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Technological Forecasting Based On Segmented Rate Of Change, Dong-Joon Lim Mar 2015

Technological Forecasting Based On Segmented Rate Of Change, Dong-Joon Lim

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Consider the following questions in the early stage of new product development. What should be the target market for proposed design concepts? Who will be the competitors and how fast are they moving forward in terms of performance improvements? Ultimately, is the current design concept and targeted launch date feasible and competitive?

To answer these questions, there is a need to integrate the product benchmarking with the assessment of performance improvement so that analysts can have a risk measure for their R&D target setting practices. Consequently, this study presents how time series benchmarking analysis can be used to assist scheduling …