Marketing plays an important role in new product development (NPD) through several mechanisms. One is crossfunctional communication and collaboration so that marketing issues are integrated into the NPD process. Another is the strategic orientation of NPD, which includes marketing strategy...

Asian food markets are large and growing very rapidly. Per capita food consumption is increasing as income rises, and food consumption habits are changing. Asian food retailing is also changing rapidly, as distribution and transportation modernizes. Consumers are becoming more sophisticated,...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to measure new product development (NPD) success factors in the Thai food industry.Design/Methodology/Approach – The quantitative research was designed based upon previous qualitative analysis by Suwannaporn and Speece. A total of 114 questionnaires sent to...

Success in new product development (NPD) depends, among other things, on how the NPD process is organized. Key issues are strategy and planning, internal information flow and communication, and external communication with suppliers. Recent work proposes that companies can take advantage of...

Asian food markets are large and growing very rapidly. Per capita food consumption is increasing as income rises, and food consumption habits are changing. Asian food retailing is also changing rapidly, as distribution and transportation modernizes. Consumers are becoming more sophisticated,...