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- Berglund, Henrik, 1973, et al.
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CBIs studie om innovationsledning
- 2011
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- CBI har under andra halvåret 2010 och första halvåret 2011 genomfört en studie av innovationsledning hos 38 utvalda svenska företag inom tillverkning, IT och Telekom. Syftet var att undersöka hur företagen leder och organiserar innovation samt vilka utmaningar de står inför. Frågorna har besvarats av antingen VD eller en medlem i ledningsgruppen med insyn i företagets hantering av innovation.Resultatet visar att -de flesta företagen inte skiljer på radikal och inkrementell innovation-i många företag används ordet innovation för all produkt- och tjänsteutveckling-de flesta företag ser en ökning av innovationstakten inom sin respektive bransch-de flesta företag uttrycker att innovation är viktigt, samtidigt som få företag har innovationsfrågor bland sina tre största utmaningar-hälften av företagen använder någon form av rutin för att stärka sin förmåga att skapa nya produkter och tjänster, men endast ett fåtal använder flera olika rutiner-förstainnovationsföretagen (mindre, relativt nystartade företag) skiljer sig från de övriga i det att de är starkt innovationscentrerade-många företag välkomnar stöd från akademin, men endast ett fåtal önskar stöd att öka sin innovationsförmågaCBIs samtliga seniora forskare har genomfört intervjuerna.
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- Carlgren, Lisa, 1975, et al.
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Design thinking: Exploring values and effects from an innovation capability perspective
- 2014
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Ingår i: Design Journal. - 1460-6925. ; 17:3, s. 403-424
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The concept of Design Thinking (DT) is becoming widespread and is seen as improving firm innovativeness. However, studies of the potential value of DT are scarce in the areas of both design and innovation research. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding through investigating how companies that use DT in practice perceive the value it creates in their organizations. The paper builds on an interview study of large organizations in Germany and the US. We find that although some firms identified outcome-related values (such as new ideas, better products), many also underlined other benefits, more related to longer-term effects on competences, innovation processes and the mindset of company employees. We argue that for a company with a strategic intent to be more innovative, DT can be exploited in the development of long-term innovation capability through its contribution to the dimensions of resources, processes and mindset. We also propose the framework of innovation capability to discuss the values and effects of using DT.
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- Carlgren, Lisa, 1975, et al.
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Framing Design Thinking: The Concept in Idea and Enactment
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Ingår i: Creativity and Innovation Management. - : Wiley. - 0963-1690 .- 1467-8691. ; 25:1, s. 38-57
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The concept of design thinking (DT) has emerged in management debates as promising innovation inspired by the way designers work. Despite the growing interest in DT, it is a difficult concept to study due to the lack of coherence between what DT ‘is’ in academic and practical terms. While there are numerous normative and often process-focused depictions ofDT, they seem limited in their ability to account for what occurs in practice. Given the discussion of DT as a concept, and emerging discussion of its enactment, a framing is needed that acknowledges both aspects. This paper proposes a framing of DT that makes it researchable in both theory and practice, and discusses commonalities and discrepancies in how the concept is usually portrayed in the literature. The paper builds on an empirical interview study in six large organizations, which led to the development of a framework structure and the identification of five themes characterizing DT: User focus, Problem framing, Visualization, Experimentation and Diversity. Each theme is associated with specific principles/mindsets, practices and techniques. The main contribution of this paper is to propose a framework that includesDT both as an idea and as the enactment of the idea, inspired by the works of Latour.
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- Carlgren, Lisa, 1975, et al.
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Implementing design thinking – an exploratory study of large companies using design thinking in innovation efforts
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 2011 Tsinghua-DMI Inter- national Design Management Symposium HK in Hong Kong, 2011..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Despite the recent hype, the concept of design thinking still lacks a shared definition and practitioners are struggling to understand how it can be applied in their operations. Design thinking is often described as a method to create new value and innovation. So far, this argument mainly builds on a number of early success cases put forward by practitioners and design consultancies such as IDEO, but from an academic perspective there is still little empirical evidence that design thinking actually leads to innovation. This exploratory paper aims at empirically investigating current practices of implementing and using design thinking in innovation efforts in large companies. More specifically, it addresses how large companies that explicitly have tried to implement it perceive design thinking, the value it creates, and challenges linked to implementation. The paper builds on an interview study conducted in Germany and the US, with large firms that have chosen to apply design thinking in their innovation efforts. Preliminary findings from the study indicate that companies perceive design thinking in a variety of ways. Some benefits were identified such as a change in mindset, improved collaboration, a strong relation to users and iterative prototyping. A number of challenges were also put forward, mainly linked to the integration with existing processes, but also connected to the difficulties connected to the confusion around the concept itself.
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- Carlgren, Lisa, 1975, et al.
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Implementing Design Thinking in Large Organizations
- 2012
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the IPDM Conference 2012, Manchaster..
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- esign thinking (DT) has been promoted as a user-centered approach to innovation, suggesting that any firm could learn from the way designers think and work. Although the concept has gained substantial interest among practitioners, there is little coherence around the concept in theory, and empirical studies of DT in organizational settings are very scarce. This paper reports the findings from an exploratory study of the use of DT in large organizations, including product, software, service and healthcare firms. Based on interviews with key informants this paper describes a variety of views on how DT was perceived, used, integrated into existing processes, and who the “design thinkers” are. Implications are drawn for researchers as well as managers interested in implementing DT in their organizations. Especially the difficulties to articulate the meaning of DT seem to have implications for theory and practice.
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- Carlgren, Lisa, 1975, et al.
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Perceptions of the value of Design Thinking in innovation in large firms
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Ingår i: EAD Conference 2013, Göteborg.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recently, Design Thinking (DT) has become a widespread concept, heavily promoted for improving a firm’s innovativeness. Yet, our understanding regarding the potential value of DT is still limited, in both design and innovation research. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate how companies that are using DT in practice perceive the value and the effects it creates in their organizations. The paper builds on a study of large organizations in Germany and the US, including 51 semi-structured interviews in 6 large firms. Early findings indicate that although many firms pointed at the expected outcome-related values (such as new ideas, better products), some also underlined other benefits, more related to effects on the innovation process, collaboration practices and company culture. It is thus argued that in addition to known short-term benefits, DT may also contribute to the strengthening of the long-term innovativeness of firms.
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- Carlgren, Lisa, 1975, et al.
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The Challenges of Using Design Thinking in Industry - Experiences from Five Large Firms
- 2016
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Ingår i: Creativity and Innovation Management. - : Wiley. - 0963-1690 .- 1467-8691. ; 25:3, s. 344-362
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Design Thinking (DT) is advocated as a user-centred approach to innovation, based on the way designers think and work. Despite being increasingly promoted as an approach to innovation, there is still little evidence of successful impact. Rather, indications suggest that firms find implementation challenging. The purpose of this paper is to analyse challenges of using DT in light of literature on innovation barriers, in order to discuss whether there is something unique about DT as a concept that makes it particularly challenging to use. The paper is based on an interview study of five large firms that all have at least five years of experience of using DT. The analysis shows that several of the perceived challenges can be linked to known barriers to innovation. However, other challenges have not previously been described in the innovation literature, and the paper suggests that there are some unique aspects of DT that makes it particularly challenging for firms to integrate it in innovation work. These are related to its core themes: user focus, problem framing, experimentation, visualization and diversity. Additionally, the paper contributes with an empirically based categorization of challenges that managers will find useful if they want to implement design thinking in their organizations.
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- Adler, N, et al.
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The Challenge of Managing Boundary-Spanning Research Activities: Experiences from the Swedish Context: The challenge of managing boundary spanning research
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Ingår i: Research Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0048-7333. ; 38:7, s. 1136-1149
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Contemporary and future challenges when managing research involve coping with emerging prerequisites which include, among other things, a new knowledge production discourse, new research funding methods and new ways for international collaboration. Managers for boundary-spanning research activities need to combine the sometimes opposing logics and perspectives of the multiple stakeholders-the individual researchers searching for independence, sustainability and freedom and others searching for integration, relevance and predictability. Based on a collaborative research set-up including interviews, discussions and workshops with major Swedish research funding agencies, research program managers, experienced industry partners and key stakeholders, the paper identifies six main managerial challenges: (i) lack of focus on research management and unsatisfying prerequisites, (ii) weak identity and low status of the role of the research managers, (iii) few incentives for research management, (iv) lack of leadership development opportunities for researchers, (v) multiple (and sometimes contradictory) expectations from different stakeholders, and (vi) sustained funding. Finally, the managerial implications of these challenges for universities and funding agencies are discussed.
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