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With the rise of open innovation, external design is increasingly called upon, especially by marketing. However, the research on collaboration between external design and marketing in the new product development (NPD) process is still in progress. While the literature suggests that resorting to external design is a means to increase product innovativeness, not all products developed in such a way are innovative. Furthermore, the sources of design expertise are diverse and the strategies that firms use to manage them remain unclear. Thus, this paper aims to identify and analyze the various collaboration patterns between external design and marketing in the NPD process and especially how such patterns affect new product innovativeness. Building on seven case studies, this research proposes a typology of three collaboration patterns between external design and marketing in the NPD process. The first category develops a pattern of collaboration with a strong marketing lead that relies on customer‐based designers. The second depicts collaboration with a strong design lead that relies on process‐based designers. In the third categorization, a co‐branding pattern through collaboration with star‐based designers is developed. Theoretical and managerial implications are presented along with the challenges in the complexity of finding the right balance between product innovativeness and brand consistency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) mode is a very popular management mode for international engineering projects. Compared with traditional DBB (Design-Bid-Build) project, EPC can realize the integration of design, procurement and construction management and increase project value. The core of EPC project management is design management. In order to enrich the design management theory of overseas EPC port project, the interfaces among engineering, procurement and construction from the prospective of EPC project management of construction enterprises were discussed, which can provide a good reference for design management of overseas EPC projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increasingly, core activities—including research and development (R&D), innovation and design—are being outsourced in practice. However, the research on this trend has focused primarily on R&D and innovation outsourcing. This study considers the relatively less investigated area of design outsourcing and key aspects of its management. Interviews with design experts point to distinct objectives for domestic outsourcing and offshore outsourcing. Generally, efficiency coupled with high quality is pursued by domestic outsourcing, whereas creativity that is tailored to firm particularities is expected from offshore outsourcing. The objectives are intrinsically challenging, especially for the unmeasurable criteria including quality and creativity. This study finds that there are key aspects to be considered to accomplish the objectives: supplier selection and risk mitigation. While further exploring these factors, the study sheds light on the role of in‐house designers overseeing the selection and managing the risks. The findings of this study are an important addition to the body of literature on design management, where there has been an increasing emphasis on the critical role played by design management in corporate performance, but a paucity of understandings on the effective management of design outsourcing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main purpose of this paper is to work with a proposal that small and medium-sized enterprises are aware of the importance of design and also attribute an important role to it in the competition in the future. Is design really a company’s potential and will it be of greater importance to companies? The approach is based on theoretical sources and completed studies dealing with design management and its relation to prosperity. Two hypotheses, that verify the thesis, are statistically tested on the significance level 0.05. Practical implications confirm the thesis and undisputedly support the issue of the importance of design for business success in small and medium-sized enterprises. Both in the area of increasing the competitive potential and the increasing importance in the future. Therefore, future commercial impact is proven by statistical tests. The originality of the article lies primarily in the data freshness in connection with the current economic situation. There is a prediction that the Czech gross domestic product is at its peak and significant growth is not expected. It means that this is the last opportunity for companies to prepare for hyper-competition. One of the power that companies have at their disposal to assure a place in the market is design management. Santrauka Pagrindinis šio straipsnio tikslas – įrodyti, kad mažosiose ir vidutinėse įmonėse yra suprantama dizaino reikšmė, taip pat jam priskiriamas svarbus vaidmuo konkurencijos atžvilgiu ateityje. Ar iš tikrųjų dizainas sudaro bendrovės potencialą ir ar augs jo reikšmė bendrovėse? Traktuotė grindžiama teoriniais šaltiniais ir atliktais tyrimais, susijusiais su dizaino vadyba bei jo ir gerovės santykiu. Tezę patvirtinančios dvi hipotezės yra patikrintos statistiškai reikšmingumo lygiu – 0,05. Praktinės išvados patvirtina tezę ir neginčijamai palaiko teiginį, kad dizainas yra reikšmingas mažosiose ir vidutinio dydžio įmonėse tiek didėjančio konkurencinio potencialo srityje, tiek augančios reikšmės ateityje atžvilgiu. Tad ateities komercinis poveikis yra įrodytas statistiniais testais. Straipsnio originalumo pagrindą sudaro visų pirma nauji duomenys, susiję su dabartine ekonomine situacija. Prognozuojama, kad Čekijos bendrasis vidaus produktas pasiekė maksimumą, ir reikšmingo augimo nesitikima. Tai reiškia, kad tai yra paskutinė galimybė bendrovėms pasirengti hiperkonkurencijai. Viena iš galių, kurią savo žinioje turi bendrovės, kad užsitikrintų vietą rinkoje, yra tai dizaino vadyba. Reikšminiai žodžiai: sėkmingas verslas, kūrybiškumas, dizainas ir bendrovės gerovė, dizaino vadyba, inovacijos.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a critical literature review on design management. Design/methodology/approach – The map of the field is based on the analysing the chain of associations between the papers (Latour, 1987). The strategy for this review is informed by the methodology described by Callon et al. (1986) on following the construction of the arguments. The first search was conducted in EBESCO and Web of Science looking for papers dealing with design management; “design management”; innovat* and design* in the management, including title, keywords and abstract. It resulted in 8,216 articles that were exported and downloaded in a database. Findings – Five groups emerged: design as rational decision making, industrial design, managing as designing, design as proposals of new meaning and design as a network construction. Originality/value – This paper maps the role of designers in innovation and design management literature. Design management is a variegated field of research, and the focus of this paper has been on product design in business and management literature. To begin with, the research philosophy which was inferred by analysing the preferred methodology in the papers belonging to five perspectives was analysed, and the ontology, essence, metaphysics delineated. Then, a map of the field of on the role of designers was proposed. The author concluded with a reflection of a possible research agenda in design management, focussing on investigating the role of designers in transformational economies, such as Vietnam.

Hydropower, as a renewable energy resource, has become an important way to fit for Chinese long-term energy policy of energy transformation. Engineering–procurement–construction (EPC) has been increasingly adopted for improving hydropower project delivery efficiency in the utilization of water resources and generation of clean energy, where design plays a critical role in project success. Existing studies advocate the need to use partnering for better solutions to designs in EPC hydropower projects. However, there is a lack of a theoretical framework to systematically address design-related issues considering different participants’ interactions. This study coherently examined the causal relationships among partnering, design management, design capability, and EPC hydropower project performance by establishing and validating a conceptual model, with the support of data collected from a large-scale EPC hydropower project. Path analysis reveals that partnering can directly promote design management and design capability and exert an effect on design capability through enhancing design management, thereby achieving better hydropower project outcomes. This study’s contribution lies in that it theoretically builds the links between intra- and inter-organizational design-related activities by systematically mapping EPC hydropower project performance on partnering, design management, and design capability. These findings also suggest broad practical strategies for participants to optimally integrate their complementary resources into designs to achieve superior hydropower project performance.

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Product and service innovation does not happen in isolation; it requires a cross‐functional team—most of whom are not designers and may not even be familiar with design practices. In digital product or service offering, more often than not the core team developing/enhancing product consists of multiple functions—from design and engineering to marketing and sales, with little or no familiarity with design processes and practices such as creative ideation. In such cases, ideation becomes a platform for groupthink and corporate inertia, deterring lateral thinking and innovation. Hence, a structured approach to idea facilitation can help achieve the maximum opportunities availed by ideation sessions: innovative experience and service ideas. Structured ideation frameworks can discourage linear thinking and encourage teams to think strategically and laterally—by switching perspectives, identifying multiple points of view, challenging assumptions, and contextualizing problems. This paper provides a number of idea facilitation frameworks that enable creative and innovative outcomes when working with a multifunctional team—with design and nondesign professionals with various levels of product–service development experience. These frameworks bridge the gap between insights and strategy and create conditions necessary for creative and lateral thinking. Additionally, it provides best practices to help operationalize idea management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Translation of abstract concepts into materialized products is considered one of the most challenging tasks in design processing. This article provides experience-based insights into systematic translation of concepts into products in interior designing. It introduces a novel tool that helps guide the mapping of a concept into various design components, aspects, and values in design. The tool is represented as a three-dimensional matrix that encompasses the various layers of design considerations. The tool aims to facilitate systemization of the problem-solving process and enhance innovation in the design outcome production. The research methodology combines a theoretical design to develop the tool and its supportive concept maps, an action research to test its applicability in design projects, and a structured survey to evaluate the project participants' feedback. Examples of the participants' designs are illustrated and discussed. Findings about the tool implementation seem to enhance its adoption in the design learning environments of higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the results of the analysis carried out with the aim of constituting a conceptual support for the development of a master's degree work in design management. The purpose of the study was to diagnose the design situation in a cluster in the fashion sector in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, and to formulate a strategic proposal to strengthen the cluster through design. Therefore, the documentary exploration focused on the search for studies and reflections that address the issues of design management, knowledge management in companies and clusters and the challenges of management in the fashion sector. The approaches of the selected documents on the topics of interest were contrasted in order to recognize the divergences and coincidences in the approach that the various authors made to the topics analyzed. Comparisson allowed identifying and highlighting the coincidences and methodological implications that these approaches represent for the possibilities of innovation in creative and cultural enterprises. Finally, it challenged of considering design management as a process of knowledge management to increase the possibilities of innovation of companies in the fashion sector, using a model of dynamic capabilities of organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Business organizations constantly seek creative innovation as a means to differentiate from competitors in the marketplace. Design Thinking (DT) has emerged in recent years as a methodology that promises organizations a means to innovate products and services. Yet, many East Asian organizations have only begun to consider DT as a method towards generating product and service ideas, and scholars cite cultural factors as barriers to DT adoption. This paper examines how East Asian firms implement DT in light of cultural barriers and explicates a framework that identifies four implementation models based on level of commitment and an internal/external orientation. The four models are the baked-in approach, the "special ops" design lab, outsourcing, and the creative retreat. The findings contribute to the design thinking literature, which focuses on why DT works, but has only produced limited insights into how firms implement DT into organizational culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the sources of evidence that influence decision-makers who design or develop office buildings, and aims to explain why some managers engage more in evidence-based practice (EBP) than others. A mixed methods approach is conducted that combines quantitative results from 187 senior managers in the built environment and qualitative data from 18 interviewees. The respondents evaluated the use and trustworthiness of different sources of evidence, followed by an assessment of practitioners' adoption and understanding of EBP. This study discovers notable differences between how practitioners and academics view EBP. The results highlight the importance of a manager's learning goal orientation, the cultural norms of the work environment, and the industry-wide barriers for EBP. Implications for the adoption of EBP in the built environment at the individual, organisational, and industry levels are put forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prototypes are complex and dynamic artifacts that shape social situations during product development. A ten-month applied ethnographic study of a footwear company recounts prototypes' evolving role in communication between three stakeholder groups. In this case study, we use Mol's "bodies multiple" theory to describe prototypes enactment as communication tools across contexts. This study finds that prototypes become encoded with information that is translated, decoded, and re-encoded by stakeholder groups. Prototypes remain the same across contexts, yet the spokesperson guiding the prototype may change. Raising awareness of prototypes role in communication, such as their ability to build confidence through socialization, can allow design teams to better plan for how information is encoded into the prototyped artifact and the messaging surrounding it. • Applied ethnographic study of a footwear company developing a new boot. • Prototypes are communication tools to explain, gain feedback, negotiate, or persuade. • Knowledge is embodied in prototypes and translated across contexts. • Stakeholder interactions define the various project contexts. • Socialization occurs around prototypes as a means to build confidence in a project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main purpose of this paper is to work with a proposal that small and medium-sized enterprises are aware of the importance of design and also attribute an important role to it in the competition in the future. Is design really a company's potential and will it be of greater importance to companies? The approach is based on theoretical sources and completed studies dealing with design management and its relation to prosperity. Two hypotheses, that verify the thesis, are statistically tested on the significance level 0.05. Practical implications confirm the thesis and undisputedly support the issue of the importance of design for business success in small and medium-sized enterprises. Both in the area of increasing the competitive potential and the increasing importance in the future. Therefore, future commercial impact is proven by statistical tests. The originality of the article lies primarily in the data freshness in connection with the current economic situation. There is a prediction that the Czech gross domestic product is at its peak and significant growth is not expected. It means that this is the last opportunity for companies to prepare for hyper-competition. One of the power that companies have at their disposal to assure a place in the market is design management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Targeting public–private partnership (PPP) rental retirement villages, the purpose of this paper is to bring forward the solution of insufficient research in a non-competitive guarantee (a restrictive agreement) towards the compensation and guarantee costs in consideration of benefit redistribution if the governments are unable to keep the promise on guarantee provision. Design/methodology/approach: Real option principles are applied to assess the public–private investment proportions and the expected return rates of the private sector in a non-competitive guarantee and analyse their effects on the public–private benefit and risk allocations as well as the success of the project. Instead of granting direct capital support, this research accomplishes the compensation of non-competition guarantee by adjusting the project benefit distribution ratios between the government and the private sector to achieve the option value of the guarantee. An empirical example with alternative scales, which is developed from an existing rental village in Geelong, is used to numerically verify the research process. Findings: The results illustrate that the option value of the non-competition guarantee plays an important role in supporting the implementation of the PPP rental retirement village projects. The option value of the non-competition guarantee has a close relationship with the guarantee level and the government guarantee cost, which is positively correlated with the guarantee level and negatively correlated with the government guarantee cost. To reduce the government guarantee cost, the government should carefully determine the public–private investment proportion, appropriately control the return rate of the private sector and approve the construction of the new project after the investment recovery of the private sector. Research limitations/implications: This research mainly focusses on the economic loss of the government due to the guarantee responsibility. Further research could be conducted to determine the guarantee level more precisely and take the social cost of the government guarantees into consideration. Originality/value: This research is the first attempt to investigate the government compensation and costs of non-competition guarantee for PPP rental retirement village projects and will enhance the understanding of the nature of PPP applications. The evaluation process and the implementation of the compensation through the adjustment of benefit distribution provides a comprehensive method to analyse the non-competition guarantee of PPP projects and help the parties negotiate in good faith to agree on a method of redress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Construction management literature sees the collective task of coordinating design as being about the "'integration'" of "fragmented" discipline-specific design tasks/outputs, thus overlooking the important role of social interactions. This is not only conceptually problematic but also presents a practical management problem. As a response, a practice-based approach, which relies on a "becoming" ontology, is adopted for a practical explanation of design coordination for more effective design management. The adopted methodology suggests that design develops as a result of unfolding (path-dependent) individual actions and interdisciplinary interactions. Based on this, the concept of a "shared sense of purposefulness" is proposed to refer to the temporary and precarious organizational state of a design team in which each of the interacting team members has achieved a state of purposefulness to resume individual action. Hence, design coordination in construction is redefined as continuously re-establishing and maintaining "a shared sense of purposefulness". The concept's usefulness for understanding the practice of design coordination is demonstrated using data collected from a project in the UK. The discussion enables fresh insights into the everyday operation of design coordination. It is concluded that the proposed conception paves a way forward both for the research and practice in construction design management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main purpose of this paper is to focus on the awareness of SMEs of the influence of design on their business as well as on the performance of the company in the context of increased competitiveness. What economic indicators do design influence? Can they facilitate direct profit increases or just sales increases (turnover)? Can design factors affect long-term goals such as market share or brand value growth? The research approach is based on theoretical sources as well as empirical studies conducted on design management and its relationship to a company's profits. Two research questions verifying the thesis were statistically tested at a significance level of 0.05. A statistical search was also undertaken seeking to determine a dependence between how much companies expect to increase profits as well as brand value (achieving a competitive advantage) based on design elements. The practical implications of the research were shown to confirm the thesis and unequivocally support the significant impact of design on the economic results of SMEs. This effect was shown especially in increased brand value, but also by profit as well as sales growth, all factors which are of high importance to businesses. This, however, is not the primary focus of the article. The originality of this contribution lies primarily in the freshness of the data received, i.e. in the context of the current situation in the economy. It is commonly believed among practitioners of Product Life Cycle Theory that it is optimal for companies to invest in innovation (e. g. design) in the third phase, thus it is crucial that firms are (made) aware that design factors affect their economic goals, and to determine to what extent companies accept the reality of these effects. To meet these goals, we also considered profit maximization from the point of view of microeconomic theory, which is undoubtedly reflected in the formation of corporate goals, e.g. as measured by how design influences the four economic indicators of a company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, entrepreneurship has become a popular topic and attracted many young people to start their own companies. In entrepreneurship, design is generally viewed as essential to innovation, replacing the conventional role of the engineer. Unlike traditional businesses, which generally take a longer time to become established in the more stable economic context of mass production, current start-ups have to face fierce competition and have a tendency to expand rapidly and accommodate the dynamic business environment. Consequently, design management is considered to be crucial to business growth, since it contributes to both competitive advantage and strategic flexibility. However, start-up companies are well-known for their high failure rate. This triggered our initial research question: what is the role of design in a start-up to support it in achieving success? A case study of Xiaomi, a well-known successful enterprise in China, is used to report on the new capabilities of entrepreneurial design management. These are further classified into three key topics in line with the three stages of entrepreneurial business development. Unlike the design management capabilities reported in previous studies, the new capabilities show the dynamic nature of entrepreneurial design management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper analyzes the designer portfolio configurations employed by firms, in design-intensive industries, to implement different product design strategies. Using the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis methodology, the paper explores how decorative lamps manufacturers, that first adopted the new LED technology, assembled their designer portfolios. The study shows that, in the early phases of LED lamps, four different designer portfolio archetypes were adopted by firms, two of them related to a product language divergence strategy and two to a product language convergence strategy: international design-star archetype, crowd design-innovator archetype, local ambassador archetype, international bridge archetype. These four archetypes are discussed, contributing to a better understanding of the relationship between product design strategies and designers' management in design-intensive industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Design and its contribution to business competitiveness plays an essential role in economic prosperity. This paper offers a comparative analysis of the impact of design on the financial performance of intentionally selected companies. The two-part study was carried out in 2014 and 2016. The survey was aimed at managers of various enterprises. The main goal was to investigate the evolution of the opinions of managers regarding a design and its influence on the financial performance (generally, increases in revenue, sales or brand value) of the company. Furthermore, the study aimed to determine whether enterprises earmark part of the budget for design, and whether the issue of return on investment in design is addressed. The statistical analysis was performed with the Pearson´s chi-squared test analysis tool. Elementary statistical software was also used for a numerical evaluation of the findings. The results demonstrate the increasing importance of design and prove that investments in design have a positive effect on financial indicators and also on enterprise competitiveness in the Czech Republic.

Organizations have been demonstrating an interest to invest in design, perceiving it as a strategic element to obtain competitive advantage. Design must become an integral part of the corporate objectives, permeating all levels of corporate activities. For this reason, this paper aims to propose a framework based on concepts of competences by checking and assessing their applicability in design management in the apparel industry. This study included conducting a literature research, through the development of a systematic literature review as well as an exploratory study with a qualitative approach, through the use of in-depth interviews. This proposed framework was then exposed to the evaluation of specialists. After this assessment, adjustments were suggested, resulting in the final proposal of the framework for training and integration of individuals and teams in design management for companies in the apparel industry, supported by the concepts of competence. This framework identifies phases and design professional activities that are crucial for the occurrence of design management and are related to product development process, articulating the organizational strategies and the market research. By using the framework, we expect design to affect all organization levels, being present in the stages of the development process in a collection.