Developing new products and services learning, differentiation, and innovation /

The focus of the book is on the up-front activities and ideas for new product and service development. A central theme of this book is that there is, or should be, a constant struggle going on in every organization, business, and system between delivering feature-rich versions of products and servic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sanders, G. Lawrence.
Other Authors: Huefner, Ronald J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Marketing research collection.
Subjects:
NPD
Online Access:Click to View
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Understanding entrepreneurship, diffusion, and R&D in the context of monopolistic competition
  • 2. Fundamental concepts of product and price differentiation
  • 3. Differentiation in action
  • 4. The role of dynamic tension in constructing versioning and product differentiation curves
  • 5. Examples of product differentiation and versioning curves
  • 6. Facilitating creativity and innovation
  • 7. Conceptualizing products and services using the FAD template
  • 8. Strategic planning approaches for product differentiation and innovation
  • 9. The ten-ten planning process: crafting a business story
  • 10. Lock-in and revenue growth
  • 11. Valuing the business
  • 12. Developing a business plan
  • 13. Project management for new product and services development
  • 14. Re-priming the business using real options concepts
  • 15. Wrap-up
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.