Indian Journal of Marketing
By: Associated Management Consultants (P) Ltd.Single Issue
Single Issue
- IJM-Oct09-Article3-Design Centric Attitude - Marketing Approach For Emerging Economies
- Price : 80.00
- Published on October 1, 2009
- Associated Management Consultants (P) Ltd.
- Issues 520
- Language - English
- Published monthly
About this issue
The symptomatic Indian malaise of a “chalta hai†attitude towards product design is a matter of concern. Why is it that in this exultant era of India shining we are yet to find Indian products that ravel design excellence? There are so many examples where attention to design details has fallen through the “not knowing and therefore not doing gapâ€.Good product design should reflect an obsessive attention to detail. There’s no point touting amorphous marketing promises on branding and identity of the final product doesn’t reflect these in the actual customer experience. The recommendation is not to over-engineer the micro-architecture of every product- if the concept is to be a financial success, design has to balance issues of cost and profitability- but to avoid the very real danger of getting caught up in the seductive appeal of the Grand Idea at the cost for ignoring the myriad micro details that add up to a value-creating whole. Yes, innovation is about the big picture, the amazing new insight, the grand concept, but if the soul of the idea is not mirrored in the body of the product, then what you have is a promise that lacks integrity.
About Indian Journal of Marketing
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MARKETING (ISSN 0973-8703) is a double blind peer reviewed refereed monthly journal, which was started in 1968. It is the oldest and the only monthly journal of Marketing in India. It is an authentic research publication dealing with Marketing; Advertising; Consumer Behaviour; Sales Management; Advertising & Promotion Management; Business Education; Business Information Systems (MIS); Business Law; Communication; Direct Marketing; E-Commerce; Global Business; Health Care Administration; Marketing Research; Marketing Theory & Applications; Office Administration/Management; Organizational Development; Production/Operations; Public Administration; Retailing; Sales/Selling; Services; Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure; and Industrial Organization.