TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey of new product forecasting practices in industrial high technology and low technology businesses
AU - Lynn, Gary S.
AU - Schnaars, Steven P.
AU - Skov, Richard B.
PY - 1999/11
Y1 - 1999/11
N2 - Market forecasting is invaluable to marketing professionals especially when trying to commercialize a new product or service. Accurate foreseeing helps managers develop strategies, identify priorities and allocate resources. But what forecasting techniques are associated with successful innovation? Do market forecasting techniques differ for high-tech vs. low-tech products? This research investigates these questions by studying 76 industrial new product projects: 38 successes and 38 failures from 38 high-technology companies and 38 low-technology companies. What we found was that some marketing techniques are better suited to high-tech products than low-tech and vice versa. In particular, successful high-tech industrial projects tended to rely more on internal qualitative forecasting techniques whereas low-tech industrial projects tended to rely more on conventional quantitative market-based techniques.
AB - Market forecasting is invaluable to marketing professionals especially when trying to commercialize a new product or service. Accurate foreseeing helps managers develop strategies, identify priorities and allocate resources. But what forecasting techniques are associated with successful innovation? Do market forecasting techniques differ for high-tech vs. low-tech products? This research investigates these questions by studying 76 industrial new product projects: 38 successes and 38 failures from 38 high-technology companies and 38 low-technology companies. What we found was that some marketing techniques are better suited to high-tech products than low-tech and vice versa. In particular, successful high-tech industrial projects tended to rely more on internal qualitative forecasting techniques whereas low-tech industrial projects tended to rely more on conventional quantitative market-based techniques.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0019-8501(98)00027-3
DO - 10.1016/S0019-8501(98)00027-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000885302
SN - 0019-8501
VL - 28
SP - 565
EP - 571
JO - Industrial Marketing Management
JF - Industrial Marketing Management
IS - 6
ER -