TY - JOUR
T1 - From Acquaintances to Partners in Innovation
T2 - An Analysis of 20 Years of Design Thinking's Contribution to New Product Development
AU - De Paula, Danielly
AU - Cormican, Kathryn
AU - Dobrigkeit, Franziska
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - Scholars have suggested that design thinking (DT) should form an integral part of the new product development (NPD) process. However, the contribution of DT to NPD over the past years is yet to be synthesized. In this article, we develop a conceptual framework categorizing how DT contributes to NPD, and present a map to visualize how research in the area of DT in NPD has evolved over the past 20 years. A systematic analysis of 89 journal papers published between 2000 and 2020 helped to generate a conceptual framework, which provides a typology for discussing the growing state of the art of DT in NPD. The study enhances the academic debate by providing a holistic perspective on how DT contributes to the NPD ecosystem and offers directions for future research for the next 20 years.
AB - Scholars have suggested that design thinking (DT) should form an integral part of the new product development (NPD) process. However, the contribution of DT to NPD over the past years is yet to be synthesized. In this article, we develop a conceptual framework categorizing how DT contributes to NPD, and present a map to visualize how research in the area of DT in NPD has evolved over the past 20 years. A systematic analysis of 89 journal papers published between 2000 and 2020 helped to generate a conceptual framework, which provides a typology for discussing the growing state of the art of DT in NPD. The study enhances the academic debate by providing a holistic perspective on how DT contributes to the NPD ecosystem and offers directions for future research for the next 20 years.
KW - Design engineering
KW - engineering education
KW - innovation management
KW - product design
KW - product development
KW - research and development management
KW - user-centered design
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85112199575
U2 - 10.1109/TEM.2021.3084884
DO - 10.1109/TEM.2021.3084884
M3 - Article
SN - 0018-9391
VL - 69
SP - 1664
EP - 1677
JO - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
JF - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
IS - 4
ER -