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A critique of the rapid market assessment of new products: A comment

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  • Tom Clevenger

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico)

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Baker and Souza Neto advance a methodology that they term “rapid market assessment.” It can be used to describe a marketing system and estimate the quantity and price of product that may be marketed by a new entrant. The relationship of the rapid market assessment of new products to the application of rapid reconnaissance techniques to subsector analysis should be noted. There was also a need for more methodology detailing the procedure to determine the point at which to enter the market system. The applicability of the methodology to alternative cases needs development.

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  • Tom Clevenger, 1989. "A critique of the rapid market assessment of new products: A comment," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 5(1), pages 61-64.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:agribz:v:5:y:1989:i:1:p:61-64
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(198901)5:1<61::AID-AGR2720050107>3.0.CO;2-F
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    2. Gregory A. Baker & Jose De Souza Neto, 1988. "The rapid market assessment (RMA) of new products," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 4(5), pages 467-473.
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