{"title":"Electro International. Defining new products","authors":"A. Graham, S. Mello","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471034","url":null,"abstract":"The article discusses the following issues regarding the definition of new products: strategic alignment; market-driven product definition; competitive analysis; product channel issues; total support; and multi-divisional development. The focus of the study concerned the best practice in product definition.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132385895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How the University of Massachusetts Lowell can help","authors":"S. Sambursky","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471032","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given as follows. The University of Massachusetts Lowell has taken a leadership position in making a paradigm shift in supporting industry. In today's environment, technical innovation has become a revolutionary process. Global competition requires companies to be more flexible in their response to customers needs. Newly engineered materials coupled with novel design concepts is the norm in product development. To counter these powerful market forces, companies are forced to create a new work environment. Vendors and customers are now an integral part of this new work environment. As such these companies must identify revolutionary methods for meeting global competition and the challenge of revolutionary technology. Companies, whether startup or well established, can no longer afford a large permanent workforce to address these challenges. Subsequently, companies are expanding their temporary workforce and extending their workforce boundaries into the university environment. The University of Massachusetts Lowell will discuss its efforts in being a part of this workforce. It will include an overview of the tools, expertise, and infrastructure in place for designing, developing and prototyping materials, devices, and systems to support companies in this environment.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130657632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The art of doing business in China","authors":"M. Chester","doi":"10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ELECTR.1995.471052","url":null,"abstract":"Ancient religions, philosophies, and political ideologies have influenced the personal and business behaviour of Chinese people. As Westerners, we need to understand these differences to achieve amiable and mutually rewarding personal and business relations with the Chinese. Good negotiation techniques, caution, extreme patience, and cultural understanding will improve the likelihood of an acceptable agreement.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":397146,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Electro/International 1995","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130958499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}