ABC Learning in the Japanese Market:International Marketing Plan

Document from the year 2008 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 79%, University of Western Sydney (Sydney Graduate School of Management), language: English, abstract: This paper is a detailed international marketing plan for ABC Learning, the Australian child care operator. The purpose of this international marketing plan is to analyse the viability of opening an ABC child care centre in Japan. Japan has a demand for child care centres and low barriers to entry. A detailed analysis was prepared for the child care industry in Japan as well as for the home market Australia in order for comparisons to be made. This paper provides a situation analysis about the Japanese environment and a SWOT analysis followed by various models and research. This report will recommend marketing strategies and an estimated planned budget for ABC Learning in order to achieve marketing objectives. Finally, implementation and control will be provided in form of an action plan. After comprehensive analysis, the recommendation is for ABC learning not to enter the Japanese market at this stage. Reasons for this decision will be discussed throughout the report as well as in the conclusion. The scope of study was limited to the operations and activities of ABC learning in Australia, based on publicly available information.