TY - BOOK AU - Hodock,Calvin L. TI - Why (smart companies) do dumb things: lessons learned from innovation blunders : avoiding eight common mistakes in new product development SN - 9781591025689 (alk. paper) AV - HD 45 H691w 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Amherst, N.Y. PB - Prometheus Books KW - New products KW - Productos nuevos KW - Innovaciones empresariales N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The innovation challenge -- Avoiding marketing misjudgment -- Antidotes to poisoned positioning -- The perils of dead-on-arrival products -- Competitive delusion -- Fatality in frugality -- The evil of timetable tyranny -- Defective marketing intelligence -- Marketing dishonesty -- What's it all about? -- Rules of engagement: shareholders -- Rules of engagement: corporations and MBA programs -- A few final thoughts N2 - "In Why Smart Companies Do Dumb Things, industry professional Calvin L. Hodock examines eight typical innovation blunders that, time after time, undermine the success of new product development."--Jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007027083.html ER -