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-production and co-consumption, caused by a service innovation, influence her perceptions of service innovation characteristics and … co-consumption play important roles in explaining innovation characteristics and adoption decisions. More specifically … customer's evaluation of service innovation characteristics as well as her adoption decision. The focal customer's disposition …
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Purpose – This paper aims to bring together and evaluate the reasons that have historically been advanced to justify the heavy emphasis on innovative consumers within the general context of the adoption of products and services, and to assess the strategic benefits to be gained from targeting...
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main question addressed in this research study is ‘How can L’Oréal improve upon theircurrent brand image and subsequent brand positioning amongst Stellenbosch students as theirtarget audience’. It was therefore considered necessary for the author of this research...
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Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in International Journal of Advertising, published by and copyright World Advertising Research Center Ltd.
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The article presents results of a computer simulation experiment which investigated the use of protective capacity as a means to reduce production cycle times and inventory holdings for a production line. In the 1980s, quality was the primary focus for competition in many businesses. Many...
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This paper discusses results from an international study of continuous improvement in product innovation. The empirical … research is based upon a theoretical model of continuous product innovation (CPI) that identifies contingencies, behaviours …, levers and performances relevant to improving product innovation processes. As successful knowledge management is widely …
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Community funded research project carried out during 1997-9 and designated CIMA (Continuous Improvement in Global Innovation … methodology to support knowledge transfer in the product innovation process. The CIMA model suggested a relationship between … improvement, product innovation, performance measurement, and inter-project learning. This literature was centred largely on …
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With developments such as an increase in competition, busier and more sophisticated consumers, companies attempt to achieve a competitive advantage through increased brand equity of their product offerings. Increased brand equity often translates into increased brand loyalty, which in turn means...
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Environmental costs of products are closely related to their environmental impacts incurred at all life cycle stages of a product. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) methods are often used to estimate these environmental costs and impacts. However, LCA analysis is known to...
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