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A cellphone that makes phone calls - and does little else; a portable refrigerator the size of a small cooler; a car that sells for about $2,200 (Rs 100,000). These are some of the results of "frugal ...

The features of the product: What does the product do and how does it look? (For sake of simplicity, let’s include “quality” as a product feature.) The schedule on which the product is produced: How ...

A cell phone that makes phone calls — and does little else; a portable refrigerator the size of a small cooler; a car that sells for about US$2,200 (100,000 rupees). These are some of the results of ...