Management practices influencing new product success and failure in the United States and Scandinavia: a cross-cultural comparative study
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Development, marketing and customer service all play significant roles in the success of new product development (NDP) across cultures. This is evident in a cross-cultural comparative study of telecommunications product development in Scandinavia and the US. Specifically, proficiencies in conducting development, marketing and customer service functions were found to be critical contributors of NDP success. Similarities and differences were also found in the successful management practices employed by telecommunications firms in the the two countries with respect to NPD.
Publication Name: Journal of Product Innovation Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0737-6782
Year: 1999
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Improving the new product development process: a fractal paradigm for high-technology products
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A fractal paradigm that looks into the management and resource factors of an organization promises to be a better alternative for the improvement of the new product development (NPD) process. Designed after a federal laboratory setting, the fractal paradigm aims to organize the nature of studying and managing NPD through integration and identification of important variables such as leadership. The paradigm emphasizes factors concerning management and resource, such as time, money and leadership, which need to be managed effectively at all levels of an organization.
Publication Name: Journal of Product Innovation Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0737-6782
Year: 1997
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From Physics to function: an empirical study of research and development performance in the semiconductor industry
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Differences in the research and development performance of semiconductor companies may be attributed to the technology selections they make. Despite the growing potential of scientific research in providing benefits to manufacturing-based firms, their technological selections are usually influenced by experimental results and self-experiences. Manufacturing industries may also be able to institute quality improvements in the product development process by adopting an effective technology process.
Publication Name: Journal of Product Innovation Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0737-6782
Year: 1999
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