Our perception of design is changing, for design today is no longer concerned only with aesthetics. Now the key factors … design's hybridity and increasingly implement it as a driver of sustainable development (see Chap. 2: Design as a Key … are a variety of possible approaches to integrate sustainability into the design process (see Chap. 8: Design Process …

This paper provides some new theoretical speculations and empirical evidence on the relationship between design …, innovation and economic performance at the firm level. We posit that design investments may provide firms with a higher capacity … design within the firm. Moreover, once controlled for the firm's non-technological innovativeness and other knowledge …