Tools to Use in the Analysis of Potential New Market Expansion

Each year, many entrepreneurial, growing, and developing companies contemplate international enlargement as a marketing and growth strategy [1]. When developing a strategic blueprint to launch an international business program, developing companies and their consultants must always ponder the potential barriers and modifications they might need to make to their products and services. In this paper, we put forward four analysis tools, which can help companies minimize any negative impact. These tools include the following:


Introduction
Each year, many entrepreneurial, growing, and developing companies contemplate international enlargement as a marketing and growth strategy [1]. When developing a strategic blueprint to launch an international business program, developing companies and their consultants must always ponder the potential barriers and modifications they might need to make to their products and services. In this paper, we put forward four analysis tools, which can help companies minimize any negative impact. These tools include the following:

Ansoff 's matrix
When companies are focused on growth, some of the most useful tools to develop strategies for growth is the four quadrants of Ansoff's matrix: market development, market penetration, product diversification and development. Watts et al. argued that because of limitations, it has been recommended that certain strategic substitutes are typically more suitable for smaller firms, namely those that circumvent direct competition with larger firms and that include the development of close customer associations and product adaptation. In the language of Ansoff's Matrix, it has been recommended that for SMEs the most suitable growth strategies are consequently market development and product development [2]. This is the advantage of using Ansoff's matrix, granted it is from the perspective of SMEs only, however, we can see what value this tool brings to the table.

Macro-environmental analysis
Macro-Environmental analysis, such as STEP, PEST, SERF and PESTLE help companies deal with many seen and unforeseen challenges by obliging the company to analyze the macro environment of the host country, this tool will help detect and rectify the following but-not-limited-to issues: economic trends, political stability, currency exchange rates, religious considerations, dietary customers and restrictions, lifestyle issues, foreign investment and approval procedures, restrictions on termination and nonrenewal (where applicable), regulatory requirements, access to resources and raw materials, availability of transportation and communication channels, labor and employment laws technology transfer regulations, language and cultural differences, access to affordable capital and suitable sites for the development of units, governmental assistance programs, customs laws and import restrictions, tax laws and applicable are not met. Examples include management, working environments, company policies, pay, and relations with coworkers. Motivators, nevertheless, are intrinsic to the job itself and include facets such as accomplishment, growth, accountability, and recognition. This should give us insight into how to motivate our employees to perform [6].

Maslow´s hierarchy of needs
Maslow´s hierarchy of needs is another useful tool to get the most out of our human resource, the hierarchy includes, 1. Shelter, food, air, water, 2. Safety, security, 3. Love and belonging, 4. Self-esteem and 5. Self actualization. Many companies assume that money motivates all employees. Carpenito-Moyet proposes that motivators for employees may be different depending on where the employee is on Maslow's hierarchy. The current financial and economic crisis, for which there is no end in sight, has attracted prospective employees from varied levels of Maslow's hierarchy. This will make it much more challenging to find uniformly ways to motivate them; it means they will have to be treated and compensated based on their level on the hierarchy [7].

McGregor´s theory x -theory y
Aaccording to Weisbord, since Douglas McGregor's breakthrough book, The Human Side of Enterprise (1960), transformed the path of executive thinking and practice. Using this tool will help us question some of the essential conventions about human behavior in organizations, and help us outline a new role for our managers: instead of commanding and controlling employees, managers would support them in reaching their full potential [8]. At the basis of McGregor's Theory Y are the expectations that employees are: (1) not innately lazy, (2) capable of self-direction and self-control, and (3) capable of providing significant ideas/proposals that will improve organizational efficiency [9]. Therefore, our executives need to adopt appropriate management practices, such as setting objectives and rewards and the chance to participate in decision making, this way personal and organizational goals can concurrently be realized [9].

Conclusion
From the above study one can conclude that from the growing entrepreneurials various negative factors arises. Therefore, various tools are designed to minimize various company negative factors like Ansoff's matrix, Macro-Environmental analysis, such as STEP, PEST, SERF and PESTLE, Porter's five-forces concept, Key/critical success factors and tools to maximize the involvement of people in our organizations through the use of Hertzberg´s motivation theory, Maslow´s hierarchy of needs, McGregor´s theory x -theory y.