Changes to the Second Edition
• Addition of two chapters on design and legal considerations.
• Expanded discussion of global considerations to introduce sustainable product development and Base of the Pyramid (BoP) product development.
• Simplified technical discussions of planning techniques for improved comprehension.
• Inclusion of product planning best practices from recent noteworthy cases and studies in the final chapter.
Kenneth B. Kahn is a professor of marketing and director of the da Vinci Center for Innovation in Product Design and Development at Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as a nationally recognized scholar and consultant in the field of product development. Kahn was previously at Purdue University as a professor and director of Purdue’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. He is the author of Product Planning Essentials and New Product Forecasting: An Applied Approach, and the editor of the PDMA Handbook of New Product Development. He has consulted with and facilitated benchmarking sessions with numerous companies, including Acco Brands, Coca-Cola, ConAgra, Honeywell, John Deere, Lego, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever.