When regarding innovation practice from both a research and a practitioner's perspective
the temptation can be to focus on formal outcomes: technology, concepts, products and …

This dissertation seeks to understand the activities that are engaged in before an
organization formally implements the process for developing a new product idea. This …

In this brief introduction, we reflect on the diversity of studies connecting cognition to
innovation and the enormous potential that exists for further research. Research streams on …

We propose a systems perspective on the cognitive foundations of innovation and
knowledge creation. We show that the (standard) way we perceive, think and act is opposed …

Idea generation in engineering design is most often studied within the context of specific
tasks, such as brainstorming, mindmapping, TRIZ, etc. Additionally, researchers tend to …

Recent research calls for greater consideration of design, by considering it further from the
perspective of technology innovation management. In the attempt to cover this gap, the …

The on-line observation and tracking of design and innovation processes in organizational
settings reveal knowledge making phenomena that I have encapsulated in the notion of …

Recent research calls for greater consideration of design, by considering it further from the
perspective of technology innovation management. In the attempt to cover this gap, the …

The focus of mainstream innovation research has largely been on innovation as an output
rather than innovating as a process. Thus, the dynamics of the messy process of innovating …

Complex innovation processes such as drug discovery present challenges to innovators
because they must proceed with limited feedback but face a system that involves enormous …