; the social influences are culture, reference groups, and family. Situational influences, such as a consumer’s financial condition, also influence the decision process. (Engel, 1995)