Chapter 10: New-Product Development and Product Life-Cycle Strategies Flashcards

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Idea Generation

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The systematic search for new-product ideas.

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New-Product Development

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The development of original products, product improvements, product modifications, and new brands through the firm’s own product development efforts.

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Crowdsourcing

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Inviting broad communities of people - Customers, employees, independent scientists and researchers, and even the public at large - into the new-product innovation process.

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Idea Screening

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Screening new-product ideas to spot good ideas and drop poor ones as soon as possible.

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Product Concept

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A detailed version of the new-product idea stated in meaningful consumer terms.

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Concept Testing

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Testing new-product concepts with groups of target consumers to find out if the concepts have strong consumer appeal.

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Marketing Strategy Development

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Designing an initial marketing strategy for a new product based on the product concept.

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Business Analysis

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A review of the sales, costs, and profit projections for a new product to find out whether these factors satisfy the company’s objectives.

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Product Development

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Developing the product concept into a physical product to ensure that the product idea can be turned into a workable market offering.

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Test Marketing

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The stage of new-product development in which the product and its proposed marketing program are tested in realistic market settings.

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Commercialization

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Introducing a new product into the market

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Customer-Centred New-Product Development

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New product development that focuses on finding new ways to solve customer problems and create more customer-satisfying experiences.

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Team-Based New-Product Development

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An approach to developing new products in which various company departments work closely together, overlapping the steps in the product development process to save time and increase effectiveness.

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Product Life Cycle (PLC)

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The course of a product’s sales and profits over its lifetime. It involves five distinct stages: Product development, Introduction, Growth, Maturity, and Decline.

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Style

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A basic and distinctive mode of expression.

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Fashion

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A currently accepted or popular style in a given field

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Fad

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A temporary period of unusually high sales driven by consumer enthusiasm and immediate product or brand popularity.

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Introduction Stage

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The PLC stage in which a new product is first distributed and made available for purchase.

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Growth Stage

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The PLC stage in which a product’s sales start climbing quickly.

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Maturity Stage

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The PLC stage in which a product’s sales growth slows or levels off.

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Decline Stage

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The PLC stage in which a product’s sales decline.