R&D marketing integration in new product development: The case of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia (Preliminary findings)

Developing new products in a complex environment, such as in the telecommunications industry, involves significant integrated effort-particularly between that of R&D and Marketing. The failure to integrate R&D and Marketing in new product development can result in over-designed, over-priced,...

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Main Author: Bojei, Jamil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 1997
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/869/1/Jamil_Bonjei.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/869/
http://mmj.uum.edu.my
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Summary:Developing new products in a complex environment, such as in the telecommunications industry, involves significant integrated effort-particularly between that of R&D and Marketing. The failure to integrate R&D and Marketing in new product development can result in over-designed, over-priced, and either obsolete or radically-advanced products with little customer value. This paper attempts to offer insights into R&D and Marketing integration in the telecommunications industry in Malaysia. In general, only a few telecommunication companies have achieve effetive R&D-Marketing integration which is significant in certain areas requiring the integration.