Business researchers emphasize that firms must actively involve customers and suppliers in the new-product development process. this means that the focus should be on what the new product will rather than simply what they want.

What is marketing’s contribution to the new product development team? a. technical expertise needed to translate designs into an actual product/service. b. deep customer insight that leads to product ideas. c. ability to assess financial viability d. feedback on design as well as how customers will actually use the product e. technical expertise needed to translate concepts into product/service designs.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Review the wbs and gantt chart you created previously. propose three to five additional activities that would you estimate resources and durations. now, identify at least eight milestones for the recreation and wellness intranet project. remember that milestones normally have no duration, so you must have tasks that will lead to completing the milestone. add your activities and milestones to your gantt chart, creating a new gantt chart. estimate the task durations and enter dependencies as appropriate. remember that your schedule goal for the project is six months. copy the gantt chart and network diagram to a word document.