The Asian Journal of Technology Management (AJTM)
Vol 4, No 1 (2011)

The Exploration of Design Driven Innovation as a Dynamic Capability

Kembaren, Philips (School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Simatupang, Togar M (School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)
Larso, Dwi (School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Jan 2012

Abstract

Innovation enables companies to attain consistent organic growth that brings benefits to stakeholders. Designthinking approach in innovation has been emergent to be an alternative to technological development path inorder to generate competitive and successful product or service in the market place. Design driven innovationcombines functional and semantic dimensions of products or services in the marketplace. Previous researchhas recently revealed practices of design driven innovation in various industries. However, little is known tothe extent that companies in Indonesia practicing design driven innovation. A theoretical framework withperspective from dynamic capability theoretical lens and guided by Dubin’s theory building methodology isproposed to explain the constructs and role of design in the process of innovation. The research is expected tocontribute a new construct to the existing framework, namely construct that related to how we could assessthe value of the design-driven innovation output, perceived by the costumers.Keywords: design driven innovation, dynamic capabilities, theory building

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Journal Info

Abbrev

AJTM

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management

Description

PURPOSE The Asian Journal of Technology management aims to promote interdisciplinary research regarding the special problems and opportunities related to technology management fields in Asia and its effects beyond. It publishes papers by worldwide scholars, practitioners, and those interested in ...