New Products Management [Hardcover]

C. Merle Crawford (Author), C. Anthony Di Benedetto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0073529885 | ISBN-13: 978-0073529882 | Edition: 9

Written with a managerial focus, New Product Management by Crawford and Di Beneditto is useful to the practicing new products manager. Along with the management approach, the perspective of marketing is presented throughout which enables the text to have a balanced view. The authors aim to make the book increasingly relevant to its users as this revision is considered to be a “new product.” Many new examples, cases, and research along with the most current topics highlight the new edition of New Product Management.

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About the Author

Merle Crawford, University of Michigan - Emeritus Anthony Di Benedetto, Temple University --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 552 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 9 edition (October 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073529885
• ISBN-13: 978-0073529882
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Overview of The New Products Process, January 29, 2001

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Jill Clardy "So many books, so little time...." (Redwood City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Products Management (Irwin Series in Marketing) (Hardcover)

The book is organized into five parts:

Part I - Overview and Opportunity Identification/Selection; includes an introductory section and The New Products Process, and Opportunity Identification and Selection.

Part II - Concept Generation; includes sections on Preparation and Alternatives, Problem-Based Ideation, Analytical Attribute Approaches.

Part III - Concept/Project Evaluation; includes sections on The Concept Evaluation System, Concept Testing, Full Screen, Sales Forecasting and Financial Analysis and Product Protocol.

Part IV - Development; includes sections on Design, Development Team Management, Special Issues in Development and Product Use Testing.

Part V - Launch; includes sections on Strategic Launch Planning, Implementation of the Strategic Plan, Market Testing, Launch Management and Public Policy Issues.

The book is a thorough overview of the product planning process, and a very useful validation for someone who had already been involved in product planning. The book could have been enriched considerably by the use of more case studies and examples. The Applications section at the end of each chapter was meant to be a method of reflecting upon and putting into practice some of the ideas learned in the chapter; but the questions were oddly written and there was no "answer key" or discussion of those questions, so I didn't find that section useful at all.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Reference Text to Keep By Your Side, October 7, 1998

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This review is from: New Products Management (Irwin Series in Marketing) (Hardcover)

Having taken the U of Mich course centered around the material in this text, I can tell you that you'll find at least a third of the material directly applicable to NPD processes at work. A great primer for anyone new to NPD.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There has to be something better, November 18, 2008

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Marcello (Silicon Valley, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Products Management. (Paperback)

I am a new student to New Product Development and I am sure that the information in this book is helpful. However, as another reviewer mentions the book contains too many words for too simple subjects. The writing itself is filled with incomplete sentences and poor sentence structure, some examples are, "And on and on" and "Doing the sales forecasts poses no problem as such." Avoid reading this book! The grammar and very long unclear descriptions and high cost make it worthless.