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An Analysis of Product Deletion Scenarios
Author(s) -
Avlonitis George J.,
Hart Susan J.,
Tzokas Nikolaos X.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of product innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1540-5885
pISSN - 0737-6782
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5885.1710041
Subject(s) - typology , argument (complex analysis) , neglect , product (mathematics) , new product development , field (mathematics) , key (lock) , positive economics , business , marketing , computer science , sociology , economics , psychology , geometry , mathematics , biochemistry , chemistry , computer security , psychiatry , anthropology , pure mathematics
Despite a flurry of attention during the early 1980s and the occasional article thereafter, product deletion continues to suffer from neglect, which is surprising given its role in aiding processes of innovation and change that are central to competitive survival. The aim of this article is to rejuvenate research interest in this field. In doing so, we review and organize the relevant literature in three key sets of factors and postulate that their interplay delineates the product deletion scenarios followed by a company. On the basis of this argument, we develop a typology of product deletions and outline how it increases our knowledge of this critical issue and leads to useful research directions.