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DEFINE at least 8 of them . add references scholar or books only
New product development
Interface
User integrators
User driven
Defense mechanism
System user
Information technology
Effective communication
Fence sitters
Affective cooptation
Institutional environment
Hierarchical level
Operational cognition
Defense mechanism

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This solution provides a definition and references (2-4 for each) of the following business terms: new product development, interface, defense mechanism, effective communication, information technology, hierarchical level, institutional environment, fence sitters, terminologies. There are 25 references in total and 564 words.

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New product development - the complete process of manufacturing a new product and making it possible to bring it to market. This involves design, creation, and marketing of the new products or services to be brought to the consumers. It is sometimes referred to as a discipline which concentrates on the development of organized methods that serve as a guide to the processes needed in marketing a new product.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/new-product-development.html
http://searchcio.techtarget.com/definition/product-development-or-new-product-development-NPD
http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/product-development
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/product-development-strategy-definition-5144.html
http://thelawdictionary.org/new-product-development/

Interface - It is the point or boundary at which two independent components meet and act or relate with each other. It is commonly used as a computer term such as the following types of interfaces: user interfaces (those that makes the user communicate with the computer's operating system such as the menu of the system, mouse, and keyboard); software interface (the languages, ...

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