Crowdsourcing is an innovative business practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or
content or even funds by soliciting contributions from a large group of people (the 'Crowd') …

Public sector organizations are in need of new approaches to development and innovation.
There is a need to develop a capability to better understand priorities, needs and wishes of …

In recent years interest has grown in how design can contribute to innovation in business
and society, such as through the management concept of design thinking. However, up …

In 1965, the need for design management as project management was voiced at a time
when new forms of consumerism became affordable for the masses. However, in an …

The design of services is usually project based. The transition from project result to
operational phase is critical, and can be seen as requiring organisational change. In service …

This thesis describes a sociocultural study which addresses the question of how New
Product Development (NPD) practices in small and medium-sized manufacturing …

Design-led innovation interventions are predicated on the importance of establishing
complex disciplinary collaborations. This paper reflects on the effects of different co-design …

Within the last decade design has had a strategic role in tackling escalating environmental,
social and economic problems. Through design thinking, creative methods have been …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of economic growth and job
creation. Governments have devoted considerable resources to increase their …

An important element for the development of the creative industry is the Small Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) whose numbers always increase every year. They need promotional …