Global Marketing Management

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This document discusses the four managerial orientations employed by corporations relative to their foreign operations. The broader thematic forces related to globalization are discussed followed by a review of international marketing trends. Finally, the similarities and differences of the various trade bodies and relationships utilized among countries are examined.

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"Management orientations largely define the corporate culture of a given organization. In the highly inter-connected global marketplace, appropriating the most complementary management orientation for a given enterprise is important. The character of the management orientation of an enterprise tends to define corporate decisions related to marketing, human resources, and operations and is usually affected by a series of factors that can be clustered around individual factors, organizational factors, and contextual factors. In other words, the operating environment of a given market influences the type and degree of a particular organization's managerial orientation. The four primary managerial orientations are: ethnocentric, poly-centric, region-centric, and geocentric ."

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