NEW-PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN TOURISM COMPANIES CASE STUDIES ON NATURE-BASED ACTIVITY OPERATORS Raija Komppula University of Joensuu Department of Economics Box 111 FIN-80101 JOENSUU Raija.Komppula@joensuu.fi ABSTRACT New product development in tourism companies has been a nearly ignored theme in tourism marketing literature. Research on product development has in major studies handled destinations‚ development of resorts or sites as a total tourist product. This paper will introduce two case
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Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i PRODUCT 1 The new product process 1 1.1 Stages in the new-product process 1 New product strategy development 2 Objectives of the stage 2 Identify Markets and Strategic Roles 2 Cross-functional teams 2 Idea generation 3 Customer Suggestions 3 Employee and Co-worker Suggestions 3 Research and Development Breakthroughs 4 Competitive Products 4 Screening and evaluation 5 Internal Approach 5 External Approach
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New Product Planning and development New products are a vital part of a firm’s competitive growth strategy. Leaders of successful firms know that it is not enough to develop new products on sporadic basis. What counts is a climate of a products development that leads to one triumph after another. It is commonplace fro major companies to have 50percent or more of their current sales in products introduced within the last 10 years. Some Additional facts about new products are: • • • • • Many new products
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Product Planning and Standardization Product * Something produced through labor‚ thought and growth. * It is simply a set of tangible physical and chemical attributes assembled in an identifiable form. New Product * It can be a replacement product for some but imitative to the other. Classification of New Product 1. Innovative Product * These product were created upon realization of an unanswered need in the market which has not been fulfilled by any substitutes.
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The question in the case is whether Kim should spend the fresh (2nd round) VC financing in Marketing and scale up the business or should focus the resources on fine tuning the existing product. Our recommendation is that the company should allocate around 70% of $4mn in marketing spend and 30% in product development and fine tuning the existing one. This recommendation is primarily based on the fact that the company should maximize the first mover advantage and develop barriers to entry by reducing
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Question 32. Define a new product and new product development process. Companies that excel at developing and managing new products reap big rewards. New products are the lifeblood of the company. A new product is a product: • That opens an entirely new market. • That adapts and replaces an existing product. • That significantly broadens the market for an existing product. • An old product introduced in a new market. • An old product packaged in a different way
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What are the characteristics and attractiveness of industry? The characteristic of luxury goods industry Gucci‚ Hermes and Louis Vuitton‚ all of these brands had been found more than 150 years ago. With the high amount of profit‚ as well as the sales growing 6% every year could make luxury goods industry one of the highest profitable market in the world. The industry has seven main product categories which are; leather goods‚ footwear‚ high-end apparel‚ silks‚ watches‚ jewelry and perfume. The target
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of scope. The economics of the luxury goods industry changed forcing Gucci to modify its strategy. Consumers demand shifted from classic style buyers to style conscious buyers. Gucci not only had to change due to the economics of the industry but they also had several problems with their existing structure. Hence Gucci made the following moves to reposition it to compete in the new economics of the luxury goods industry. Gucci The partnership between DeSole and Ford addresses the company’s inability
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Chapter 8 - Product Planning and Development • Study by PricewaterhouseCoopers o ½ of plausible business ideas come from the customers‚ competitors‚ and suppliers o Imaginatik- created a technology based program that creates ideas but can help in deciding if they will work or not. ▪ Electronic suggestion box that allows people to discuss and analyze in the program o Important points: ▪ Ever company needs to develop new products to stay
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SUMMARY: Gucci was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci. In 1938‚ Gucci expanded and a boutique was opened in Rome. Guccio was responsible for designing many of the company’s products. In 1947‚ Gucci introduced the Bamboo handle handbag‚ which is still a company mainstay. During the 1950s‚ Gucci also developed the trademark striped webbing‚ which was derived from the saddle girth‚ and the suede moccasin with a metal horsebit. The Gucci group really said it all‚ Tom Ford‚ creative director and Domenico
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