What Is Importing? What Are Some of the Factors That

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Essay

What is importing? What are some of the factors that managers must be aware of prior to choosing this mode of entry?

Understand the functional benefits of packaging and how it adds value to the product for consumers.

Grasp the communication benefits of packaging including brand recognition and conveying product information.

Recognize the perceptual benefits of packaging and its role in brand positioning and equity.

Identify different packaging innovations and their impacts on consumer convenience and safety.

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Definitions:

Counterinfluence

Methods or strategies used to combat or reduce the effect of influence attempts by others.

Assertiveness

The quality of being self-assured and confident without being aggressive, in order to express one's opinions and needs directly.

Determination

A quality of persistently pursuing one's goals despite challenges.

Self-Image

A person's conception and expression of their own identity or set of beliefs about what they are like as an individual.