Online community-based innovation — whether through self-organized communities, firm-community collaborations, or innovation contests and crowdsourcing — is increasingly used as a source of technological advances, yet studies in this domain are often detached from considering the dynamics of...

Firms may seek to collaborate with skilled suppliers not only to access existing technologies but also to jointly develop new concepts. We sought to examine the details of collaborative concept development through matched cases of novel convertible roof projects in the European automotive...

Design professionals have increasingly sought to provide clients not only with design solutions to fit existing plans but also with strategic advice for future opportunities. What specific strategic roles can designers play? This study was based on field research with London-based designers and...