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Major New Products: What Distinguishes the Winners in the Chemical Industry?

Abstract

What makes a new product a winner? This empirical study looks at success factors in product development in the chemical industry of four countries. The 103 projects studied in both North America and Europe were substantial ones and all were undertaken by large firms; about two‐thirds of these projects succeeded. Robert Cooper and Elko Kleinschmidt identified the key project success factors by comparing the winners to the losers. Product …

Authors

Cooper RG; Kleinschmidt EJ

Journal

Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 90–111

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 1993

DOI

10.1111/1540-5885.1020090

ISSN

0737-6782