This document discusses criteria for product differentiation. It identifies three categories for bases of differentiation: 1) product attributes, 2) firm-customer relationships, and 3) firm linkages. Product attributes create preferences through actual differences in tangible products and services compared to competitors' offerings, such as quality, features, or timing. Firm-customer relationships create preferences as the firm develops relationships with customers based on what target customers want, like reputation. Firm linkages create preferences by combining competencies across functions or organizations to produce tangible or intangible differences between the firm's offering and competitors'. A successful base of differentiation must fill a customer need better than competitors, such as performance, quality, style, taste, price, form, features, dur
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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
1. Criteria for Product Defferentiation
Presented by,
Roshan V.V.
1st MBA(Sec B)
VVCE , Mysuru.
Economics for Managers
2. Product Differentiation
It is a process of distinguishing
service offering from others, to
a product or
make it
more attractive to a particular target market
competitors products as well as a firms
own product offering .
4. Bases of Differentiation
Product Attributes
Preferences are created by actual differences in tangible
product and services
competitors offering
offered by focal firm
e.g. Quality feature
Timing of introduction
5. Bases of Differentiation
Relationship with customer
Preferences are created as the focal firm
develops and exploits relationship
customer based on what the target
want
with
customers
* Reputation
6. Firm Linkages
Preferences are created by combining the
competencies of different functions within
or across organization to produce
or intangible differences between
offering and competitors offering
tangible
focal firm
7. Bases of Differentiation
A base of differentiation must
customer need:
fill some
performance
Quality
style
taste
price
form
features
durability
reliability
servicing
A differentiated product fills one or more needs
better than the products of competitors
13. The Value of Product
Focal Firm with No
Differentiation
Focal Firm with
Differentiated ProductDifferentiated Product
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ATCff
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Pind Dind
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MRff
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Above Normal
Profits
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