Mathematical Formulation of Relationship between Applied Marketing Effort and Potential Ability of Determining Market Share

The aim of this paper is to formulate the mathematical relationship between firms potential ability and their applied efforts to attract the body of unattached customers. A method is devised in this paper by which management techniques imposed by a particular firm can evaluate its market share. This paper demonstrates the relationship between the applied marketing effort of management and the potential ability of the firm in determining its market share. This paper also investigates the effect of a number of simultaneous marketing impulses on the movement of the body of unattached customers and hence on the size of the market share.


Introduction
The study of competition among the few has opened two important related fields of research: nonprice competition and customer loyalty in local and global markets.These have been the results of work of many researchers specialized in the field of marketing management.This work includes research by Brunner  When only two or three firms dominate the market a situation which is very common in many markets for manufactured consumer goods , consumer loyalty is particularly important for a firm that aims at gaining the loyalty of a certain segment of the market.This segment will not in the short-run and in the absence of cut throat competition move to another competitor.We have, therefore, loyal customers who are attached to a particular brand 13-15 ; and Brown 2001.The implication of this is obvious.If a new firm is to enter a particular market or an existing firm is to expand its market share , the strategy would be to attract the unattached floating or indifferent customers .Hence, the body of unattached customers would be moving towards some firm depending on the marketing effort used 16-18 .Only some part of the firms potential marketing ability may be in motion.The firm may still be able to inject some new brands or embark on an intensified advertising campaign or improve the quality of its product 19-21 .Hence, there are a number of impulses that can be applied to move the body of unattached customers towards the firms in question.

The mathematical relationship of management evaluation of potential capacity in determining market share
The position of the body of unattached customers is determined by the magnitudes of a number of independent variables.Let x, y, z be these variables, where i x is say, the firm's level of advertising expenditure; ii y is the number of the firm's brands; iii z is a some quality variable.
These three variables can be expressed in a specified number of independent variables θ, Φ, Ψ, . . ., whereby if t is the time, then An increase in production speed with a reduction in relative sales prices will reduce the percentage of unattached customers.
Integrating from A 1 where s s 1 and ν ν 1 to A 2 , where s s 2 and ν ν 2 , we write

2.8
The left-hand side represents the effect U 1→2 of the effort F, exerted on the attraction of unattached customers during the changes in market position from A 1 to A 2 .The expression 1/2mν 2  1 is defined here as the applied marketing effort and is denoted by T, 2.9 In an effort to maintain its market share, the firm's effective marketing efforts match the competitors' efforts.Now, let V be the firm's marketing potentiality, where V is a function of θ, Φ, Ψ, and so on, we have and similar equations for δy and δz.
Noting that

2.13
If we now differentiate 2.1 we get

2.16
Noting that Then, From 2.11 and 2.15 ,

2.19
In virtue of 2.9 , we have Therefore,

2.23
Equations 2.22 , 2.23 express the relationship between potential marketing ability and applied effort affecting the firm's market share as determined by sales to unattached customers.The same relationship can be investigated when a number of simultaneous impulses e.g., embarking on new advertising campaign, injecting of new brands, and introducing a substantial change in the quality of the product are applied by the firm to its marketing efforts.
The sum of the virtual moments of the components of changes in sales to unattached customers would be equal to We have Let T 0 and T 1 be values of T just before and just after the impulses.Then,

2.27
By referring to 2.15 , it can be readily shown that , and so on.

2.28
Therefore, There will also be similar expression for ∂T ∂Φ 0 ∂T ∂Ψ 0 , and so on.

2.30
Therefore, Similarly, it can be shown that From 2.24 , 2.31 , and 2.32 ,

2.34
If X, Y, and Z are the components of the applied impulse at x, y, z then Xδx Y δy Zδz Pδθ QδΦ RδΨ.

2.36
P, Q, and R are called the generalized components of marketing impulse, while ∂T/∂θ • /δθ • is called generalized component of marketing effort.

Conclusions
This paper has devised a method by which a particular firm can evaluate its potential capacity in determining its market share.
The relationship between the applied marketing effort and the potential ability of the firm determining its market share has also been demonstrated.
The paper also investigated the effect of a number of simultaneous marketing impulses on the movement of body of unattached customers and hence the size of the market shares.