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A study to determine the effect of cross-functional cooperation among sales, marketing, and research and development (R&D) on new product development (NPD) across multiple stages of the NPD process is presented. Multiple-informant data from 424 sales, marketing and R&D managers and from project leaders of 106 NPD projects were used to test the hypotheses.

In today's erratic job market, talent is often overlooked or not effectively utilized, leading to frustration on the part of employees. This is especially true in the crowded field of […]

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has slashed its interest rate on two-year fixed rate mortgage by more than 0.25 per cent. The two-year fixed rate on 85 per cent loan-to-value [...]

TIP UPDATE: Renovo is a gamble and its share price could double or be halved in six months' time because it is reliant on an EU Phase III trial for [...]

The outlook is bleak for retailing. Today's official figures suggest that retailers are in for hard times. They show that sales volumes rose 0.3 per cent in November, to stand [...]

TIP UPDATE: A weak housing market contributes to a slide in sales and profits at Carpetright Carpetright's dependence on the health of the UK housing market was laid bare by [...]

RESULTS: Mulberry shares hit heights as sales of handbags and glad-rags soar Mulberry upmarket leather handbags are fast becoming the fashionista's 'must have', matching even Louis Vuitton and Chanel. And [...]

TIP UPDATE: Sales continue to rise at Rank, despite snow-related disruption The UK's snowy weather may have kept people away from Rank's bingo halls, but didn't diminish the appetite of [...]

TIP UPDATE: Photo-Me has produced some excellent interim results and its cash flow is even more impressive - and what will the company spend it on? Photo-Me has produced impressive [...]

Axa Wealth has announced a 48 per cent increase in sales to GBP2.9bn in the first nine months of 2010. It attributes the increase to its wrap platforms, Elevate and [...]

BROKERS' VIEWS: Full-year results form Marston's reveal solid trading at the managed pubs, but the tenanted estate continues to struggle Pub group, Marston's - which operates the Pitcher & Piano [...]

Sun Life Financial of Canada is no longer offering products to new customers. It will focus solely on providing products and services to existing customers. The move is a result [...]

Global emerging market products and UK absolute return funds proved the most popular sectors in October, replacing global and sterling corporate bonds, according to the IMA. In October, the Gem [...]

Axa Wealth's wrap platform and multi-manager businesses, Axa Elevate and Architas, have helped boost the division's sales by 48 per cent in the first nine months of 2010. The business, [...]

TIP UPDATE: Intercede's share price jumped on news of its latest results - and not surprisingly Shares in Intercede surged as much as 16 per cent on its latest interim [...]

TIP UPDATE: Immunodiagnostic continues its run of strong sales growth and analysts upgrade earnings estimates since the results Assay machine and tests maker Immunodiagnostics logged another half of strong growth [...]

TIP UPDATE: Halma has delivered yet another impressive performance, even though rising raw material costs have squeezed profit margins. Halma reported another impressive performance, but it somehow failed to impress [...]

TIP UPDATE: European electronic components distributor has been boosted by strong electronic sales and first-half profits more than double year-on-year The strong recovery at European electronic components distributor Acal continues [...]

Liontrust has reported losses before tax of GBP1.6m in the first half of the year and confirmed one-off exceptional costs of GBP2.3m, which includes the expense of closing its global [...]

RESULTS: With a stable cost base, CML Microsystems can make good money when sales are rising CML Microsystems has what managing director Chris Gurry calls a 'stable cost base'. As [...]

NEWS: Provident lends more money in spite of tighter credit criteria Shares in Provident Financial rose 6 per cent to 823p after the non-standard lender reported a 7 per cent [...]

RESULTS: The group's catalyst business has benefited from a strong recovery in car production and tightening emissions standards. The strong recovery in car production and commodity prices has continued to [...]

RESULTS: Apart from a few major contracts from China and Brazil, Hamworthy is still battling with a recession in ship-building Hamworthy makes its money selling pumps and other specialist kit [...]

TIP UPDATE: Sales at joints maker Corin have maintained the positive trend seen earlier in Underlying sales at joints maker Corin rose by 7 per cent in the first four [...]

TIP UPDATE: Fuller, Smith & Turner shows no sign of suffering the wider pub industry's plight Away from the headlines about falling beer sales and bankrupt publicans, Fuller Smith & [...]

Cautious Managed remained top of the net sales list on the Cofunds platform in October, but the popularity of Global Emerging Markets (Gem) is soaring. Six funds with high exposure [...]

Older people who need to live in care homes are finding it increasingly hard to meet the costs from the proceeds of the sales of their former homes, an advisory [...]

Prudential is anticipating a weaker performance for the rest of the year, despite increasing sales in the last three months. The insurer said regulatory changes in India would slow growth [...]

Structured products can protect your investments against falling markets, but you have to compromise to get that protection Sales of structured products typically boom when markets are full of uncertainty. [...]

RESULTS: Asia Pacific and headcount reductions save the day for Hyder Consulting, as sales slide in Europe Hyder Consulting's results demonstrated the advantages of its global footprint, which means 85 [...]

RESULTS: Majestic Wine has its eyes fixed on expansion as the lower minimum bottle limit helps it to another strong set of results Majestic Wine's move to reduce the minimum [...]

Net sales of fund of funds (Fofs) vehicles totalled GBP5.1bn for the first nine months of 2010, exceeding all previous full-year sales figures, according to the IMA. In the third [...]

The director of consultancy firm Your Mortgage Decisions is aiming to push protection sales to advisers and their clients. The firm is set to increase focus on protection sales for [...]

TIP UPDATE: SWP's transformation continues with a knockout year possible in 2011-12. SWP's low share price reflects a 10:1 bonus issue in January. But in reality it's close to a [...]

TIP UPDATE: Sinclair Pharma starts to boost like-for-like sales growth as its restructuring plans bear fruit Sinclair Pharma finally seems to be seeing the results of its major restructuring and [...]

TIP UPDATE: Share price has further to run even after a 27 per cent increase since our July tip Promotional mugs and mouse mats company 4imprint has released an upbeat [...]

Old Mutual is reviewing its UK wealth management legacy product range ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). In its interim management statement the company claimed a continued shift towards [...]

Skandia has reported a 138 per cent increase in net sales, driven by the demand for its Skandia Investment Solutions platform. Net client cash flow was reported as GBP1.9bn for [...]

A new software system has been developed to take the pain out of retail distribution review by providing much-needed support to struggling IFAs. Mastek UK has launched the Elixir for [...]

The value of the equity release market increased by 4 per cent in the third quarter this year. The value of sales increased to GBP205m, from GBP196.7m in the second [...]

BOND OF THE WEEK: Bonds in sub-prime lender Provident Financial have sold off after the company postponed the sale of five-year euro-denominated notes Unsecured moneylender Provident Financial placed a GBP25m [...]

TIP UPDATE: Tax on energy consumption helps spark series of talks with potential customers Full-year results from energy-saving specialist Sabien Technology showed sales up 44 per cent to GBP970,000 and [...]

TIP UPDATE: Shire's third-quarter results are boosted by manufacturing problems at Genzyme Now: Third-quarter results from speciality pharmaceutical maker Shire benefited from a considerable windfall from the chronic manufacturing problems [...]

RESULTS: Trading systems supplier is starting to see the fruits of its SaaS transformation, and there should be more upside to come Trading software specialist First Derivatives enjoyed a buoyant [...]

Phil Collard has a busy appointments book and spends much of his week in meetings with existing clients, visting potentially new customers who have been referred and looking for new [...]

Just Retirement has announced record results with sales of more than GBP1bn for the first time in its history. The specialist pensions group has generated a year-on-year improvement of 33 [...]

TIP UPDATE: Brulines sees growth slow as beer sales dry up. Pub beer sales in the third quarter of 2010 were down a whopping 7.8 per cent, so it's perhaps [...]

TIP UPDATE: Private label goods continue to perform under recently appointed chief executive Chris Bull McBride's recently appointed chief executive Chris Bull appears to have steadied the ship at the [...]

The Cautious Managed sector topped the Cofunds platform for the fourth consecutive quarter. According to the quarterly investment trends report, the sector accounted for 30 per cent of net sales [...]

The structured products industry faces a problem: investors want income, but with low interest rates it is proving difficult to provide an attractive yield. So what are the ways to [...]