A critical look at technological innovation typology and innovativeness terminology: a literature review

The diffusion theory literature offers a fairly well-developed conceptual framework for the study of communications. As developed across a number of disciplines, diffusion applies to the flow of information, ideas, and products; its uniqueness is its focus on interpersonal communication transfer. This paper offers new theoretical propositions to advance consumer diffusion research and to provide a foundation for diffusion modeling.

A Propositional Inventory for New Diffusion Research

Because new product development (NPD) teams are engaged in knowledge creation, NPD management should emphasize cognitive team processes rather than purely social processes. Using the notions of tac...

From Embedded Knowledge to Embodied Knowledge: New Product Development as Knowledge Management:

Provides a review and ready reference to recent writings on new service development (NSD), especially for the financial services sector. Discusses the types of new service development, the purposes served by them and the processes. Refers to the key activities of NSD and measures its success. An annotated bibliography supplies a very useful guide to the new service development literature.

New service development: a review of the literature and annotated bibliography

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Does Customer Interaction Enhance New Product Success

Product innovation can run the gamut from new products and product‐line extensions to product improvements and style changes. Business managers need to understand this entire spectrum of product innovation in order to be able to compete effectively in the marketplace.

Degrees of product innovation

Paths out of profit trouble are long and poorly marked. Because conventional turnaround remedies may get one deeper into the forest, the author offers some radical solutions.

Businesses in profit trouble

U.S. corporations have been paying attention to strategic planning at the line‐of‐business level. However, something more is needed. According to the authors, strategic planning for clusters of businesses is the missing and vital ingredient for success in the future.

Integrating strategies for clusters of businesses

Companies that fail to develop new products will eventually see profits diminish. Yet for a surprising number of companies, product innovation is not a strength. The authors call for a reexamination of the way new product development is approached.

Donald F. Heany

Papers

Degrees of product innovation

Businesses in profit trouble

Integrating strategies for clusters of businesses

A fresh look at new product development