The Interplay of Design and Marketing :: a General Model

Although many authors emphasise the differences and potential confl icts between productdesign and marketing, there appears to be a disagreement in how to handle suchdifferences and confl icts within organisations. This paper presents a novel and generalmodel that focuses on how different practices relating to design (self-oriented or commerciallyoriented) and marketing (product-oriented or market-oriented/customer-led) maybe combined, and...