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Chapter Questions
What challenges does a company face in developing new products and services? What organizational structures and processes do managers use to oversee new-product development? What are the main stages in developing new products and services?
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Chapter Questions
What is the best way to manage the newproduct development process? What factors affect the rate of diffusion and consumer adoption of newly launched products and services?
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Improvements
Repositionings Cost reductions
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Shortage of ideas Fragmented markets Social and governmental constraints Cost of development Capital shortages Faster required development time Shorter product life cycles
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A venture team is a cross-functional group charged with developing a specific product or business.
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Desired team leadership style Desired level of leader expertise Team member skills and expertise Level of interest in concept Potential for personal reward Diversity of team members
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Run informal sessions with customers Allow time off for technical people to putter on pet projects Make customer brainstorming a part of plant tours Survey your customers Undertake fly on the wall research to customers
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Use iterative rounds with customers Set up a keyword search to scan trade publications Treat trade shows as intelligence missions Have employees visit supplier labs Set up an idea vault
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Observe customers using product Ask customers about problems with products Ask customers about their dream products Use a customer advisory board or a brand community of enthusiasts to discuss product
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Demand Landscape
Opportunity Space
Strategic Blueprint
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Attribute listing Forced relationships Morphological analysis Reverse assumption analysis New contexts Mind mapping
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Lateral Mapping
Gas stations + food Cafeteria + Internet Cereal + snacking Candy + toy Audio + portable
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Concept Testing
Communicability and believability Need level Gap level Perceived value Purchase intention User targets, purchase occasions, purchasing frequency
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Prototype Testing
Alpha testing Beta testing Rank-order method Paired-comparison method Monadic-rating method Market testing
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Sales-Wave Research Simulated Test Marketing Controlled Test Marketing Test Markets
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How many test cities? Which cities? Length of test? What information to collect? What action to take?
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What is Adoption?
Adoption is an individuals decision to become a regular user of a product.
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Evaluation
Trial Adoption
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Characteristics of an Innovation
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For Review
What challenges does a company face in developing new products and services? What organizational structures and processes do managers use to oversee new-product development? What are the main stages in developing new products and services?
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For Review
What is the best way to manage the newproduct development process? What factors affect the rate of diffusion and consumer adoption of newly launched products and services?
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