Purpose – To study the risks, and benefits, to companies or introducing new products to the market. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the findings in context. Findings – Ahn‐Sook Hwang...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that he growing importance of “sustainable design” and reducing the environmental impact of products has seen the development of a relatively new practice based around “user focused” design principles. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework to better understand the emerging aging consumer markets. It identifies new principles to better serve the ranks of the 50+ consumer market as those segments grow in number and economic influence. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Recent years have seen the market opportunity for innovative bioscience products grow rapidly. For instance, the human clinical diagnostics field is now a $17 billion world‐wide market, and in specific sectors, such as point of care (POC) and over the counter (OTC), there is an increasing...

When people buy color TVs, there is one color they really look out for – green. Or so Sony found out in the mid‐1990s when a Dutch consumer magazine gave one of its models a poor environmental rating. Market share fell by 11.5 percent while that of competitors’ TVs which received good...

Undoubtedly, the familiar and relentless progress of computing power is opening up new categories of products and business opportunities. Essentially, it will not be long before any appliance that does not already have the capability to use embedded computing will soon find itself able to do so...

As more manufactures struggle with global markets, competition from “low cost” countries, and faltering home economies, the attention of many manufacturers has naturally turned to cost and waste reduction. Yet, while major quality and productivity benefits are being generated in many...

Purpose – Explains how SMEs have discovered how to avoid high investment cost attributed to the implementation costs of knowledge based engineering or engineering automation software. Design/methodology/approach – A study of how SMEs have developed alternative design automation using...

Purpose – This paper reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and...