. Our vision is to use thatoption to enable every interested person to participate in design processes of his (geographic …

Participatory approaches for the design and the introduction of computersystems are drawing increasingly more attention … among researchers as well asamong practitioners. While participatory design (Schuler and Namioka 1993)might be considered as … only "helpful" for the development of single-userapplicationsit can offer significant benefits for the design of systems …

policies discussed by the recent patent-design literature can influence R&D in the endogenous-growth framework, where the role … of the patent-design literature. In a general-equilibrium model, both incentives to innovate and monopoly distortions …

This paper explores the contribution of design activities on product market performance of Belgian companies. While … there is mounting evidence that design can be seen as a strategic tool to successfully spur sales of new product … developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this …

functions within the design and construction process. Communicating with software outside of the suite can be highly problematic … might be implemented within the design and construction domain. Our first test case—an agent-based dynamic simulation … design and construction processes. …

developmental stages from a historical perspective. Furthermore, design reliability evaluation which is a key component of product … information early at the product design stage, as well as how to account for flexibility and expert's attitudinal character …