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The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26781 The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets Barnard, Helena ichelp@gibs.co.za Naidoo, Mellisa UCTD Cost-focused innovation Low income markets Product development Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. Cost-focused innovation is perceived as the primary approach that Western companies should adopt when entering emerging markets, as their standard approaches are usually unsuitable for these environments. Although many of the principles of cost-focused innovation are relevant to these markets, companies should be weary of blindly copying previous entrants with regard to how they develop products for these markets. Each industry and product set will need to deal with a different set of factors, especially in developing environments that are constantly evolving. The aim of this research study is to gage the prevalence of a cost-focused innovation approach in developing products for emerging markets. A quantitative approach was used in order to determine if there is statistical evidence that confirms that a cost-focused innovation methodology is prevalent in designing products for low income markets. The mobile phone industry was selected for investigation as handset manufacturers have successfully created mobile phones for both developed and developing markets. The major findings were that cost-focused innovation is not significantly prevalent in developing mobile phones for low income markets. Furthermore, there is evidence that suggests that a combination of innovation approaches may be used to counter the traditional trade-offs between price and functionality in order to create low cost, high value products for both developing and developed markets. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T07:54:28Z 2012-09-21 2013-09-07T07:54:28Z 2012-03-08 2012-09-21 2012-07-28 Dissertation Naidoo, M 2011, The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26781 > F/12/4/740/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26781 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07282012-201500/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Cost-focused innovation Low income markets Product development The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| title | The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| title_full | The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| title_fullStr | The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| title_full_unstemmed | The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| title_short | The prevalence of cost-focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| title_sort | prevalence of cost focused innovation in the development of products for low income markets |
| topic | UCTD Cost-focused innovation Low income markets Product development |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26781 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07282012-201500/ |