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retain market share, customer requirements and expectations should be met and exceeded through product innovation. For … model and points to the importance of product innovation in exceeding customer satisfaction. It further proposes an … attributes and product innovation.  …
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higher level in a project involving radical innovation. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative case study is based on … in radical product development. Originality/value – Few studies combine ecodesign and radical innovation theories, as is … done here. Yet this is not a theoretical paper but an industry‐based study of eco‐innovation, from which researchers and …
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Purpose – Nowadays, the strategic role of design is reinforced by the increased attention that customers pay to the aesthetic, symbolic and emotional values of products. These values can be communicated through the appropriate combination of product signs (such as form, colours, materials and...
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communicative. Design/methodology/approach – Specifically, the authors propose the “Rhetorical Innovation Process” as a methodology … innovations that can be interpreted according to the “Rhetorical Innovation Process”. Then, a brief workshop assignment in the … exploration of the “rhetorical innovation process” in collaboration with eight design student teams has shown that this method can …
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related to incremental and discontinuous innovation. Too often, the term “innovation” is used without an understanding of how … holistic “innovation continuum” to treat innovation as a complex adaptive system (CAS). Design/methodology/approach – A … – The authors determined that an “innovation continuum” can be established through the use of a complex adaptive system. Two …
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Market research results frequently produce negative reactions to discontinuous new products (innovative products) that later become profitable for the innovating company. Famous examples such as the fax machine, the VCR and James Dyson’s bagless vacuum cleaner are often cited to support this...
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Product design is an essential aspect of the process of new product development and innovation, the efficiency of which …
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Purpose – When competing in a turbulent environment, strategic flexibility can be a competitive advantage. One source of flexibility is the new product development (NPD) process, or more specifically product design. The purpose of this paper is to investigate platform-based product design and...
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Studies conducted both in Europe and the USA have consistently suggested that new product development is vitally important for a company’s long‐term survival. However, it is a risky and uncertain business. Previous studies have indicated that early new product development activities such as...
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Success in innovation management of telecommunication products depends not only on sales, but also, and primarily so …
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