**Drivers of Innovation Deployment Affecting the Marketing and Sales Relationship Marketing and Sales Relationship**

**Drivers of Innovation Deployment Affecting the** 

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71987

Teresa Cometto and Gaston J. Labadie Teresa Cometto and Gaston J. Labadie Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

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This study investigates the antecedents of information management and its effect on formalization and joint planning as drivers of the marketing-sales functions perceived relationship effectiveness during the formalized process of new product deployment (NPD). We examine the effect of communication as perceived by the marketing and sales functions based on two components: communication amount/frequency (CA) and communication quality (CQ). Finally, we investigate how process formalization and joint planning affect the perceived relationship effectiveness of marketing and sales during the NPD process. The quantitative study uses 152 matched responses from top-level managers, responsible for the innovation deployment of six South American subsidiaries of a global consumer packaged goods company. The qualitative research, via in-depth interviews, confirms the importance of various behaviors of sales and marketing staff during the process of new product launches in the market. While numerous studies have researched the drivers of innovation process, this is the first chapter that studies the NPD implementation process based on the cross-functional relationship between marketing and sales. These drivers can help managers implement effective team processes to enhance innovation deployment results.

**Keywords:** marketing and sales interface, innovation deployment management, communication, planning, FMCG Latin America
