Description
Book Synopsis
Increasing pressures to produce new products faster and cheaper are resulting in huge efforts to streamline and restructure the traditional new product development (NPD) process. This book focuses on product innovation from an Integrated Product Development (IPD) perspective, using leading-edge methods and techniques.
Trade Review
Review of the hardback: '… recommended as a textbook at postgraduate studies within the MBA programme.' Management
Table of Contents
Preface; Part I. Product Innovation, Strategic Logic, & the New Product Development Process: 1. Introduction to product innovation and new product development; 2. Strategic logic of product innovation; 3. New product development process and organizational aspects; Part II. Establishing the Foundation: the Conceptual Level: 4. Identifying new produce opportunities: idea generation (phase 1); 5. Concept development and selection (phase 2); 6. New product development program definition (phase 3); 7. Product/market considerations, integrated product design and product architecture; 8. Marketing strategies and methods: conceptualizing and designing the new product marketing campaign; 9. Production strategies and methods: operational and manufacturing implications; 10. Financial applications and implications; 11. Design and development (phase 4); 12. Validation phase (phase 5); 13. Pre-commercialization (phase 6) and launch; 14. Concluding remarks and insights about product innovation in the 21st century; Glossary; References.
