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needs. Goes on to discuss consumers’ root motivations and refers to these as key underlying motivating values. These are … developmental changes in consumers’ needs, motivations, and the strategies they employ to meet needs.  …
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The purpose of this paper is to examine some recent developments in the field of new products innovation. As a starting … point, the reader is introduced to a brief history of management, setting innovation in its historic context. Some major … issues facing new products managers are then briefly reviewed, and three recent developments in the innovation literature are …
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An overview of the success/failure literature in new product development points to a long list of critical success factors (CSF), which define what should be done to enhance new product success rates but not how to do it. The net result is failure rates which are marginal improvements on...
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Discusses event pacing (companies reacting to various changes) and time pacing (creating new products/services, etc.) and looks at their differences in detail. Identifies three areas in particular where transition management is crucial. Employs two insets, one on specification trade‐offs, the...
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innovation and standardization are considered indispensable for corporate management, they are often thought to be mutually …
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This paper examines adoption of really‐new products (RNPs) from a consumer perspective. The unique characteristics of RNPs which differentiate them from other innovative products are examined in relation to the role which these characteristics play in creating barriers to adoption of RNPs....
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Purpose – This paper attempts to examine the relationship between consumer innovativeness and consumers' acceptance of brand extensions. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper that builds upon the extant literature of consumer innovativeness and brand extensions. A number...
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Purpose – This study has two aims: first, to develop a conceptual model for infused drinks innovation using the … and lifestyle variables predict innovation in infused soft drinks. The results from the moderated mediation analyses … indicate that both male and female young consumers prefer the innovation of drinks to suit local tastes and be produced locally …
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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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/value This paper adds to the literature on innovation systems.  …
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