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ch. 8 mkt vocab
for exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New-product development | the development of original products, product improvements, product modifications, and new brands through the firm's own product-development efforts |
| Intrapreneurship (bootlegging) | ? |
| idea generation | the systematic search for new-product ideas |
| idea screening | screening new-product ideas in order to spot good ideas and drop poor ones as soon as possible |
| product concept | a detailed version of the new-product idea stated in meaningful consumer terms |
| concept testing | testing new-product concepts with a group of target consumers to find out if the concepts have strong consumer appeal |
| business analysis | a review of the sales, costs, and profit projections for a new product to find out whether these factors satisfy the company's objectives |
| Test marketing | the stage of new-product development in which the product and marketing program are tested in realistic mkt settings |
| Product life cycle | the course of a product's sales and profits over its lifetime. it involves 5 distinct stages: product development, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline |
| Style | a basic and distinctive mode of expression |
| Fashion | a currently accepted or popular style in a given field |
| Fad | a temporary period of unusually high sales driven by consumer enthusiasm and immediate product or brand popularity |
| Introduction stage | the product life-cycle stage in which the new product is first distributed and made available for purchase |
| Growth stage | the product life-cycle stage in which a product's sales start climbing quickly |
| Maturity stage | the product life-cycle stage in which sales growth slows or levels off |
| Decline stage | tbe product life-cylce stage in which a product's sales decline |