The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the importance of design - defined as the procedures, choice …' innovation performance. In addition, it specifically analyses whether a firm's size affects the amount spent on design and the … both R&D and design expenditure are used. Results confirm the crucial role of design investment for incremental and radical …

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 …