Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch - Softcover

Cooper, Robert G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201563819 ISBN 13: 9780201563818

Publisher: Perseus Books, 1993

Synopsis

Getting high-quality new products to market on time is one of the most crucial aspects of succeeding in business. Its also the most difficult to achieve. With Winning at New Products you will be better prepared to create and execute a winning game plan for launching innovative and market-driven new products. Successfully implemented by such companies as DuPont, Exxon, This second edition contains a major new section on the practicalities of implementing the game plan, drawn from years of putting the authors strategies to work. }Getting high-quality new products to market on time is one of the most crucial aspects of succeeding in business. Its also the most difficult to achieve. With Winning at New Products you will be better prepared to create and execute a winning game plan for launching innovative and market-driven new products. Successfully implemented by such companies as DuPont, Exxon, Proctor & Gamble, and Corning, the systematic game plan presented leads you step-by-step along the road to success, from generating product ideas to launching them to consumers. This second edition contains a major new section on the practicalities of implementing the game plan, drawn from years of putting the authors strategies to work. In addition, the book addresses present-day business conditions which require much faster development times and multinational perspective. You will learn how to: *Get great new product ideas from your customers *Screen and prioritize new product projects *Incorporate customer input for design and development of products *Conduct proper concept analyses and test markets *Develop a market launch plan to generate new product sales *Develop and implement a new product game plan *Accelerate the process to speed you new products to market You will also discover the 15 key lessons for new product success, and be able to anticipate the many pitfalls.. }

About this title

About the Author

Robert G. Cooper is a professor of marketing at McMaster University. Founder of the widely employed StageGate product development process, he lives in Oakville, Ontario. Scott J. Edgett is associate professor of marketing at McMaster University and director of the Product Development Institute. He lives in Ancaster, Ontario. Elko J. Kleinschmidt is professor of marketing and international business and director of the engineering and management program at McMaster University. He lives in Ancaster, Ontario.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perseus Books
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201563819
• ISBN 13: 9780201563818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384