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The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
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The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

by Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor
November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 39m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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CHAPTER THREE

WHAT PRODUCTS WILLCUSTOMERS WANT TO BUY?

What products should we develop as we execute our disruptive strategy? Which market segments should we focus upon? How can we know for sure, in advance, what product features and functions the customers in those segments will and will not value? How should we communicate the benefits of our products to our customers, and what brand-building strategy can best create enduring value?

All companies face the continual challenge of defining and developing products that customers will scramble to buy. But despite the best efforts of remarkably talented people, most attempts to create successful new products fail. Over 60 percent of all new-product development efforts are scuttled before they ever ...

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