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From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors In Product Innovation
Reference Paper # 19 By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper
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Stage-Gate Inc. and Product Development Institute Inc.
This article was published in Journal of Product Innovation Management, 16, 2, April 1999, 115-133 For information call +1-905-304-8797
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© Product Development Institute Inc. 1999-2007
From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation
By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper
Dr. Cooper lowers the microscope on the state of product innovation and examines the common reasons for poor results. The critical success factors are noticeably absent from the typical new product project. The article outlines how companies can recognize one of the seven common innovation problems that Dr. Cooper refers to as the new product development “Blockers” to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Keywords: Product innovation process, critical success factors, blockers, portfolio approaches, and capacity analysis
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From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation
By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper
From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation Those That Cannot Remember the Past … ... are condemned to repeat it1. Twenty five years of research into why new products succeed, why they fail and what distinguishes winning businesses, and are we any further ahead? Some pundits say no! Today’s new product project teams and leaders seem to fall into the same traps that their predecessors did back in the
From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors In Product Innovation
Reference Paper # 19 By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper
Compliments of:
Stage-Gate Inc. and Product Development Institute Inc.
This article was published in Journal of Product Innovation Management, 16, 2, April 1999, 115-133 For information call +1-905-304-8797
www.stage-gate.com
© Product Development Institute Inc. 1999-2007
From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation
By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper
Dr. Cooper lowers the microscope on the state of product innovation and examines the common reasons for poor results. The critical success factors are noticeably absent from the typical new product project. The article outlines how companies can recognize one of the seven common innovation problems that Dr. Cooper refers to as the new product development “Blockers” to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Keywords: Product innovation process, critical success factors, blockers, portfolio approaches, and capacity analysis
These pages contain copyright information of Product Development Institute and member company Stage-Gate Inc., including logos, tag lines, trademarks and the content of this article. Reproducing in whole or any part of this document is strictly forbidden without written permission from Product Development Inc. or Stage-Gate Inc.
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© Product Development Institute Inc. 1999-2007
.
From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation
By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper
From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product Innovation Those That Cannot Remember the Past … ... are condemned to repeat it1. Twenty five years of research into why new products succeed, why they fail and what distinguishes winning businesses, and are we any further ahead? Some pundits say no! Today’s new product project teams and leaders seem to fall into the same traps that their predecessors did back in the
References: Innovation Management, vol. 9, no. 3, Sept. 1992, pp. 188-199. © Product Development Institute Inc. 2003-2007