The Role of Design Practices and Tools for Technological and Managerial Innovation in Startup Firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 18375
Author(s):  
Fabio Fonti ◽  
Johanna Lieser ◽  
Linda Mitrojorgji
Keyword(s):  
Design Practices ◽  
Startup Firms ◽  
Managerial Innovation

Participatory Design Practices in Mental Health in the UK: Rebutting the Optimism

Design Issues ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Pierri
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
The Uk

In what has been defined as an “era of participation,” design practices have become very central to the process of making publics and in bringing to life the dream of developing new ways of political engagement. By reflecting on my professional practice, I highlight the overly optimistic attitude that—most of the time—over-simplifies the role of design, especially when applied in public and community organizations. I illustrate participation as a paradox in itself, by problematizing the role and meaning of participatory encounters, and revealing some complex dynamics of exclusion and self-exclusion that are at play in the public realm.

scholarly journals The role of service design practices in enabling and embedding the servitization transition

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine DE LILLE ◽  
Giulia CALABRETTA ◽  
Caroline BECK
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Service Orientation ◽  
Experience Economy ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies

An increasing number of companies are embracing the transition from a product focus to a service focus in their offering in order to face the challenges of the experience economy. However such transition (i.e., servitization) is challenging, since it requires companies to change both their processes and their mindset. In this paper we propose service design practices as an effective approach for overcoming the challenges of servitization and for achieving such a multi-layered transformation. By means of expert interviews, ethnography and multiple case studies, we empirically show how service design professionals guide companies towards a sustainable adoption of service orientation and successful implementation of service innovations. Specifically, we describe and exemplify a set of practices through which service design professionals establish a service-oriented mindset, introduce a service-specific development process, and a create widespread commitment to the servitization transition

The role of strategic environmental orientation in environmental design practices

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma Ga (Mark) Yang ◽  
James Jungbae Roh ◽  
Mingu Kang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe current study aims to investigate the role of strategic environmental orientation (SEO) in implementing environmental design practices (EDPs).Design/methodology/approachOn the basis of survey data collected from 212 US manufacturing firms, structural equation modeling and regression analysis are used to test the proposed research model.FindingsThe findings of the present study suggest that SEO not only drives firms' design of environmental products but also moderates the relationship between EDPs and environmental performance. However, SEO turns out not to moderate the relationship between EDPs and operational performance. This study also highlights that firms' EDPs play a critical role in enhancing environmental performance as well as operational performance.Originality/valueBy examining the important role of SEO, this research unpacks the moderating role of SEO between EDPs and firm performance, thus shedding light on how SEO promotes EDPs and the effectiveness of EDPs.

Changing Things

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan REDSTRÖM ◽  
Heather WILTSE
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Design Philosophy ◽  
Industrial Sectors

Digital networked technologies are currently at the forefront of contemporary innovation, driving changes in sociotechnical practices across industrial sectors and in everyday life. Yet technical innovation has been outpacing our capacity to make sense of these technologies and the fundamental changes associated with them. This sense-making enterprise is the focus of our current research in developing a design philosophy for changing things. We describe a conceptual framework developed around the concept of things as fluid assemblages to investigate and articulate what is going on with things, and how their development might be (re)directed toward preferable futures. Specifically, we here examine the important role of design philosophy in innovation, using the conceptual framework developed as a way to point toward potential sites for innovation in the current sociotechnical landscape. The line of investigation we pursue suggests that doing philosophy should become a central part of innovative design practices.

The Role of Innovation in Startup Business Financing, Performance, and Survival

2021 ◽  
pp. 331-348
Author(s):  
Yesubabu Konga ◽  
Kasilingam Ramaiah
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
Radical Innovations ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Financing Performance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Business Financing ◽  
Startup Firms

Startups are the new firms that drive innovation. However, they struggle due to their newness and smallness to finance their innovation, which often tends to fail. In this context, the chapter unfolds the role of innovation in startup firms' financing, performance, and survival. Contrary to conventional investments, innovation projects require heavy funds in R&D activity. The risks in innovation projects combine with the firm's information asymmetries elevate the cost of financing for the innovative startups. Equity investors such as business angels and venture capitalists mainly fund innovative startups. Founder's human capital signals also affect startup financing. Innovation positively impacts startup firm performance. Process and incremental innovations improve startup survival chances, whereas product and radical innovations reduce the same. The authors propose that innovation enhances survival if it increases market power and lessens production costs while hampering longevity if the innovative firm is burdened with the immoderate liabilities of newness and tininess.

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