Investments in design play a potentially significant role in new product development (NPD) although there is little … unanimity on the most appropriate or effective design strategy. Previous case-study based studies have identified three … alternative design strategies for NPD: design used as a functional specialism, design used as part of a multi-functional team and …

Investments in design play a potentially significant role in new product development (NPD) although there is little … unanimity on the most appropriate or effective design strategy. Previous case-study based studies have identified three … alternative design strategies for NPD: design used as a functional specialism, design used as part of a multi-functional team and …

Recent studies in the tradition of Schmookler have re-emphasised the potential role of demand in stimulating innovation …. Here, we reconsider the role of home and export market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable … innovation production functions using panel data estimators over the sample period 1994 to 2005. For a range of innovation …

The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge … Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …

Recent studies in the tradition of Schmookler have re-emphasised the potential role of demand in stimulating innovation …. Here, we reconsider the role of "home" and "export" market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable … innovation production functions using panel data estimators over the sample period 1994 to 2005. For a range of innovation …