In the strategy and marketing literature there is continual
discussion of the product life cycle. Discuss each of the four
stages of the product life cycle:
• Start-up
• Growth
• Maturity
• Harvest
which system of product costing would be most useful for
decision making and control, and why.
Explain briefly in your answer possible alternative
organizational structures at each stage in the life cycle.
Contrast the role of spores in the land plant life cycle with
the role of gametes; identify the structures associated with the
dispersal of spores in bryophytes.
Discuss the concept of product life cycle. 2. Define
sustainable marketing and discuss its social criticism.
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Discuss the differences between the product life cycle and the
diffusion (adoption of innovations concepts). How does the
marketing mix change with each stage of these processes?
1. Discuss with relevant examples the extent to which the
product life cycle hypothesis explains the recent trend in foreign
direct investment flows to developing countries.
Describe the product life cycle and discuss how unit level
costs, batch level costs, product level costs and facility level
costs behave in relation to the product life cycle.