Product Development and Management Reference

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Introducing new products - Mechanical Engineering
'A 13-step process helps ensure the successful launch of new products while it teaches team management', article by Daniel T. Koenig published in Mechanical Engineering, August 1997.

 
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. Site includes recalls, reports, and alerts.

 
Improving Products or Services and Differentiating
Article published by Urban Wallace & Associates, a Massachusetts marketing & management consultancy.

 
Product Differentiation, Monopolistic Competition, and Public Policy
Research paper by Roger W. Koenker and Marting K. Perry, published in 1981 by the Rand Journal of Economics, Santa Monica, California.

 
The Management Roundtable - Information Resource for Product Development Professionals
Provides product development education, training, research and publications services: conferences, seminars, on-site workshops, newsletters and reports.

 
Life Cycle Assessment
Introduction to product life cycle analysis, environmentally sound design and links offered by Pre Pre Consultants.

 
Academy of Art College Library: Product Industrial Design
San Francisco Academy of Art College Library page with references & links to resources.

 
Food Product Design: Consumer Tests and Product Design
Article by Larry Hermann, Contributing Editor, R&D Management, October 1991.

 
Product Development Process
Five-phase process guidelines provided by Kortegaard Engineering, a product planning and development organization, association of engineering, scientific and technical consultants.

 
The Small Business Knowledge Base
Article- 'How to Ensure That Your Products Will Produce Sufficient Sales.'

 
Miniscript #112 - Wholesale Sales Representative
Brief description of wholesale representatives including general job tasks and work environments. Provided by Michigan Occupational Information System.

 
Hits To Sales
Provides articles, tools and resources for business about the potential of the Internet.

 
Mastering Change - Differentiate Products & Services
Article by Sheldon Laube, co-founder of USWeb/CKS (March First) published on Experts@large, a viewpoint of business leaders on Bill Gates' book, Business at the speed of thought.

 
Which? Online: Product Testing
Consumer Association product testing & reviews.

 
Internet Business Center: Promoting Your Online Business To Achieve High Traffic And Profitable Sales
Numerous cost effective ways of getting visitors to your web site, and to buy your product.

 
Brand Positioning and Differentiation Through Innovative Packaging
Case study of Nailene artificial nails, published by Placon, Madison, Wisconsin, an integrated packaging services company.

 
Silicon Strategies - Launching a weak software product
Case study presented by Silicon Strategies Marketing group, a tactical & strategic market consulting firm for technology companies.

 
New Product Marketing
Series of articles by Jim Harris, an ex-WalMart executive who provided new product marketing & consulting services to individuals & businesses throughout the country; posted by the Entrepreneur Network.

 
Nationwide Directory of Wholesale Reps
Resource book to develop a wider market for businesses. Increase sales and profits by selling through sales reps and their companies. Offers names, addresses, telephone numbers of sales reps nationwide. Tells you what territory they cover, the .

 
Best Minds In Benchmarking - Training
Series of in-house Benchmarking courses from the leading authors of books in the field.

 
Companies Offering Product Testing/New Product Research
ESOMAR Directory of Research Organizations 2000: list of companies offering product testing and new product research, by country.

 
Nettizen.com
Worldwide information and resources for franchisers and franchisees.

 
FMMC -Product Testing and Evaluation Laboratory
Furniture Manufacturing & Management Center (FMMC) of the College of Engineering at the North Carolina State University.

 
New Trade: Product Differentiation & Scale Economies
International trading course notes by Keith Head, professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Commerce.

 
Sell It On the Web
A weekly newsletter full of the latest ecommerce news, new product reviews and insider tips and secrets.

 
Auction Hotline (Canada)
Worldwide directory of auction sales and auctioneers; a member of the Auctioneers Association of Ontario.

 
ISBM New Product Development Consortium - 5/12/1999
Minutes of the initial meeting, provided by the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM).

 
Academy of Marketing Science Review
Study conducted by Jin K. Han, of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology: 'Effects of Competitive Targets and Product Attribute Typicality on Perceived Quality.'

 
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