http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=396247 New Product Development at Canon: The Contact Sensor Project Publication Date: Mar 25‚ 1996 Availability: In Stock Author(s): Joseph L. Bower‚ Michael Partington Type: Case (Field) Product Number: 396247 Language: English Length: 27p NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AT CANON THE CONTACT SENSOR PROJECT AUTHOR(S): BOWER‚ JOSEPH L.; PARTINGTON‚ MICHAEL INTRODUCTION Merriam-Webster defines
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Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982‚ Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983‚ Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices
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In the background to supply‚ we notice about the terms "total product"‚ "marginal product" and "average product". These three figures are the foundation upon which the analysis of short-run production for a firm is analyzed. Total product is the total quantity of output produced by a firm for a given quantity of inputs. The usual framework is to analyze total product when in a variable input (labor) changes‚ for a given amount of a fixed input (capital). Diagram 1 In diagram 1‚ as the curve shows
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FEATURE ARTICLE Do You Need a New Product-Development Strategy? Aligning Process With Context There is no one-size-fits-all product-development process; designing new products for different business contexts requires different new-product development processes. Alan MacCormack‚ William Crandall‚ Paul Henderson‚ and Peter Toft OVERVIEW: Many firms rely on a single new-product development process for all projects. But designing new products for different business contexts requires that a firm
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The food company new product development _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. From my point of view‚ I tend to agree with Gerry’s approach to evaluating the output of the new product group. He did the right thing with them‚ he gave them the budget as they need so I thing the problem was in the group itself. The new product development as it seems is very important for the company so Gerry has to put great creative people at the top
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Honeywell Building Controls (BCD)’s four product areas. In 1989 HVAC controls was pitching a multimillion project on the Mod IV--- an advanced motor used in HVAC applications. It was envisioned as “Golden Egg” by a senior manager because it was a main pitch of the company‚ and once it was ready to produce and successfully introduced into the market‚ it would account for 30% of the division’s profits. The central issue revolved around the division’s product development team and their commitment to meet the
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Consumer research in the early stages of new product development Issues and applications in the food domain Ellen van Kleef Promotor: Co-promotor: prof. dr. ir. J.C.M. van Trijp Hoogleraar in de marktkunde en het consumentengedrag Wageningen Universiteit dr. ir. P.A. Luning Universitair docent Leerstoelgroep Productontwerpen en Kwaliteitskunde Wageningen Universiteit Promotiecommissie: prof. dr. ir. M.A.J.S. van Boekel‚ Wageningen Universiteit‚ Nederland prof. dr. K.G. Grunert
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set them apart from the differentiation strategy they were pursuing. External Analysis General Environment Two factors best describe the general environment: technological and sociocultural. Technological (Technologies are in continuous development‚ being competitive requires investing in R&D and staying up-to-date with the new trends in the industry; it became a need to perform different tasks apart from just making phone calls; innovation‚ leadership and ability to forecast are key factors
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HISTORY The history of product innovation can be divided into three stages‚ beginning with the product-oriented or technology-pushed stage. In the post-World War II era Americans were coming off wartime shortages and were in the mood to buy the many goods that manufacturers produced. Engineers‚ who were more product-oriented than consumer oriented‚ designed new products that might or might not find places in consumers’ hearts and minds. This was a product-oriented process in which the market was
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the new product development process: Strategic imperatives Background The article published by Academy of Management‚ “Managing the new product development process: Strategic imperatives” focuses on the issues regarding new product development‚ its processes and strategies. Now a days‚ new product development is single most important factor that leads to firm’s success or failure for many industries. Though the new product failure are still high the importance of new product development has grown
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