CROWDSOURCING IN PRODUCT DESIGN FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE ABSTRACT Crowdsourcing is the practice of outsourcing tasks including a form of compensation to a wide external group of people. It is a newly used term which refers to the process of obtaining services‚ ideas‚ or content by seeking contributions from a large group of people particularly from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers. Multiple types of businesses nowadays are using crowdsourcing for a
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The Product Concept PhaseAs discussed in Chapter 2‚ new ideas for new products and services are generated in many different ways in and outside the modern company in the market. Today a more open and collaborative process of accessing innovative ideas and problem solutions is available to companies on the Web in the form of wiki platforms. A wiki is a collaborative Website that can be directly edited by anyone with access to it. This virtual market for new product ideas that is generated by a wiki
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1. Introduction It has been well established that Product Life Cycle (PLC) concept has a significant impact upon business strategy and corporate performance. Since the term was first used by Levitt (1965 ) in an Harvard Business Review article “Exploit the Product Life Cycle” the concept has been widely accepted and applied by marketing practitioners all over the world. The product life cycle concept is one of the most quoted and most frequently taught elements of marketing theory. According
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410 Marketing of physical products VS marketing of services The marketing of physical products and marketing of services expose two different situations in marketing which requires different strategies. With physical product marketing you need to consider the product‚ price‚ place and promotions which are the standard 4Ps approach. When it’s come to marketing of services you need to consider people‚ process and proof on top of the standard 4Ps approach. Services are intangible‚ inseparable‚ perishable
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Sample Essay on Bermuda Triangle: The Bermuda Triangle is a strange and mysterious region in the south West Atlantic where people‚ ships‚ boats and air craft flying over it have presumably been sucked in to its stormy waters and /or disappeared. The apexes of this triangle have been widely disputed but generally thought to be Bermuda‚ Miami‚ Florida and San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. Also known as the devil’s triangle and covering an area of about 500000 miles‚ the region might have acquired such a name since
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Chapter 12: Setting Product Strategy GENERAL CONCEPT QUESTIONS Multiple Choice 1. Marketing planning begins with the formulation of an offering to ________ target customers’ needs or wants. a. exceed b. meet c. capture d. compete with e. comprehend Answer: b Page: 372 Level of difficulty: Easy 2. The customer will judge the offering by three basis elements: ________‚ services mix and quality‚ and price. a. performance b. salespeople
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The net domestic product (NDP) equals the gross domestic product (GDP) minus depreciation on a country’s capital goods. Net domestic product accounts for capital that has been consumed over the year in the form of housing‚ vehicle‚ or machinery deterioration. The depreciation accounted for is often referred to as "capital consumption allowance" and represents the amount of capital that would be needed to replace those depreciated assets. If the country is not able to replace the capital stock lost
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Market Development 4 Product Development 4 Diversification 4 From Strategy to Implementation 5 Stage-Gate Product Innovation Process 7 Stage 0: Idea Generation 7 Stage 1: Scoping 7 Stage 2: Project Evaluation 7 Stage 3: Development 8 Stage 4: Testing and Validation 8 Stage 5: Launch 8 Conclusion 10 Bibliography 11 Introduction In order to sustain growth and compete in today’s ever-changing business environment‚ organisations must continue to develop commercially successful products in order to remain
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March World News Julie Marie Perez Mystery of The Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle is located between Florida and Puerto Rico right in the Atlantic Ocean. Since the 1950’s‚ unexplained reports have come in because of strange disappearances. Christopher Columbus first wrote about the Bermuda Triangle in 1492. As he and his crew sailed the Atlantic‚ they came across an enigmatic light pattern in the sky near the Caribbean Sea‚ as well as unusual compass readings while passing through
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Company background Kingdom Financial Holdings was founded in 1995 when its founder members established Kingdom Securities Limited‚ Kingdom Asset Management and Kingdom Asset management all duly registered as a discount house‚ asset manager and member of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange respectively. In 1997 Kingdom Bank Limited and Kingdom Asset Management were registered as an Accepting House and Manager of Collective Investment Schemes respectively. In 1999‚ Kingdom Financial Holdings
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