Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Product Development

Definition: Product Development

Product Development

Noun

1. Improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Crosswords: Product Development

Specialty definitions using "product development": CHEMICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, CPDO ♦ director of home economics ♦ fine-chemicals operator, food scientis, FOOD TECHNOLOGIST ♦ HOME-SERVICE DIRECTOR ♦ laboratory technician ♦ Marketing Services Office ♦ PDM, PILOT-CONTROL OPERATOR, pilot-plant technician, process operator, product data management ♦ research-manufacturing operator ♦ WEIGHT ANALYST. (references)

Commercial Usage: Product Development

Domain	Title
References	Pharmaceutical Product Development: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Elastomer Technology and Product Development (reference) Apparel Product Development (2nd Edition) (reference) Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development (reference) Customer-Centric Product Definition: The Key to Great Product Development (reference) Compressing the Product Development Cycle: From Research to Marketplace (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Product Development Newsletter - Electronic Mail Delivery (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Product Development

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Golf is closely tied to high technology in product development. (references)
		Its head office is located in Netherlands, while marketing and product development is concentrated to Denmark. (references)
		Although mergers and acquisitions in the apparel sector may be reaching their peak, there are numerous firms which are still interested in reaching some kind of association regarding investments or new product development. (references)
Economic History	Singapore	Attracting foreign investment into the country - initially to spearhead industrialization and subsequently to climb the technological and value-added ladders - has been a key economic strategy of the government since independence in 1965. Through it, Singapore has evolved into a base for MNCs to engage in high-end manufacturing and product development, and coordinate regional procurement, production, marketing, and distribution operations. (references)
	Maldives	Fisheries--particularly value-adding enterprises such as marine product development, aquaculture including tropical fish farming and cultivation of seaweed, lobster, shrimp, reef fish and crab. (references)
	Italy	The implementation of the EU Directive on the prevention, re-use and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) will most likely open potential market opportunities for U.S. firms, especially those engaged in waste management, recycling and waste recovery technologies, new product development and technological innovation. (references)
Political Economy	AUSTRALIA	The industry development component of the new ESA requires evidence of product development, investment in capital equipment, skills development and service support, and souring services and product components, parts and/or input locally. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage in Company Names: Product Development

Country	Name
USA	Pharmaceutical Product Development
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Product Development

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
product development	401
new product development	174
new product development process	37
product development process	35
pharmaceutical product development	33
advent product development	18
product development cycle	17
collaborative product development	10
product development plan	8
product development life cycle	7
product development engineer	4
product development system	4
product development manager	3
pharmaceutical product development inc	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Product Development

Language		Translations for "product development"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		produktudvikling (new-product development, product innovation, product-development). (various references)

Dutch		produktontwikkeling (new-product development, product innovation, product-development). (various references)

German		Produktgestaltung (new-product development, product innovation, product-development). (various references)

Pig Latin		oductpray evelopmentday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Product Development

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-e-l-m-n-o-o-p-p-r-t-t-u-v"
	-4 letters: overdocumented.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Names: Company Usage
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams

9. Bibliography

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.