New Product Development Adds Value to a Firm's Products and Services

question 93

Multiple Choice

New product development adds value to a firm's products and services through:

• A) early majority substitution.
• B) innovation.
• C) removal of laggards.
• D) pioneer pretesting.
• E) beta concept testing.

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Definitions:

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The stage in cognitive development characterized by the ability to think logically about abstract concepts, proposed by Jean Piaget.

Formal Operational Reasoning

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