The role of new product development briefs in implementing sustainability: A case study

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作者
Petala, Effrosyni [1 ]
Wever, Renee [1 ]
Dutilh, Chris [2 ]
Brezet, Han [1 ]
机构
[1] Delft Univ Technol, Design Sustainabil Sect, Fac Ind Design Engn, NL-2628 CE Delft, Netherlands
[2] Unilever Benelux, Sustainable Dev Sect, NL-1011 AS Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
Sustainable development; Design brief; Fuzzy front end; Innovation process; FMCG industry; Unilever;
D O I
10.1016/j.jengtecman.2010.06.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Organizations face challenges with regards to the incorporation of sustainability in the early stages of their new product development processes (NPD). This paper explores these challenges in order to understand the barriers for incorporating well-defined sustainability targets in NPD briefs. The study is based on a content analysis of 202 new product development briefs within the FMCG industry, in particular Unilever. The paper concludes that the incorporation of sustainability in the new product development briefs does not guarantee results. Furthermore, there are several organizational issues which could function either as success or failure factors for the entire process. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:172 / 182
页数:11
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