For example, business units (such as apparel or footwear) had historically decided how much to invest in new product development.
Consequently, we are extremely pleased with the excitement created by the OLED displays currently in the market, and the increase in new OLED product development that has been encouraged by these initial successes.
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This ability to envision new combinations of cloud-based solutions and create new ways of performing end-to-end processes presents companies with new opportunities to be innovative in new-product development as well as in service and support.
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Our customers need to be agile so they can not only stay ahead of the competition, but also be able to quickly change the underlying behavior and logic of their strategic business systems in customer service, new product development and marketing.
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The year 2010 will also see vehicle breakthroughs, like the plug-in Chevrolet Volt and the Chevy Cruze, a zippy, fuel-efficient compact that will usher in a new era of global efficiency in small-car product development.
Commercial lenders also argue with that with increased margins, microfinance companies can reinvest in the development of new product lines to address the myriad needs of the poor.
Having launched a development platform for real-time analytics applications and a fully integrated ultrasonic signal conditioner for automotive parking distance applications, TI added to its existing industrial portfolio new product development in the LED division last month.
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Though business trends decelerated in the fourth quarter, we remain focused on new product development and market share gains to offset the secular declines in the PND industry and the continued generation of long-term shareholder value.
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Aside from the next big thing in timepieces, Gates unveiled another new product under development, called Media2Go, which is close to what Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) should have announced at its own show earlier in the week.
But its existing position in growth markets, technology leadership and well oiled new product development capability nearly assures continued profitbale growth for at least 5 years.
Houzz, which has about 60 employees, is focusing with the new funding on building out its team in engineering and product development.
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As Mr Streiff pointed out this week, Airbus must also catch up with Boeing in product development, cutting its lead-time for new aircraft from seven to five years.
Navin Geria, vice president of research and development for the Spa Dermaceutical Products Group, a New Jersey-based consumer product development company that specializes in custom development of anti-aging skincare and products for dermatologists and spa chains, says that a new range of anti-aging technology called cosmeceuticals (cosmetics that companies says possess drug-like affects) will go a step further.
The company today also announced the opening of a new Automotive Innovation and Product Development Center, to be based in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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It will build a direct relationship with employees, define new segments, and develop skills in areas such as market research and product development.
Even the boot-strappers of the bunch aim to make significant investments in the coming year in everything from computers and office space to new product launches and crucial research and development.
To get new models in showrooms faster, Ford is adopting many of the product-development processes used by its nimbler Japanese partner, Mazda (where Fields fashioned a successful turnaround earlier in the decade).
The new facility is its largest center for cookie research and development in Asia, and its output will allow Kraft to create new product platforms tailored to suit local tastes.
Additionally, Symbian is proving to be an increasingly difficult environment in which to develop to meet the continuously expanding consumer requirements, leading to slowness in product development and also creating a disadvantage when we seek to take advantage of new hardware platforms.
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