The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the importance of design – defined as the procedures, choice … more recent is data-driven as this wave contains better information on design expenditures. Unlike the majority of CIS … the CIS definition of innovative design expenditures, the impact of this important dimension of product innovativeness is …

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 …

issues in the research and design of spatial transformation processes. The aim is to systematize the largely disordered …

rapidly developing market. KickStart's MoneyMaker Hip Pump is a human-powered water pump with additional design features that … numerical optimization techniques to the design of the MoneyMaker Hip Pump and offers further improvements to its design … of water, and minimize cost. Following optimization, the robustness of the optimized pump design was analyzed under …

cookstoves to have greater impact, there must be better balance between the two competing design objectives of technical …

response immediately after a disaster. With speed as the main driver, product design for humanitarian aid purposes is a key … hours of humanitarian operations. The design focuses on defining the topology of the various parts of equipment by taking … into consideration factors of serviceability, functionality, human-product interaction, universal design language, energy …

-setting processes as acomplex interplay among three forces: sense-making, design, andnegotiation (DSN). The DSN model provides the …

,807,105. (2) Part II--Planning and Design--Project No. 1983-35-04, Contract No. 4035, $352,379 for Clearwater Coho Restoration …

government services. The GSII and other private sector efforts, will have a significant impact on the design, development, and …