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Design management capability and product innovation in SMEs
2013
[Purpose]: The aim of this paper is to present design management as a dynamic capability and to analyze its mediating role between organizational learning capability and product innovation performance in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). [Design/methodology/approach]: Structural equation modeling is used to test the research hypotheses based on data from the Italian and Spanish ceramic tile industries. The data are derived from the responses of 182 companies (50 percent of the target population) to a questionnaire addressed to Product Development Managers and Human Resource Managers. [Findings]: The results suggest that organizational learning capability enhances product innovation throu…
Linking design management skills and design function organization: An empirical study of Spanish and Italian ceramic tile producers
2007
Abstract Design management is an increasingly important concept, research into which is very scarce. This paper deals with the fit between design management skills and design function organization, ranging from solely in-house to solely outsourced and including a mixture of the two. We carried out a survey in the Spanish and Italian ceramic tile industry, to which 177 product development managers responded. Our results revealed that companies have different degrees of design management skills depending on the approach to design function organization. Solely in-house design approach companies are the most skilled firms and solely outsourced ones are the least skilled. Despite the fact that t…
Investment in Design and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Design Management
2009
Design management is an increasingly important concept, research into which is remarkably scarce. Although the literature suggests that design management has an effect on design effectiveness, there is no empirical support for the impact of design management on firm performance. Furthermore, few studies have quantified the contribution that design makes to company performance. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of design investment on company performance and how this relationship is mediated by design management skills. Structural equation modeling was used to test the research hypotheses on a data set from the Italian and Spanish ceramic tile industry. Results suggest, first, t…
John Smith. Personalized and posture care chair, on demand
2019
Today the technological development or the continuous acceleration of inventions and innovations has established the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This has given rise to an “in- telligent” factory, which produces objects that are not necessarily serialized but personalized to satisfy individual needs at low costs. From here arises the idea of configuring a customized chair, printed in 3D, medical (postural) and truly within the reach of all. The achievement of this objective involves the orchestration of a series of activities: a product configurator, a sof- tware for the management of physical parameters, thanks to the collaboration of osteopathics physiotherapists; an e-commerce site, for…
The supermarket of future
2020
As the last trends demonstrate, the supermarket of the near future will change face. Here, we will find only high-quality products, belonging to the category of ‘fresh’ and purchasable by smartphone. The packaged products, belonging to the category of ‘dry’, will be more conveniently purchasable on-line. Therefore, cash-registers and the areas before cash-registers will disappear at the entrance and the exit of supermarket. And most of physical space of the today supermarket will be useless. Here is the problem – nowadays the space ingeniously designed of the area before cash-register yields 30% of the whole profit of the supermarket, thank to the irrational buying. How will the supermarket…
Microstorie di design siciliano
2020
Il testo parte dalla considerazione che in Sicilia il design ha una matrice certa e di elevatissimo livello; ci si riferisce al design ante litteram che Ernesto Basile seppe esprimere all’inizio del ‘900 collaborando con la fabbrica Ducrot, diventato anche un possibile paradigma per riavviare, con la scuola di Anna Maria Fundarò, una via siciliana al design che promuovesse forme di sviluppo territoriale, di autonomia e consapevolezza culturale rispetto alla dilagante omologazione della grande produzione industriale. Il design è parte della storia umana e si sviluppa non solo nello specifico ambito specialistico, ma nelle pratiche e nelle strategie della quotidianità; quindi difficile tracci…
Design e cultura. Riflessioni e connessioni per un nuovo paradigma culturale
2016
Il libro nasce dall’intenzione sviluppare una riflessione “proattiva” intorno al rapporto tra design, beni e produzioni culturali, con l’obiettivo di documentare sia gli aspetti della valorizzazione e comunicazione del patrimonio, sia le esperienze di elaborazione creativa circa le molteplici pratiche e risorse generate da questi particolari beni, fino allo sviluppo di nuove declinazioni del design dei servizi per l’innovazione e la partecipazione sociale. Si è voluto indagare alcune esperienze che vanno oltre gli ambiti consolidati di lavoro e impegno del designer; in particolare nuove forme di imprenditorialità e di fruizione della cultura propongono oggi al design questioni che confluisc…
Introduire un nouveau langage produit: une comparaison des codes visuels des vins de Bordeaux et de la Barossa
2015
International audience; Cette recherche étudie comment la Barossa Valley a introduit de nouveaux codes visuels sur une catégorie de produits connue pour être peu innovante en matière de design. Une analyse de contenu de 167 étiquettes de vins montre que les vins australiens innovent en choisissant des thèmes et des styles d'illustration nouveaux sur la catégorie mais conservent certains codes visuels classiques en matière de composition, typographie et couleurs. L'analyse sémiotique permet de vérifier que les nouveaux thèmes et styles d'illustrations portent des signifiés cohérents avec la catégorie de produits. Les résultats indiquent que les vins de la Barossa ont innové en matière de des…
Perceptions and behaviour of cruise tourists during their visit to a port of call
2019
[EN] The purpose of the present research is to assess the perceptions of authenticity and crowding of cruise tourists visiting a port of call and its influence on their future behavioural intentions. The research was carried out in the city of Valencia, because it is one of the main Spanish cruise ports and is a representative city of the Mediterranean ports of call for the cruise business. A total of 467 valid interviews were obtained. For the analysis of data, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 22.0) was used. The findings reveal that Valencia is perceived as an authentic destination with moderate levels of human and spatial crowding. The analysis also demonstra…
New path development between innovation systems and individual actors
2016
This special issue is devoted to studying mechanisms that may stimulate or hamper the renewal of existing industry paths and the growth of new paths. In this guest editorial, we look closely at the...