Product Life Cycle And International Product Life Cycle Economic And Marketing Perspectives
I. INTRODUCTION
A review of literature in economics and marketing suggests that since Raymond Vernon published his article "International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle" in 1966,1 there has been a simultaneous development of literature pertaining to the 'product cycle' in marketing. There are differences between Vernon's concept of the product cycle and marketers' perception of the product life cycle. However, when one reviews publications in areas where these disciplines tend to overlap, particularly in international marketing and international business, both of these terms tend to fuse together and be used almost interchangeably.
While discussing Vernon's model, Louis T. Wells, Jr. states that "the model claims that many products go through a trade cycle, during which the United States is initially an exporter, then loses its export markets and may finally become an importer of the product"2. Warren Keegan, a marketing scholar, on the other hand,......
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