That culture is less product-focused, more service-focused, and hence more customer-focused.
In other words, innovation is less a product of structured processes and more a result of informal conversations.
For most companies, it is simply no longer in their DNA to create a second, cheaper, less robust product line.
Will the iWatch be the start of a less integrated product range?
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Partly counterbalancing that effect was the relatively small number of teams and players back then (16 teams then versus 30 today), making for a less diluted product among those that did play.
Later still, as the industry matured, the skills that counted moved back somewhat from science (where they had rested for a time) to engineering, as growth and profits came to depend less on product innovation and more on process ingenuity.
Instead they work on reducing costs in other ways such as reformulating their packaging to be less expansive, or downsizing their product by putting less in a container but still charging the same.
Better language skills, she reckons, are a product less of market demand than of a general enthusiasm for China.
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"I've never seen a company tell customers to buy less of its product, " marvels Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt.
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Starbucks, too, is trying to make its labor scheduling more efficient, and run its stores in ways that waste less of the product.
At no point did he ever report directly to me, and I have seen his work product less than a handful of times.
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Most economists think that the CPI method is the right one, because its formula mimics the behaviour of consumers, who buy less of a product that is becoming relatively dearer.
After the decision to move beyond its less than successful product Michael went on, a small team of designers got together and decided to try something completely different with the Windows 7 phone.
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Does anybody really consider a less good, cheaper product any way to generate double-digit growth?
And equipment from Keller Technology enables cosmetics and pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce more product with less people.
In contrast, sports entertainment executives exert much less control over their product, at least the on-the-court (or field) aspect.
Consumers are unlikely to revert to the more expensive version if they are offered a similar product for less.
Offering a new service or product, doing something first or better, selling product for less are all ways to compete.
After the 2001 recession, financial-company profits rose to account for more than 2.5% of gross domestic product from less than 1% in the 1980s.
Most buyers outside of Japan expect new products to be simple and intuitive, and they are less concerned about a product's point of origin.
The truth is that defense spending at the rate of 4% of gross domestic product (less than that sustained with ease by Singapore) is eminently affordable.
Sure, men can be equally angsty in the face of choices, and we appreciate that, but for women, this angst, this indecision, this trial and error is a product of less than fifty years of progress.
The makers of Nutella respectfully disagree, noting that the product has less saturated fat than butter and is not produced in the same way as, say, trans fats, which have been banned in many parts of the world (like New York).
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As a result, less than 50% of product ideas come from customers, partners or suppliers.
And so would the company who scared away its beta testers, by releasing a less-than-polished product.
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Shoppers must find an identical product marketed for less within seven days of purchase.
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In addition, Amazon's product may be less refined than the iPad, which is in its second generation.
By the end, they cared less about customer needs and product quality and more about shareholder value.
The easier you make it for local businesses to adopt your product, the less costly it will be to service them.
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