Encyclopedia Britannica: Marketing Analysis-Term Case Report
Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary II. History of the Company’s digital/internet era III. Competition IV. Analysis V. Recommendations
I. Executive Summary:
Encyclopedia Britannica is one of the oldest, well known brands in the world. The Encyclopedia Britannica was first published in 1768. Encyclopedia Britannica was the leader in the Encyclopedia industry for over 200 years and established a strong hold in the marketplace for its encyclopedias world-wide. The information industry struck Encyclopedia Britannica hard in the early 1990’s and Encyclopedia Britannica struggled to develop its own niche within this new marketplace
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In 1999, Encyclopedia Britannica launched an Internet service, Britannica.com. The internet site was operated by another company. The website incorporated the entire Encyclopedia Britannica volume and also included article. Britannica.com allowed users to purchase Encyclopedia Britannica CD-ROMs and other products such as the print version utilizing payment options. Britannica issued the largest advertising campaign in the company’s history to announce the site's launch. Ten million users attempted to access Britannica.com on its opening day, which caused the site to crash repeatedly. The site was shut down and restarted weeks later, but usage decreased once the site returned. A company executive bravely stated that he hoped it would be profitable by 2002, one year after Britannica.com was started, they laid off 20 percent of their work force.
III. Competition:
Wikipedia
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As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online, reader-produced encyclopedia. While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries, and some have discouraged or tried to bar students from using it.
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The New World Encyclopedia is a free online encyclopedia primarily intended for students and teachers that are considered about quality or credibility. Due to this reason, this online encyclopedia prides itself on its “traditional editorial supervision by scholars” along with their traditional values. The New World Encyclopedia carries itself through scholarly content but also has the benefit of hyperlinks to greater efficiency of research and convince.
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