Definition of Products Liability (PL) Any cause of action having to do w/a product; not a cause of action in and of itself; rather‚ it has to do with an injury or accident arising out of the use of a product (any product sold in the stream of commerce; must be sold by a merchant) Theories of Liabilities / Causes of Actions a. Negligence(§ B - pp. 2 - 3) i. Introduction
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ordinary tourists most travel agencies have a separate department devoted to making travel arrangements for business travelers and some travel agencies specialize in commercial and business travel only. There are also travel agencies that serve as general sales agents for foreign travel companies‚ allowing them to have offices in countries other than where their headquarters are located. The study focuses on how travel agencies cost the services they render. Product costing is the accounting process
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NEW PRODUCT DESIGN 3 2.1 Cost 3 2.2 Customer’s Satisfaction 3 2.3 Ergonomics 4 2.4 Product Life Cycle 4 2.5 Legal and Ethic 5 2.6 Technological Changes 5 2.7 Quality 6 2.8 Environmental Friendly Product 7 3.0 CONCLUSION 7 4.0 REFERENCES 8 1.0 INTRODUCTION Developing a new product is an important step for a company in their effort to success and be competitive in the business that they have earned even though it is difficult to create new products. Product design
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actually depends on the impact of substitute products. Smart phones do wide variety of functions so any product that specialize In one of those individual functions can also be termed as a substitute. Buyer power Buyers bargaining power is high because of the following reasons: * More choice of products and very limited differentiation of those products * Elastic demand- demand is highly sensitive to economy * Less asymmetric information-buyers have all the required information * Less
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Platt—Samsung How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was able to go from copycat brand to product leader by using a “new product development” strategy (Kotler and Armstrong‚ p.261). According to Kotler/Armstrong new product development is defined as the development of original products‚ product improvements‚ product modification‚ and new brand through the firm’s own product development. In 1993‚ the CEO and chairperson‚ Lee Kung Hee decided to revamp the company’s
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customer base. At present‚ we have identified that there is no formal product costing system implemented in the company – with the exception of the calculation of product costs imperative for external financial reporting purposes‚ prepared by your company’s accountant. In order to reduce cost pressures upon Sunflower Ltd‚ in the highly competitive flower sector‚ this report recommends the introduction of management accounting into the company‚ in particular the use of product costing systems. The purpose
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Product Failure Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective‚ and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product‚ in the worst cases leading to personal injury‚ the province of forensic engineering. The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use‚ and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. A situation considered to be a failure by one might
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Developing Products and Managing Product Portfolios Chapter 12 What We Already Know About Products • How to define a product • How to classify a product – Consumer v business products – Different types of consumer products • The product life cycle • There are different levels of product: – Core benefits – Branding‚ design‚ quality – Support aspects: guarantees‚ after-sales service What Is Managing Products About? • Ensuring we have the right product mix to maximise
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PRICE RANGE OF PRODUCTS Above is the price range of all Apple products between the years of 1975 to present. Steve Jobs manufactured products that were not just far advanced than other products in the same category‚ but they were also out of reach for most consumers. When Apple Computer launch its Apple II in 1977‚ it cost $1‚298 and if you wanted a more powerful version it would cost you a twice that amount. In 1984‚ Apple Computer released the Macintosh at a price of $2‚495. At these prices
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brand products are a cheaper option? Economic theory suggests that as price of a product decreases‚ the demand for the product should then increase. However in terms of branded and own brand products‚ this is not necessarily the case. The demand for such products is dependent upon a number of factors and I shall be exploring these factors. A branded product is distinguished by design‚ symbol‚ name‚ term or other features. These unique features creates segregation between one seller’s products from
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