Sustainable product development requires integrating eco- and open innovation. Traditional Design Thinking (DT), while …

Design thinking is an innovative methodology that may be applied by small and medium enterprises which emphasizes a … struggle with applying design thinking in their product development processes. This research aims to identify the central … characteristics of design thinking and its critical success factors to enable effective application by industrial SMEs. Based on a …

of structural equation modeling techniques for integrating the design thinking approach and emotional intelligence (EI … lead to sustainable performance. The model considered the five steps of the design thinking approach empathizing, designing …, ideating, prototyping, and testing. The model enables the connection between the five design thinking stages and the components …