Development of a Design Audit Tool for SMEs*

J Moultrie, PJ Clarkson… - Journal of Product …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
There is strong evidence of the importance of good design to company success. However, it
is apparent that despite this evidence, design skills are often marginalized in small and …

Design × innovation: perspective or evidence-based practices

A Dong - International Journal of Design Creativity and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of design-led innovation is gaining importance in both the design studies and
innovation research areas by drawing attention to design and its strategic value for …

Hidden innovators: The role of non-R&D activities

A Barge-Gil, M Jesus Nieto… - Technology analysis & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Although R&D has been highlighted as the main source of firm-level innovations, a
significant group of firms develop innovations without performing R&D activities. The primary …

Innovation and performance in engineering design

A Salter, R Torbett - Construction Management and Economics, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the experiences of engineering, design and construction organizations
(EDOs) in developing innovative approaches to performance measurement in their design …

A tool to evaluate design performance in SMEs

J Moultrie, PJ Clarkson, D Probert - International Journal of …, 2006 - emerald.com
Purpose–The creation of well‐designed products is widely acknowledged as an important
contributor to company success. In principle, an effective design process, as part of the wider …

Measuring design investment in firms: Conceptual foundations and exploratory UK survey

J Moultrie, F Livesey - Research policy, 2014 - Elsevier
The importance of design to company and national performance has been widely discussed,
with a number of studies investigating the value or impact of design on performance …

A first approach to the design component in the agri-food industry of southern Spain

Ó González-Yebra, MA Aguilar… - Revista de la Facultad …, 2019 - revistas.uncu.edu.ar
This work raises the need to open new research lines to bring closer" Design" and" Agri-food
Industry", understanding design as a structured and multidisciplinary working process …

Research on the influences of new product design and new product development process management on new product development performance in Taiwan's …

PL Liu, CH Tsai - Asian Journal on Quality, 2009 - emerald.com
This study aims to probe into the influence of new product design and new product
development process management on development performance. The research finding …

Performance measurement framework for product–service systems development: a balanced scorecard approach

K Chirumalla, A Bertoni, A Parida… - International …, 2013 - inderscienceonline.com
The paper proposes a framework for analysing the performances of product–service
systems (PSSs) development processes using a balanced scorecard (BSC) as an …

[PDF][PDF] Importancia del diseño industrial en la gestión estratégica de la empresa

E Martínez, TM Gutiérrez… - Universia Business …, 2005 - dialnet.unirioja.es
El diseño industrial es un recurso esencial para las empresas, sin embargo, no todas son
conscientes de los beneficios que su aplicación genera. Su importancia se hace mayor aún …